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The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun, 1969.
Introduction
While the progressive reduction of volume and refinement of surfboard design, began in Brookvale in late 1967 and endorsed at the 1968 World Contest in Puerto Rico, continued to advance surfing performance during 1969, in retrospect, most significant contribution was to come from George Greenough.
The title of his film, the Innermost Limits of Pure Fun (1970) indicated the future direction of advanced performance, riding inside the tube, as brilliantly conceived and executed in the closing sequence, The Coming of the Dawn.
Filmed mostly at Lennox Head and Rincon, this masterpiece was invariably misunderstood by the uninitiated and is easily dismissed by those with no comprehension of history.
As of 2014, miniaturisation and digital photography have made comparable footage commonplace.
The required surfing skills of these "photographers," however, are simply a pale imitation of those demonstrated by Greenough in 1969.
While the progressive reduction of volume and refinement of surfboard design, began in Brookvale in late 1967 and endorsed at the 1968 World Contest in Puerto Rico, continued to advance surfing performance during 1969, in retrospect, most significant contribution was to come from George Greenough.
The title of his film, the Innermost Limits of Pure Fun (1970) indicated the future direction of advanced performance, riding inside the tube, as brilliantly conceived and executed in the closing sequence, The Coming of the Dawn.
Filmed mostly at Lennox Head and Rincon, this masterpiece was invariably misunderstood by the uninitiated and is easily dismissed by those with no comprehension of history.
As of 2014, miniaturisation and digital photography have made comparable footage commonplace.
The required surfing skills of these "photographers," however, are simply a pale imitation of those demonstrated by Greenough in 1969.
