Stab Magazine | Thrills, Spills and What Not

Live Now: Chapter 11 Mini-Documentary With Dane Reynolds

748 Views

Thrills, Spills and What Not

It was no coincidence that Dane Reynolds first spoke about his ambition to make a short indie surf film during the final leg of the Modern Collective’s journey. It had been a tough trip for the Venturan. Not since the movie’s first trip to France almost a year earlier had he logged a single clip (due […]

style // Feb 22, 2016
Words by stab
Reading Time: 2 minutes

It was no coincidence that Dane Reynolds first spoke about his ambition to make a short indie surf film during the final leg of the Modern Collective’s journey. It had been a tough trip for the Venturan. Not since the movie’s first trip to France almost a year earlier had he logged a single clip (due to an ankle injury he suffered on the excursion) and Dane hadn’t been pleased with how he’d been surfing on the Gold Coast. Secondly, while the Modern Collective would go on to be the greatest compilation of performance surfing ever, at the time Dane was sick of the style of surfing he was being

asked to perform and how narrow the niche for surf films had become.

 

“I have an idea for a film. I’m bored with surfing. Things are slow as hell. The film is going to be me venting all my frustrations for all the stuff that people make me do in films. I am fed up with how perfect surf films have become. How elitist they are and how only the best shit gets in there,” he had said, his legs crossed as he sat in front of the TV.

With considerable prompting, Dane went on to outline his plans for what we now know to be Thrills, Spills and What Not.

“There is no direction. I don’t want it to be scripted or formulated. The only thing for sure is that I will use film as opposed to digital footage. I think film carries so much more feeling. There are 24 pictures a second flicking through the screen. I want to film everything and anything and put it together,” he said.

It would offer a different ambience to the loud, brash and performance oriented direction of most modern surf films. But:

“I won’t say there won’t be an air in it. All the surf films lately have been based on the technical and competitive aspects of surfing and who surfs the best. Mine will follow the actual reasons you go surfing but hopefully not in some cliché way. I like things that are artistic to a certain extent but turn in on itself and make fun of itself. Sort of like what Ozzie does. Ozzie is so sick,” he said.

As for his reluctance to open up about the project, he countered, “I don’t want it be promoted or anything. I’m not planning to make any money. I’m making it purely for myself and to show a certain side of surfing.”

You can read the full interview here. Stay tuned for more details on a possible release date. – Jed Smith

[showvideo]

Comments

Comments are a Stab Premium feature. Gotta join to talk shop.

Already a member? Sign In

Want to join? Sign Up

Advertisement

Most Recent

Watch: What Happens When A Brand Takes Its Youth Team To A CT Event?

A: Good things, typically.

Mar 29, 2024

Full Frame: Scandinavia Is Surfing’s Next Frontier

A 30-hour drive, bathymetric maps, and 10 years of searching yield surfing's newest discovery.

Mar 29, 2024

Watch: João Chianca Had A Remarkable Hawaii Season Before His Injury

Plus an update on his condition.

Mar 28, 2024

Pittar’d And Feathered

Do the WSL judges deserve the internet's wrath? We asked the man of the hour.

Mar 28, 2024

Robbo, Pickles, And Tyler Wright Become The Underdogs Breakfast At Uninspiring Winkipop

The foreboding blade sharpens and inconsistent judging prevails on Day Two in Torquay.

Mar 27, 2024

“I Don’t Always Win Heats, But When I Do, I Try To Beat John John”

Slater shines and the axe begins its descent on Day 01 at Bells.

Mar 26, 2024

Back Against The Wall: The Ramzi Boukhiam Redemption

Morocco's first CT surfer on speaking six languages, having no coach, and snatching Fil Toledo's…

Mar 25, 2024

Will Kirra, Babies or JJF Stop a GOAT Winning at Bells?

Bluesky BOAG advice from a Superman specialist and former Trials winner.

Mar 25, 2024

Bells Preview: The WSL’s Victorian Sword Dancing Equinox Ritual

Will a Brazilian crack the Top 10 at Bells?

Mar 25, 2024

69 Shin Bones Later + the Anticlimactic State of Big Wave Record-Breaking

Lucas Chumbo might have surfed the biggest wave ever this year. But how will we…

Mar 23, 2024

Watch: ‘Fresh and Fried’ Ft the Quik Kids

How taxing is it to tackle the Gold Coast’s Triple Crown in a single day,…

Mar 23, 2024

The Popular Vote: The People’s Stab In The Dark With Kolohe Andino Champion

Which board looked best — to you —under Kolohe's talons?

Mar 22, 2024

Six Key Learnings From Portugal

Three CT events in, what do we know? 

Mar 21, 2024

‘Zipper’ Is Going On Tour, Here’s Where You Can Watch It  

Dates, times + locations for the Venice, Encinitas, Sydney + Byron premieres.  

Mar 20, 2024

Dane Reynolds On His Future, His Past, And Chapter 11’s Raison D’être

Our 9-minute plunge into the collective psyche of Ventura's pillar(s).

Mar 20, 2024

From ‘Blue Ribbon Cross Country Runner’ to Vogue – How Steph Again Is Back With A Rip Curl Remix

Everything we know about the she-GOATs sponsorship boomerang.

Mar 18, 2024

Stab Interview: Darren Handley Explains Why You Can’t Buy The Winning Stab In The Dark Model

And his decades-long standoff with Slater.

Mar 17, 2024

Griff Embraces Portugal’s Eternal Time Loop To Vanquish Medina + Ewing, Defay Delays The Inevitable

A redeeming closing act at Supertubos.

Mar 16, 2024
Advertisement