Rudi was the second guy I met filming in Helsinki, Finland. He is a funny guy that never gives up and I had a lot of fun just hanging around with him, let alone filming.
Few days ago Bamboo Motion Pictures introduced their full video, called Good Times Rollin’, which is defenetly worth checking out. Click below and enjoy Rudi’s part… if you want to see the whole video, follow this link…
The new official page of the Untouched project is finally polished and ready!
I have been pretty picky about the design, but in the end, I think we managed to get a really clean look with a nature feel and fine presentation. Guys at Lono did a superb job and I would like to thank them for all the hours, energy and nerves spent on the design and programing.
Check the page at www.untouchedproject.com
I have been waiting so long for this view to come back…
After months of dry weather and three weeks of more or less fog, the passing fronts dropped some fresh and the skies finally cleared. It is not much, but it is a start into a heavily anticipated winter, with my biggest project so far to realize, the Untouched project.
Today we are presenting our teaser at the Slovenian RedBull Art of Flight premiere and after that we are releasing the new official page, so stay tuned…
It is finally getting colder and it even started to snow in the higher mountains of the Julian Alps.
Cyclones that bring the most snow to Slovenia, arrive over France, continue their way below the Alps in Italy and bring southern winds over Adriatic Sea. Which in short means waves. Once or twice per year we get lucky and the front makes a sharp turn and the winds turn southwest. Then it is time to check Barbariga.
The forecast was looking really nice and we were hoping to ride some sizable lefts, yet the weather had its own plan, I guess. We got a waist high chop, but it was fun anyway. I also did some filming for my “no deadline” Slovenian surf documentary, because like I said, it is rare to get a chance to surf Barbariga and this is also a (big) part of what surfing on “home turf” means for Slovenian soul surfers…
My friend and Untouched crew member, Bine Žalohar, has finished his season before it started. He tore his ACL and will miss a large part of winter, yet he is in good spirits and already planning filming trips for the summer. I went with him to the hospital yesterday, in order to get some shots of the doctor and cliche stuff like that, but hospital workers are not really fond on filmers. In times like that, you have to be pretty resourceful. A little talking, a little begging and even a little help from Bine’s mom gets you places, places like MRI room, haha. I wish Bine a light speed recovery and hope we will film on snow next time! Politics never really interested me, while I am down with laws of nature and personal happiness, other than rules that money, society, church and traditions try to apply on you. It is the last week before the parliament elections in Slovenia and the race to the throne is in its last stage. Today I got an early morning call from a friend, asking for a filmer on a very short notice. We were supposed to go somewhere in the nature and do an add for one of the fresher political parties. At first I was kind of puzzled, but I tend to look on things with an open mind, so I saw this as an opportunity to learn and work on something completely out of my character. It was a really nice day in the hills above the fog, which we are trapped in for more than two weeks now, and I got a little insight on how things work when you are trying to make it to national TV. You live, you learn… Every year Ujusansa organizes slovenian national championships in surfing, called the JugoMajstr a.k.a. Master of the South winds. It takes place in Medulin, Croatia, which is a little strange for “nationals” to be held in foreign country, but for Slovenian surfers it is the closest surfbreak, like it or not. The first one was in 2006 and it was basically a soul session of few guys, yet in past few years the slovenian surf community grew to a point where we have more than forty competitors applying, some also from Austria, Hungary and even Brazil. It got a little bit serious, a bit better organized and maybe even a bit more fun, while you get pretty much all your surfer friends in one place for a day or two. Medulin is a good break, yet it works mostly in winter time, thus the late season call. We call it cold winter classic, because booties and hoddies are sort of mandatory to last more than an hour in the lineup, haha. The teaser below is from last year, but anyway, you can get a pretty good picture what we are hoping for… more info about the competition here… I first heard about Sebastian Funk a.k.a. Basti a.k.a. Basanostra from my friend Matevž Pristavec, who delivered me some of his shots. He told me that Basti is one hell of a filmer that always takes guys somewhere where powder and good kickers are waiting. It was my “rookie” year filming snowboarding and I though, man that is some heavy know-how right there. I finally met Basti when I got this checkout for Qparks last year. We clicked instantly, had a lot of fun on Dachstein and this year we even spent a portion of summer surf tripping together. He is super down to earth guy, with tons of knowledge, who just loves to film and do action edits that have some sort of story behind. This might sound a little cheezy, but I think of him as my mentor (although he hates to hear that, haha), while he was never affraid to share his experience or knowledge with me. For a guy coming from Slovenia, where it is really hard to get some quality film schooling, let alone an honest opinion or good advice, this always meant a lot. He started a new webpage, BasanostraProductions, which is well worth checking out. You can also follow his work on his facebook fan page. I have been working 24/7 since I came from my surfing trip. I have been filming on Dachstein with Qparks, starting to open my own firm (LegitFilms is going legit in few months), going to various work related meetings, working on new Untouched Project webpage (expect the release in day or two), received my official Master of Sociology certificate, capturing tons of tapes from the trip and editing last summer edits for Ujusansa. Here is the last of the Ujuclips. As you will see in the montage, the last days in the camp were full on surf oriented. We got really good waves the whole term, but there was also time for some partying, hehe. All Ujuclips can be seen on Ujusansa’s vimeo site. Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam is the first big event of the season and it is organized in Superpark Dachstein, which is build and maintained by Qparks. This year the level was just off the hook, riders stomping doublecorks and 10s already in qualification, but everybody pushed it even more in the finals. The winners where Seppe Smiths from Belgium and Amy Fueller from England and Slovenia also had its representatives, with Cilka Sadar coming in second in girl division. Congrats! I was picked to be a part of the video team again and this year everything considering my work was really well thought and set. The hungarian video wizard, Hambalko Balint, and I were the filmers for the daytime, while the head of filmers at Qparks, Basti Funk, was the editor at night. It was really great to work with them and I think we made a great job. You can check what went down for three days in the video below…
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Last surf session before the winter
Extreme sports equals hospital visits
Unussual jobs: Filming a political add
JugoMajstr2011 waiting period started…
Check Basanostra!
Last in series of Ujuclips
Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam 2011
