THE$12th$AMAYSIM$AUSTRALIAN$SURF$MOVIE$FESTIVAL$presented$by$Gopro$

TOURING$THIS$SPRING/SUMMER$[NOVEMBER/DECEMBER$2014]$

"Tim Bonython and his ASMF concept has single handedly re-invented the stoke of an old school cinema style atmosphere with new school cutting edge high performance & big wave . Its an experience that anyone who loves the ocean needs to see first hand." Teza McKenna, Commentator/Radio Surf Reporter

Over%the%last%10%years,%%has%become%a%Mecca%for%surfing%crazy,%ocean%slabs.%Big%lumps%of%water% that%come%out%of%deep%ocean%water%and%unload%on%to%very%shallow%reefs.%

These% waves% create% monster% barrels% and% are% intensely% dangerous.% Their% size% and% power% are% truly% a% spectacle.%%The%breaks%can%be%found%dotted%all%over%Australia’s%coastline.%%

Years%ago,%Hawai’i%was%the%only%place%surfers%could%travel%to%in%order%to%surf%these%big%waves.%Places%like% Sunset%Beach,%Pipeline%and%Wiamea%Bay,%on%the%island%of%Oahu,%were%the%only%places%they%could%test% their%surfing%gladiatorial%skills.%

In%the%midInineties,%Laird%Hamilton,%with%his%Maui%buddies,%started%towIin%surfing%at%a%place%called%Jaws,% on%the%north%shore%of%Maui.%%This%changed%the%surfing%landscape,%especially%in%relation%to%what%could%be% surfed%here%in%Australia.%The%waves%that%could%be%seen%breaking%out%at%sea,%were%now%the%focus%of%what% is%possible.%

"Each year I am searching for the greatest moments the ocean can offer. When it comes to surfers verses nature and the pure exhilaration of what the ocean can deliver, the Southern Hemisphere has the greatest playground of options on the planet. It's seasonal but there's always so many amazing options to surf and shoot."…Director of the Australian Surf Movie Festival, Tim Bonython.

With%the%aid%of%a%jet%ski,%these%waves%could%now%be%surfed.%%Since%then,%surfers%have%been%seeking%them% out%and%taking%on%the%challenge%of%what%is%possible%and%what%is%not.%

But%one%thing’s%for%sure,%what%was%not%possible%yesterday,%is%possible%today.% The%12th%Australian%Surf%Movie%Festival%shows%us%where%the%sport%is%now,%by%highlighting%the%best%slabs% on%the%planet%I%right%here%in%Australia.%%%Except%the%ultimate%extreme%action%sequel%I%the%stories%behind% some%of%the%upIandIcoming,%brave%and%talented%Australian%surfers%I%all%captured%through%the%lens%of%film% director%and%cinematographer,%Tim%Bonython.%

The%12th%ASMF%includes%stories%shot%this%year%of%the%Right%in%Western%Australia,%Cape%Solander%(aka%Cape% Fear)%in%,%a%secret%spot%off%the%south%coast%of%NSW%Bombora,%Shipsterns%in%Tasmania%and%Pedra% Branca%I%a%reef%27%kilometres%out%to%sea%+$Hot$off$the$press,%Fiji%October%2014%massive%swell!%%

For%further%information,%please%contact:% Dianna$O’Neill$Publiicity%%%Ph:%029%337%2288,%Mob.%0418%468%148%%Email:%[email protected]%

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Yep, kind ole school style where the film maker (me) takes this adventure film festival on the road. Where I present the show to the audience & we give away door prizes in the intermission. Sometimes i wonder how many surf stories can be bundled into one year but just when we think the season is done, BANG! there’s another swell to chase. Tim Bonython said.

This year I was invited on a mission down to a place I have been longing to document, Pedra Branca, 27 kms south east of Tasmania. It’s out in the middle of the ocean where two huge rocks sit. The wave that breaks off this place is monstrous. On a given day Pedra can dish out one of the biggest most dangerous waves on the planet. This was the case back in April where Tasmanian James Hollmer- Cross was almost killed riding a 60 foot beast.

There was a early trip to one of Bonythons favorite slabs (a serious lump of water that hits a very shallow reef that creates a very serious barrel/tube) called the RIGHT down in South West, . This place is like no other and on the right conditions it can make the biggest barrel on the planet. Last Easter the crew went down with Australia’s most respected big wave surfers Mark Mathews, Ryan Hipwood and Dean Morrison. This was the biggest day documented down there. Good Friday was huge.

Following were two trips to Shipsterns Bluff in Tasmania. In August it was back to the right where Tim was to take the up & coming star Russell Bierke. He also had to incorporate a shoot for Redbull with Mark Mathews & Taj Burrow.

In September Bonython was invited to a Tahiti shoot for POINT BREAK 2. When we weren’t shooting the stunt doubles in the film, I had the opportunity to shoot the general surfers on what was the best day of the year.

Back in Australia there was a trip back to WA where over three days we documented 3 incredible spots. One called Cow Bombie down near Margaret River, then we got a call from a friend who has a plane that was willing to fly us 15 hours north of Perth to a spot called where we returned on the same day. The following day we jumped onto his speed boat where the boys surfed an aggressive reef break off Rottness Island.

In late September finally a big swell formed under Australia which created a monster swell to Fiji. I rallied up the best Aussie surfers I could and headed to Tavarua. Cloudbreak had monster surf with one wave talked up as the biggest wave ever surfed by a local Fijian surfer, Isei Tokovou rode a wave that was around 30 feet. South Coast of NSW surfer Paul Morgan rode a wave that he stated as his best wave ever!

So now we are finishing up the editing with over 100 minutes of amazing surf stories all shot in the southern hemisphere. So all in all we are truly excited that ASMF 12 is going blow minds when comes to the excitement of big wave surfing all seen on the BIG Screen.