The web media "
SURF CLUB " has just released the new LOST
They featured a 13-minute mini movie, which we've included below.
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Junji Uchida /SURF CLUB
"Fish" is a short film by Mayhem, one of the driving forces behind modern fish.
Matt Biolos, aka Mayhem, is a shaper who carves the cutting-edge boards ridden by the CT's top surfers. He's also famous as a pioneer of the modern Fish. The 5'5" x 19 1/4", released in 1997, was one of the movies that triggered a change in the board scene, which was dominated by competition-style tri-fins. Now, just over 20 years later, a short movie looking back on the history of Fish has been released, aptly titled "FISH."
Starring Chris Ward, Corey Lopez, Aaron "Gorkin" Cormican, and Andy Irons... This is a must-have for fans of The Lost World. The original is on VHS, so it has a laid-back feel, and the background music is great. The narrator, CR Stesic III, is a great choice, and he says some great things.
Twin fins never go out of style. They're coming back, reinterpreted.
-CR Stesic III
Mayhem began making Fish in 1994. Apparently, rider Chris Ward was inspired by seeing Tom Curren riding a Fish in Hawaii and asked him to make one for himself. This was shortly after Curren had ridden Tom Peterson's Fireball Fish and Skip Frye's San Diego Fish, and was considered an oddball.
Mayhem had never even carved a fish before, so he researched local surf shops in San Clemente to see what they were like. Inspired by a late '70s/early '80s MR-esque twin fin hanging on the wall, he created his own original fish. This was the prototype for one of Mayhem's signature works, the Round Nose Fish. An early model with a shorter board that wasn't as round as today's, the 5'5" x 19 1/4" board that Chris Ward and Corey Lopez thrived on was shaped by Karen herself, and was highly creative, setting it apart from Taylor Steele's competition-style boards.
LOST.TV-TOM CURREN FROM 5'5×19 1/4
After Mayhem made Modern Fish, there was a boom in Retro Fish. However, Mayhem never made Retro Fish... In a previous interview, he said the following about that.
I want to focus on moving forward and not copy the copyrighted work of shapers I admire.
Everyone copied Steve Liz and Skip Fry's Fish and it became popular without even getting permission from the original shapers. That's awful.
I called Mark Richards and said, "Hey Mark! This is Matt Biolos. We all love your boards, and so do I. Why don't we try and recreate the 1980 World Champion twin fin?"
Mark replied, "Matt, I haven't made a board like that in 25 years."
So I said, "We'll help you. We'll help you sell it."
After that, Mark came over to my house and made 50 twin fins while we went snowboarding together as a family.
-Matt "Mayhem" Biolos
The reason this movie starts with the roots of twin fin fish, such as Tom Blake, Bob Simmons, and Steve Liz, is perhaps a sign of respect for the forward-moving fish that riders have been able to provide. We too should be grateful to the shapers who invented boards that take off incredibly quickly and keep going even after getting on.
[Featured surfers]
David Nuiva
Jim Blair
Corey Lopez
Chris Ward
Andy Irons
Mason Ho
Aaron Cormican
Josh Kerr
Luke Davis
Ian Crane
https://vimeo.com/287148371
