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 Fusion Surf Film Review
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 Posted by Admin on Friday 23rd July, 2010 @ 16:27 GMT |
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A few weeks overdue (sorry Ross!) due to a lack of time to sit down and watch it through, here’s my review of the latest British surf movie – Fusion… |
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Fusion is a true Brit flick. Filmed, edited and produced by Ross Johns it really, truly lives up to its subtitle “A film about surfing in Great Britain”. In a nutshell I would say that Fusion really does capture where British surfing is right now.
 Ross must have shot tons of footage, as there are loads of different waves filmed throughout the year and working in a variety of conditions. Sweet A-frame peaks, grinding left points, right-hand reefs and shallow, heavy slabs are all ripped up by the cast.
This is what I liked best about the film – it’s nearly an hour long, but every chapter is different and it zips along at a good pace. There are so many different waves and styles of surfing – some solid waves and solid surfing to match.
 The action is centred around Cornwall and the north coast of Scotland, but also on some of the less well known spots of north Yorkshire.
The quality of the surfing is exceptional, which is what you would expect from the likes of Stokesy, Oli Adams, Skindog, Russ Winter, Eugene Tollemache, Egor, Matt Capel, Mark Vaughan and many more. However again this is another indication that Brit surfers can rip it up with the best of them.
And it’s not just the usual suspects starring here, there’s footage of unnamed guys who are going off just the same.
 There’s big airs, plenty of carving turns and a bucket load of deep tube riding. Some of these barrels may make you think you’re watching footage from Indo, but then you look at the water colour and guys wearing hoods to remember its good old Blighty!
As well as shortboarding, there’s also some longboarding courtesy of Adam Griffiths and Ben ‘Skindog’ Skinner. The boys show where modern longboarding is at – vertical snaps, big floaters and huge carves are mixed up traditional drop-knee turns and noseriding. And just to reinforce that they can go short too, there’s footage of them tearing it up on tiny fish boards.
 A bit of tow-in action features, as do some obligatory wipeout clips. The only things possibly missing from this film is footage of Brit girls and groms – but perhaps Ross has these lined up for sequels?!
On top of the content itself, Fusion is well filmed, slickly edited and nicely put together.
Fusion has 13 separate chapters and a running time of over 50 minutes, giving you a lot of bang for your buck.
The soundtrack is a nice mix with celtic influences, dance tunes and guitar-driven indie-rock tracks. Artists featured are: Celtic Cross, Nick Mack, Magnet Men, Attack! Attack!, Auction For The Promise Club, Mexicofallz and Paige.
A surf film well worth owning and having in your DVD collection. And it's 100% British too!
You can buy a copy of Fusion from Surfclips.co.uk for £16.99, including p&p |
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