Rod Sumpter

i'm so bored. what can i talk about?

Well, went to watch the Rod Sumpter Come Surf With Me thing, he's Final Cutted his main 4 films into one and we saw 40 minutes of it. It's Endless Summer but less slick. I was fascinated by the footage of Crantock and Fistral and the mad boards they tried to pull moves on in Hawaii. How is a singlefin spoon-shaped thing going to stick in a Pipe wall?! I loved the Bells footage. The French footage was amazing purely for the lack of crowds. Some of it was dodgy quality to say the least but it is nearly 40 years old, some of it. Anyway we got to talk to him and I think cos I was interested it made it easy and I asked some not totally stupid questions. Though I was nervous and dropped my pen and stammered…but he's nice and likes to talk for sure! I hope he gets the money to bring his archived footage to life. And I hope he gets some help with Final Cut Pro. Also met John from A1 Surf who's another one who's seen the rise of it all. I'd love to do memoirs of both of them.

Come Surf With Me is being shown at Sailors (where the surfers used to hang out!) on Dec 6.