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The Inner Most Limits Of Pure Fun

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The Inner Most Limits Of Pure Fun filmed and edited by George Greenough.

This film is void of any narration, however the movie alone tells the real story. Upon first inspection this film is a stoker - great
waves, good friends, nice style, groundbreaking water photography and a killer soundtrack. A group of surfers hanging around Lennox Head in 1968 and surfing what many still say were the best banks they have ever seen. But the more you watch this film, the more the evidence and the films documentation of the shortboard evolution becomes apparent. The film starts with longboards and ends with shortboards. The transition period is captured right here, in a fun and light portrayal of the golden era of surfing since gone, but glimpsed here in George Greenough’s The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun.

In the winter 1968 Greenough had just finished his work commitments with The Fantastic Plastic Machine. Sharing a house at Wategoes beach with Bob McTavish, Chris Brock, Gary Keys they surfed that whole season and tried to get their boards to go where their collective mind was headed. In the spring of 1968 Greenough went back to California to edit footage and tend to his lobster fishing business, while the remaining surfers relocated south.

1969 and they all met up again, this time south of Lennox Head at Angourie, where we see the second half of the film unfold with perfect waves, shorter boards and a more vertical element to their surfing.

Ted Spencer flying, trimming and turning from one point on the surfboard. This was and still is futuristic surfing, captured here in the winter of 1969.

George Greenough inspired a whole generation of surfers with his innovative design ideas, understanding of Hyrdodynamics and construction. Most of the surfers in this film are still friends and today are continuing to pusue many of the surfboard design ideas that Greenough implanted back in the 1960's.

George Greenough chronicles ground-zero of the shortboard evolution, as it evolved in 1968. This highly personalised film is the prime intigators perspective of the innovations that changed surfing for evermore.

Track the inside out with George in groundbreaking 'point of view' sequences that are utterly unique.

Hear the distinctive improvisational soundtrack, scored on the spot by Dennis Dragon and Danny Aaberg with their
cult band The Farm. Grinding organ tones, thumping bass with a collaboration of musicians with surf music and blues roots.

SOME QUOTES ABOUT THE FILM

Financed entirely with the proceeds generated by Greenough's fishing business, this document is entirely free of any commercial restraints or advertising sludge. Gritty, witty, unexpurgated, unadorned and essential; this is the first film from the tubes perspective (Greenough Vision) It is the Innermost Limits of Pure Fun.
C.R Stecyk

"A landmark inside-out perspective of surfing that's yet to be replicated-pure genius." Steve Pezman, Surfers Journal Publisher

"The "coming of the Dawn' take is simply the most visceral and mesmerizing stretch of the film in surf movie history." Scott Hulet, Surfers Journal Editor

"So much has always been made of the incredible photography that we've forgotten the action, which is incredible. The genius of the modern carve, tube and roundhouse surfing." Sam George surfer/author/historian

"mesmerizing." Tom Curren

Featuring:
Chris Brock
Ted Spencer
Robert Conneely
Danny Hazard
Russell Hughes
George Greenough
Gary Keys
Terry Keys
Bob McTavish
Dickie Nelson
David Treloar
Greg Weaver

Sound: Dennis Dragon
Music Co-ordinator: Denny Aaberg
Band: The Farm
Original artwork by Patty

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The Inner Most Limits Of Pure Fun filmed and edited by George Greenough.

Circa 1968 Lennox Head with George Greenough and friends riding longboards with pointed noses. Lots of fun and empty waves, and a sense of surfing innocence that is not available today at the same places they surfed.

The finale to the film is a year later, 1969 Angourie, riding boards under 6 feet, trimming and turning from one point on the surfboard. Greenough had not only affected these guys with design, but was right there filming the whole thing with his gifted talent for film-making.

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Stay tuned, this is going to be the Inner Most Limits shrine. To purchase the fully restored version on DVD, click classic DVD shop

To visit Greenoughs official website
www.georgegreenough.com

More about the soundtrack with THE FARM talking about the making of the film and touring it.

Surfing the Innermost Limits of Pure Fun; Denny Aaberg & FARM's Soundtrack Tribute to George Greenough from Evita Huapaya on Vimeo.