That’s Matt Titone from ITAL/C. And when he had a chance to photograph professional surfer Owen Wright, he didn’t want to go the traditional “surf porn” route. So instead of capturing Wright cutting through gnarly waves–do surfers still say “gnarly”?–Titone and his partner Ron Thompson focused on Wright’s beyond-Herculean physique. They created a video and an interactive site called Anatomy of Owen Wright. It’s a Vitruvian Man for the modern age, highlighting a demigod with the stature of Dwyane Wade and a wingspan bigger than Michael Phelps.

The Anatomy Of Owen Wright from Indoek on Vimeo.

“We kept referring to it as an anatomy lesson from a high school or college science teacher. It had to have that matter-of-fact quality, but still be warm and endearing,” Titone explains. “A reference that we held in high regard throughout the process was the Eames Powers of Ten video. It is so scientific and informative, but also approachable and very entertaining.”

And they nailed it. Somewhat nostalgic, somewhat idyllic, somewhat scientific, Anatomy of Owen Wright is a charming and informative celebration of the human form. Or at least one human’s form. In fact, the more I study Wright, the more I’m convinced that he can’t be a real homosapien. Because that torso is just unfair.

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The San Diego Surf Film Festival has announced its much-anticipated list of films for 2013. The films, chosen by a six-member screening panel, represent a wide variety of cultures and surf destinations on nearly every continent.

Due to the overwhelming amount of film submissions, SDSFF organizers have expanded the amount of films to be shown from 35 to 42. Fourteen features and 28 short films will be shown during the festival May 8-12, 2013, which will be held once again at Bird’s Surf Shed in San Diego, a world famous restored quonset hut filled with an impressive collection of historically significant surfboards and artifacts.

read more @ sandiegosurffilmfestival.com

It is nearly 35 years since Francis Ford Coppola’s transposed Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness to the madness and mayhem of the Vietnam War and called it Apocalypse Now.

It was actually filmed in in the northern Philippines.

That when the filming stopped, another story started, a story that has more to do with waves than war.

The BBC’s Kate McGeown explains how surfing has transformed the culture and industry in the Philippines.

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