This shot was taken around the same time period all of the footage your are about to watch was.
About two seasons ago, my last days as a pseudo professional surfer my good friend and photog Dave Molleck convinced me to start shooting video instead of pictures. Now I have always hated myself on film and as a result spent the bulk of my life avoiding it. After some friendly prodding I was sold on the idea and we began shooting some of my sessions. Dave moved to New Port like anyone else you wants to make it in the US surf scene. He went to try his chops as a photographer and shoot some guys who really could surf instead of kooks like me.
Since then he has had some shoots in the mags and on Surfline.com. I actually ran into him at Trestles this summer (see blog Orange County Can Keep Lowers for that story). It was good to see him. I had all these discs with footage of me sitting in a junk draw in my bedroom dresser just collecting dust. The DVD/CD drive in my computer fried about two years ago so I could not do anything with them, plus I am really lazy and was a bit scared to see how bad I looked. My boy Ryan has been sleeping on my couch while attempting to get on his feet here in SB.
I was telling him about the footage and since he studied film and editing back in his SBCC days he said he would give it a look and edit it for me. So here it is the first ever Chris Lisanti surf video. Its five minutes of absolute spastic gnarl that only I could serve up. Those of you who have seen me surf in person you know it is quite the experience, those who have not well your in for quite the eye full. Most people don’t really know what to think the first time they see me surf.
Shoots I was with Adrienne for a year and half before she saw me surf a shitty day at Emma Wood. shortly after she left me for another man. What does that say for my surfing? I think it takes a few watches to appreciate my brand of gnarliness. Either way its good for stoke or a laugh or both. Public humiliation is fun. Told you I am an emotional Masochist.
The video is broken into two parts by a song change and black out. Stick around for part two cause I get crazy in it. Listen to the lyrics in the first song. I think it is rather fitting for me. Feed back in the comments is always welcome. Remember when I was a grom my grommie nick name was “The Spaz”. This vid should easily help you to understand why.
Dave and I about to go for a water session.
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