Author Archives: SimonO

“Home surfing movies I made with my brother, Craig Tissot, during a trip to Bali in 1978 and Hawaii in 1979-80. Bali: Kuta Beach, Nusa Dua, Uluwatu. Hawaii: Honolua Bay, Haleiwa, Ala Moana. You had to hike to Ulu back … Continue reading →

Michael Fishbach narrates this ‘veritie doco’ encounter with a humpback whale entangled in a fishing net. Gershon Cohen and he have founded The Great Whale Conservancy to protect whales. http://www.greatwhaleconservancy.org

Kassia Meador in “Echo” by Bruce Muller something delicious in the slowness, the music, the glimpses just past the waves… The visual meditation is the first of four shorts teasing the release this fall of Frequencies, an experimental documentary and … Continue reading →

Swiftly out from the friendly lilt of the band, The crowd’s good laughter, the loved eyes of men, I am drawn nightward; I must turn again Where, down beyond the low untrodden strand, There curves and glimmers outward to the … Continue reading →

The moon splits open. We move through, waterbirds rising to look for another lake. Or say we are living in a love-ocean, where trust works to caulk our body-boat, To make it last a little while, until the inevitable shipwreck, … Continue reading →

there’s nothing like an ocean-going irony-free zone, riding the wave of puff that never loses its curl… who writes this stuff?

Chris Stubbs is the organiser and instigator of the annual Shark Bait Swim in Huskisson, Jervis Bay. In this film Chris is swimming wearing a waterproof camera strapped across his forehead. To emphasise the repetitive nature of the exercise just … Continue reading →

The argument for nuclear energy revolves around the cost-effectiveness of nuclear energy, evils of dirty alternatives (as if nuclear waste wasn’t itself dirty), and the fact that much land is required for wind turbines and solar cells. Are we so … Continue reading →

What we’re putting into the atmosphere really constitutes an unprecedented experiment with our planet that is going to lead to changes that haven’t been seen in millions of years. As the whole world warms up, a lot of places are … Continue reading →

Breaking news – AUSTRALIAN surfing great Michael Peterson has died, apparently from a heart attack. Family sources reported that Peterson, 59, died this morning, according to the Surfing World website. Peterson was virtually unbeatable in the early 1970s, winning three … Continue reading →