The LOC 1986 video - from the vault!

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Reflex Films
Reflex Films
WA
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WA, 1463 posts
22 Jan 2015 2:32pm
Hello wind driven Speed racers!

being the 30th LOC i thought it timely that this be released into the wild.

A video production peer of mine, Jeremy Ashton (gun sound man extraordinaire), shared this production with me that he made back in 86.

F16 - Wild Water , White light!


He spent a fortune on helicopters and production time to make this doco. I guarantee it will take you back in time!

I have done a quick re edit (cutting hard into the content) to cater for the modern attention deficit disorder condition



The more things change the more they remain the same. .. enjoy the nostalgia!
tobyr
tobyr
WA
69 posts
WA, 69 posts
22 Jan 2015 4:53pm
Thanks reflex.
Loved it.
Mobydisc
Mobydisc
NSW
9029 posts
NSW, 9029 posts
22 Jan 2015 8:47pm
Was it windier back them?
Dwbh
Dwbh
QLD
829 posts
QLD, 829 posts
22 Jan 2015 8:51pm
That is very groovy - thanks reflex for sharing
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23705 posts
WA, 23705 posts
22 Jan 2015 7:32pm
I was wondering if you'd faked it with effects and filters when I saw Ben Newson at 01:12 - 01:13 ish

bosi
bosi
WA
23 posts
WA, 23 posts
23 Jan 2015 8:59pm
Hey Matt,

I hope you paid the filmmaker some VHS royalities due.

That doco has been floating around for the past 28 years, a bit like Nicole Kidmans perm in the same era 'Windrider' flick.

For the record the film is about the 1987 RACE.

Dave Sheen won the L to L race in 1986.

Phil McGain won the L to L race in 1987. Phil looks a few years younger here.

I spoke to him about it on a windsurfing holiday on Maui in 1989, he has never once been back, always too f*king hot that weekend.

That has never changed.

The course was also different then (and up until around 1997), there were more crayboat markers and hence more windward and leeward legs making for better reaching, rather than the "painfully" downwind course from 1998 onwards.
stringer
stringer
WA
703 posts
WA, 703 posts
23 Jan 2015 10:42pm
Errol H Tout. Legend.
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