ozpricey said...

A wise man told me there's a old NP vid called FastForward with a crazy barefoot skiing windsurf trick. I can't get hold of this movie anywhere.

Is there a website or some place where these old movies end up free for distribution or something?

I've found a trailer for it here:
http://www.stableroad.com/videos/ffspeed.mov

I have a copy of it on VHS still, your more than welcome to have it if your willing to pay for shipping, might not be worth it though seeing as your in WA and I'm in Vic.

gday,
not sure which vid it was in, but there were 4 neil pryde vids late 80's, fast forward, instant replay, moving target and rigmarole.
they were the best vids i had seen at the time, they are still better than the new vids I have seen. non stop unreal sailing action.
i think the trick you are referring to was a body drag type thing, where they stay on their feet.

I remember one of those with some guys jumping through each others sails.

some how I also remember Polakow launching off as wave and going out of shot straight up and the camera starts searching for him.

I could be getting confused by the time since then but it would be great to see again.

I have it on VHS!

All shot in Maui by Robert Masters and it's got a fair bit of Bjorn, Mark Angulo and Rush Randle. Then there's Laird Hamilton screaming through Camp One on a tiny speed needle.

It does also have several incidents of deliberate crashes with sails being torn by fins. Not sure about the body drag trick.

If you'd like to borrow it then PM me. Otherwise someone who is skilled at transfer to DVD may like to have a crack.