Transmission 8 All time clips with Dallas Singer

In: Transmission by philgallagher 4 Comments Thu 29th Jul '10

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Dallas Signer is not ashamed to let people know he loves to watch. He is a watcher. From chewed VHS tapes to scratched DVD's nothing will stop him from keep his favourite clips on close proximity.

Being the tech savoy individual Dallas is he has converted all his favourites to a more modern format and carries them on his 32GB phone for access and amp capabilities at all time. Here is his top eight.

Alex Bunting- Denis
Alex was the first guy from our generation that was truly professional. He had a bunch of momentum going in to this section at the time and I can remember just sinking in my seat at the premier as I watched Al for 3 minutes tear apart every wave he caught. It really inspired me as a young guy on the casp of moving into professional bodyboarding, I could see Alex in this section doing a lot of the kind of stuff that I wanted to do. Chad and Kane did a great edit and the huge supers keg with the visor Gath has got to be the highlight. Watch Bunts rip it up here.

Hubb- No Friends 3
In my opinion number 3 was the best No Friends Vid that was ever released. The speed of the surfing through out was on another level for the time and Hubb's section was out of control. The track is fast and the moves are incredible even for today's standards. An air forward off an invisible backwash at Pipe had my finger on rewind every time, as did some of the indo footage with the palm trees in the background. I watched this part every day I left the house for a surf when I was around 16, just instantly psyching.

Hardy, Now days- Hardlyfe 1
I remember Tom Rigby telling me that you can never switch off the TV during a now days section, and it's so true. Hardlyfe was the first bio flick I ever laid my hands on and the footage Balls complied for this section is nothing short of amazing, particularly his surfing during the 2000/2001 Hawaii season. He's been my favourite rider since I can remember and this section goes down in my books as one of his best. I still watch this section often now that I've transferred it from tape to my pod.

Tow outs- Tension 4
Never had I seen bodyboarders launch legit moves so high, I didn't blink during this whole section when watching it the first 10 times. Whitey spawned something amazing when he decided to tow bodyboarders into 3ft close outs and I don't think bodyboarding has ever been the same since. Whitey's madness can be viewed here.

Joe Clarke- Bali Boom Podcast 

Joe's one of my favourite riders right now and the podcast section of him in Bali never seems' to get old for me. He's riding fast and powerful for seemingly average waves, the Canguu stuff especially. I hadn't seen a lot of footage of Joe before this section was released so I was surprised to see how much he was tearing the panties off the waves on this Bali trip. An awesome clip to watch before doing tricks during a beachie session. Joey's shred sessions are here.

Hardy- Perspectives

Another favourite that I abused as a young kid in High School. Andy Lawrence made some of my all time movies, Perspective was released during a time when it seemed the WA guys where the best group of bodyboarders on the planet. Hardy's section is full of some of the tightest moves known to man, particularly an invert captured from land and water where he lands facing the pit, a move I tried tirelessly to imitate for years. Some great Island footage sprinkled in there also, thissection well a truly made it's way into my top 8.

Ben Player- No Friends Lost Cause
Ben's section completely made up of footage from his first trip to the Canaries is a 3 minute section every bodyboarder needs to see. I think it's to a Dashboard Confessional track, which strangely enough fits the section well. It's a non-stop trick-fest right the way through with a few big quick rotation air revs out of the left bowl being the highlights. All this footage must have been captured over only a few sessions as the waves look very similar throughout, I love to see a rider who is consistent enough to pull that off, gets me amped to put the most into every surf.

Dave Winchester- Tension 6
Again another rider that is consistent enough to pull off an all time section with just a few surfs. The first time I had heard a Flogging Molly track to surf footage, "finally!" I thought. Majority of the section is filled with a Cloud Nine trip he'd been on during filming the movie and you can just tell how much he's enjoying riding perfect 4-5ft waves. Some of the DK pits are unbelievable and every move he does seems to be a bit bigger than the last, he lets everything just come to him in this section without having to force any moves making everything look way too easy.

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