Gathering is a short film from independent filmmaker Nathan Oldfield, the creator of the award-winning left of centre surf films Lines From a Poem, Seaworthy and The Heart & The Sea. The film features the enigmatic and free-thinking Dave Rastovich at home in the sacred playgrounds of the Far North Coast of New South Wales. The film explores Rastovich’s ideas around how the tension between the industrial and the natural in the surfing world unfolds in that place. Ultimately, Gathering celebrates how diversity and difference in ecosystems, relationships and surfing contribute to the preciousness of life. Gathering is easy on the eyes and ears and Tracks Magazine is proud to present it to you. Nathan Oldfield is a maverick, a filmmaker who wants a surf movie to say something important, to move us and make us grateful for the sea around us and the life within us. His films are quiet, beautiful and brimming with sacred purpose. Tim Winton, Acclaimed Australian Novelist
Smoko for Alf Featuring Tracks’ Own Nick Colbey
Although we are generally reluctant to flagrantly promote our own staff members, we couldn’t help but notice that Nick Colbey’s perso clip, Smoko for Alf just made Stacking Clips alongside the recent submissions by Noa Deane and Jordy Smith.
Nick shelved a promising pro career to hit film school and now shoots and directs many of Tracks DVD productions. His latest major Tracks production, Wanderlust is scheduled to come out on the 30th December with the mag.
Needless to say, the Alf look alike still knows how to snuff out a barrel and the following clip is a montage of those little moments on trips when he gets to put the camera down and grab a board. The way we see it, the fact it featured on Stacking Clips means it was objectively approved and therefore gives us a kind of green light to blow some smoke up his ass. Did we mention he’s also in a band? Some guys get all the breaks.
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The film features the enigmatic and free-thinking Dave Rastovich at home on the Far North Coast of NSW.
Wanderlust
In this quintessentially Australian film, the two friends ride waves with the nation’s best surfers.
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