TJS | POV – Richard Kenvin from The Surfer's Journal by Tyler Manson.
Wow. Tyler Manson directs a short piece for The Surfer’s Journal on Richard Kenvin, the director of Hydrodynamica. Kenvin gives us a brief glimpse at an alternate version of surfing’s history, one where the major influences are science, craft and art. And surfers aren’t viewed as male bimbos who don’t like having a day job. Bob Simmons is the missing key and Kenvin’s theory is that the death of Simmons in 1954 obscured just how influential he was to modern surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding both from his technological innovations that pushed surfing forward (planing hulls, finless, two fins, etc..) and a cultural outlook as well, one that had very little to do with D-fin longboard surf culture in Hawaii that was propelled worldwide by Hollywood’s obsession with the perceived surfing lifestyle.
Can’t wait to see Hydrodynamica. and The Surfer’s Journal is killing it with nicely produced video content!
[via The Alley Fish Fry]
