I love the perspective you receive of surfing from whating this film. Surfing always was and is about having connection to nature and experiencing its raw power.
What a great gift Alby gave surfing. Morning of the Earth is an iconic time capsule of surfing that will be watched and engrained in our culture forever. On behalf of every surfer, thank you 🙏
Oh my God.. makes me feel old..I was a few years younger than these guys.. but that movie did it for me and many of my mates...surfing all over Australia fo :74 to 80 ..then moved to Indo ..and Europe.... lived like that for many years...
I loved this little doco, just saw it 2023. But back in the day after MOTE , jumped in a car with bunch of mates got out of Sydney and lived in one of those dilapidated farm houses and went surfing at Scott's head, when not surfing, played guitars or ate simple food , yep, what a life, Thanks Alby and Tracks and Go-Set
Albe Falzon spot on. By 1974 back in Sydney, had a mortgage, 77 got married, kid on the way and surfing went out the window. MP would still pop in, stay over sometimes, on the way to Bells or whatever and we'd catch up and even have a few surfs which eventually dwindled into all work and zero surfing. Strangely the short trip to the Goldie, saying with Tommy, catching up with Michael at his book launch in 2004, was when I started surfing again after a dry 30 year hiatus. 😎🏄♂🌊🌴😍
I remember an early misty morning in 1972/3? at Crescent Head, walking out to the point past the line up of vans and combi's nearly all of which were playing Morning of the Earth on the old 8 track. Magic times;)
I saw Morning of the Earth at The Manly Silver Screen with all my mates. I was about 13 or 14. It was the greatest thing I had ever seen and still holds its own.
Wonderful guy. Thank you for your spirit. I saw Morning of the Earth in my late teens on the floor of a junior high that hosted surfing films. We didn't have money and it was a sellout so the doorman let us in for free. That sweep of Uluwatu still sends shivers down my spine.
Wonderful memories of that time. As Albe said, “he wanted to make a beautiful film… “well he certainly did! It’s stood the test of time. Captured surfing life as it was. Thanks Albe
So many memories. Thanks Alby. I grew up in Collaroy. Steven Cooney, Fitz, and all those guys were a few years older. I went for a 3 week surf trip to the Gold Coast in 76 and came back just over 12 months later lol. I got to know MP a little, had one of his boards. Some of the best days of my life and all came flooding back watching this.
Thanks Alby you documented the time and put the huge effort in to preserve that period of the surfing evolution for the generations beyond our lifetime to experience what we did. You can tell it was a passion not profit driven enterprise how the world has changed you have left us with the memories of what I would say were simpler and better times🏄
Insane, so good! I saw it when it was doing its rounds initially on the east coast at Waverley College in the hall. A packed house was in awe and it changed my life forever, I have never conformed and have been surfing waves all over the planet since. I now live in a remote tropical paradise and still go missing from here to find new waves. RIP Baddy my old mate, my good friends the Webbers bought Witzig's little abode among the swamp oaks a few doors down from the point. I was living in a tent between Anga and Spookies for a while mid 70's, so happy to have been a young grom thru all of this... found Bali in 1979 and never looked back...
I met Kim. The aussie in denpasar..treated me like family ..he was the guy there. .he passed away few years ago. He and maury close were my first to guys I met in Bali. Amazing experience...and I was a yank from Virginia..
Winter '71 Snapper was pumping, best bank in years. Get woken up with a manic "let's go" on dawn. Headed to Snapper passed Kirra all excited and we stop, chuck a U turn and pull up. Michael had spotted "some photog" setting up and that was that. His car so Kirra it was much to my annoyance. Lucky in hindsight or no "Cutback of the Century" and two good sessions that morning. First session high tide yellow boardies, second off the groyne. MOTE premiere in Sydney imagine the surprise seeing the Kirra footage as the audience went wild. MOTE certainly has a place in my heart with memories of living with MP.
@@fernandomaron87 From crowd reactions at the films he was in, with MOTE the first, I would agree. Went to quite a few screenings of MOTE and other films with him in them when right on cue the often stoned out fairly silent crowd would instantly go nuts.
So glad this documentary on Alby was made. His impact on the surfing culture with the release of "Morning of the Earth" was profound. It was his film and the Forgotten Island of Santosha that inspired my travels and film pursuits. In some ways he reminded me of one of my mentors - Bill Delaney. But then Alby took things to a much higher level with his travels to India, Burma and Tibet, and truly travelled the Golden Road to an amazing life and career.
Thanks for posting that. The only thing I knew about Alby Falzon was that he made Morning of the Earth. It was really inspiring to see all the other stuff he's done.
An artful, profound, free and inspiring film/person/life/worldview. Bravo. Lot's of great wisdom in his stories - Mr. Falzon is timeless DUDE for ALL SEASONS.
“Just paddle out. Don’t go in competitions. Steer clear of corporate branding, and give the best wave in the water to yer friend” . That’s a helluva mantra 🤙
AWWEEEESSSOOOMMMMMMMEEE! Yeewww! So stoked this has been put up. Alby is a visionary, look at mine and all time best Surf movie. “MORNING OF THE EARTH” that movie because the sound track to our lives when we discovered it in the late 80’s early 90’s. Alby is also a top bloke, I meet him many years ago at Greenmount and he was kind and gave up his time to talk to a chubby little red headed kid riding my pride and joy, a gifted KEYO Plastic Machine. He probably won’t read this, but thanks Alby that stil means a lot. Cheers
Met a girl in the Blue Mountains, early 90's. When she told me she was Alby's sister I was like a kid who just met his favourite hero. Those carefree days all came flooding back in polaroid. Somehow the sky looked bluer in those days....
Well that same sister built a house on his mid north coast property and is now 72 and he is going to kick her out so he can give his property to a religion...he is the biggest cu$ t out there
@@lucyloose2841 I met her at the Blackheath Vipassana Centre. I was taking in the "valuables" storage for the people sitting the meditation course. I'm from WA and surfed lots "down south" as we call it, so when she registered as (can't remember her first name) Falzon, I glibly/casually said, " You're no relation to Alby, are you?". Expecting a "No, who's he?", she said coyly, "Yeah......he's my brother", with a bit of a tiresome, yet respectful smirk. That's when I got a little bit star struck, which was strange for a guy who'd been to WAAPA.......
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Amazing. Crystal Voyager transform my life and y became a photographer.
My friend richard and I would watch this movie before a surf.then I came across 2 Gordon and Smith single fins 8ft.3in thick...we called them the morning of the earth boards as they kinda looked like m.p. s boards.
Great film. I hate that his understanding of the Christian religion is so wrong. I understand how this could happen but that’s sad. I wish he could see that Jesus is the only way. But this was a beautiful surf film
I love the perspective you receive of surfing from whating this film. Surfing always was and is about having connection to nature and experiencing its raw power.
I grew up at North Narrabeen, so thank you for this treasure.
Wow! So glad this video popped up in my feed....amazing!
What a great gift Alby gave surfing. Morning of the Earth is an iconic time capsule of surfing that will be watched and engrained in our culture forever. On behalf of every surfer, thank you 🙏
Oh my God.. makes me feel old..I was a few years younger than these guys.. but that movie did it for me and many of my mates...surfing all over Australia fo :74 to 80 ..then moved to Indo ..and Europe.... lived like that for many years...
I loved this little doco, just saw it 2023. But back in the day after MOTE , jumped in a car with bunch of mates got out of Sydney and lived in one of those dilapidated farm houses and went surfing at Scott's head, when not surfing, played guitars or ate simple food , yep, what a life, Thanks Alby and Tracks and Go-Set
Albe Falzon spot on. By 1974 back in Sydney, had a mortgage, 77 got married, kid on the way and surfing went out the window. MP would still pop in, stay over sometimes, on the way to Bells or whatever and we'd catch up and even have a few surfs which eventually dwindled into all work and zero surfing. Strangely the short trip to the Goldie, saying with Tommy, catching up with Michael at his book launch in 2004, was when I started surfing again after a dry 30 year hiatus. 😎🏄♂🌊🌴😍
i'm doing the same, right on ...
I remember an early misty morning in 1972/3? at Crescent Head, walking out to the point past the line up of vans and combi's nearly all of which were playing Morning of the Earth on the old 8 track. Magic times;)
I saw Morning of the Earth at The Manly Silver Screen with all my mates. I was about 13 or 14. It was the greatest thing I had ever seen and still holds its own.
Wonderful guy. Thank you for your spirit. I saw Morning of the Earth in my late teens on the floor of a junior high that hosted surfing films. We didn't have money and it was a sellout so the doorman let us in for free. That sweep of Uluwatu still sends shivers down my spine.
Forever young when i see and hear this movie . The benchmark of surfing films !
The soundtrack itself is a work of art
Wonderful memories of that time. As Albe said, “he wanted to make a beautiful film… “well he certainly did! It’s stood the test of time. Captured surfing life as it was. Thanks Albe
So many memories. Thanks Alby. I grew up in Collaroy. Steven Cooney, Fitz, and all those guys were a few years older. I went for a 3 week surf trip to the Gold Coast in 76 and came back just over 12 months later lol. I got to know MP a little, had one of his boards. Some of the best days of my life and all came flooding back watching this.
Thanks Alby you documented the time and put the huge effort in to preserve that period of the surfing evolution for the generations beyond our lifetime to experience what we did. You can tell it was a passion not profit driven enterprise how the world has changed you have left us with the memories of what I would say were simpler and better times🏄
Insane, so good! I saw it when it was doing its rounds initially on the east coast at Waverley College in the hall. A packed house was in awe and it changed my life forever, I have never conformed and have been surfing waves all over the planet since. I now live in a remote tropical paradise and still go missing from here to find new waves. RIP Baddy my old mate, my good friends the Webbers bought Witzig's little abode among the swamp oaks a few doors down from the point. I was living in a tent between Anga and Spookies for a while mid 70's, so happy to have been a young grom thru all of this... found Bali in 1979 and never looked back...
I met Kim. The aussie in denpasar..treated me like family ..he was the guy there. .he passed away few years ago. He and maury close were my first to guys I met in Bali. Amazing experience...and I was a yank from Virginia..
Really loved this and the opportunity to learn about important surf history.
Winter '71 Snapper was pumping, best bank in years. Get woken up with a manic "let's go" on dawn. Headed to Snapper passed Kirra all excited and we stop, chuck a U turn and pull up. Michael had spotted "some photog" setting up and that was that. His car so Kirra it was much to my annoyance. Lucky in hindsight or no "Cutback of the Century" and two good sessions that morning. First session high tide yellow boardies, second off the groyne. MOTE premiere in Sydney imagine the surprise seeing the Kirra footage as the audience went wild. MOTE certainly has a place in my heart with memories of living with MP.
That's one of the most important surf sessions ever. The surfing displayed by Michael in that film took the world like a storm
@@fernandomaron87 From crowd reactions at the films he was in, with MOTE the first, I would agree. Went to quite a few screenings of MOTE and other films with him in them when right on cue the often stoned out fairly silent crowd would instantly go nuts.
So glad this documentary on Alby was made. His impact on the surfing culture with the release of "Morning of the Earth" was profound. It was his film and the Forgotten Island of Santosha that inspired my travels and film pursuits. In some ways he reminded me of one of my mentors - Bill Delaney. But then Alby took things to a much higher level with his travels to India, Burma and Tibet, and truly travelled the Golden Road to an amazing life and career.
Thanks for posting that. The only thing I knew about Alby Falzon was that he made Morning of the Earth. It was really inspiring to see all the other stuff he's done.
An artful, profound, free and inspiring film/person/life/worldview. Bravo.
Lot's of great wisdom in his stories - Mr. Falzon is timeless DUDE for ALL SEASONS.
You obviously don't him and if you do you still don't know he is an arsehole
“Just paddle out. Don’t go in competitions. Steer clear of corporate branding, and give the best wave in the water to yer friend” . That’s a helluva mantra 🤙
AWWEEEESSSOOOMMMMMMMEEE! Yeewww! So stoked this has been put up. Alby is a visionary, look at mine and all time best Surf movie. “MORNING OF THE EARTH” that movie because the sound track to our lives when we discovered it in the late 80’s early 90’s. Alby is also a top bloke, I meet him many years ago at Greenmount and he was kind and gave up his time to talk to a chubby little red headed kid riding my pride and joy, a gifted KEYO Plastic Machine. He probably won’t read this, but thanks Alby that stil means a lot. Cheers
It’s So Cool… Being Given The World 🌎
Great surfing story, I really like it! Awesome So cool.
Really appreciate this
Excellent all the way throughout the film 🥰💙
Excellent!
Gr8 watch 😉👍🌊🏄♂️🌊🏄♂️🌊
Woh. Was shocked to see Trinidad carnival featured in the expanded “Festivals” series. Interesting.
Met a girl in the Blue Mountains, early 90's. When she told me she was Alby's sister I was like a kid who just met his favourite hero. Those carefree days all came flooding back in polaroid. Somehow the sky looked bluer in those days....
Well that same sister built a house on his mid north coast property and is now 72 and he is going to kick her out so he can give his property to a religion...he is the biggest cu$ t out there
@@lucyloose2841 How do you know this?
@@fernandomaron87 because that lady you met is my mother
@@lucyloose2841 I met her at the Blackheath Vipassana Centre. I was taking in the "valuables" storage for the people sitting the meditation course. I'm from WA and surfed lots "down south" as we call it, so when she registered as (can't remember her first name) Falzon, I glibly/casually said, " You're no relation to Alby, are you?". Expecting a "No, who's he?", she said coyly, "Yeah......he's my brother", with a bit of a tiresome, yet respectful smirk. That's when I got a little bit star struck, which was strange for a guy who'd been to WAAPA.......
Amazing. Crystal Voyager transform my life and y became a photographer.
It's a Start, when you open up your heart 🙏❤️🌊
He hasn't got one
My friend richard and I would watch this movie before a surf.then I came across 2 Gordon and Smith single fins 8ft.3in thick...we called them the morning of the earth boards as they kinda looked like m.p. s boards.
"All I wanted to do was make a beautiful film"...he sure did
ALBY LOVE YA MATE #GoldenDolphin #TheLegend
You obviously don't know him that well hard to love him
lol - Bali was cool but Tibet was a medieval serfdom
Great film. I hate that his understanding of the Christian religion is so wrong. I understand how this could happen but that’s sad. I wish he could see that Jesus is the only way. But this was a beautiful surf film