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Who Landed The Biggest Air In The Best Surf Film Of The Year?| Pentacoastal B-Sides

If Pentacoastal isn’t your favorite surf film from this year, you should find a new optician. Wade Goodall and Shane Fletcher crafted one of the most taint-tingling surf flicks I’ve seen in a minute.

Luckily, our boy Danny J has been kind enough to break the film into 3 segments, so our feeble minds can digest it in small doses. This is due to the fact that watching it all at once may be overstimulating for some viewers, plus most of us only get 15-minute lunch breaks.

Video: Wade Goodall/Shane Fletcher

Our Fav Sections From Pentacoastal

Pentacoastal dropped in May, yet its relevance has persisted into the depths of 2020.

One could say this is due to a large lack of surf content as a result of stringent travel bans, but that’s simply not the case. While difficult, plenty of surfers found means to travel whilst adhering to social distancing and quarantine guidelines, taking boat trips to the Mentawais and many a Brazilian enjoying aquatic Maldivian delights.

Wade and Shane's Pentacoastal has remained relevant due to the sheer quality of their film.

See above for proof.

Video: Danny Johnson and Shane Fletcher

PENTACOASTAL: The B-Sides Series - Part Four | Surf | VANS

Part Four of the B-Sides Series showcases a bunch of moments left over from times in OZ whilst filming for "Pentacoastal".

Filmed & Edited By Shane Fletcher

PENTACOASTAL: The B-sides Series - Part Three | Surf | VANS

Part Three of the B-Sides Series showcases a bunch of moments that simply didn’t fit the tropics part of "Pentacoastal".

Filmed & Edited By Shane Fletcher

PENTACOASTAL: The B-sides Series - Part Two | Surf | VANS

Part Two of the B-Sides Series showcases a night session whilst filming for Pentacoastal. Shot during a full moon around 2AM at Tea-Tree Noosa QLD. Cyclone OMA hit the east-coast of Aus and the crew hiked up to the point to night surf and escape the overwhelming crowds that took over the day light hours. The team wired up a car battery and a spot light and just wanted to see how it would work.

Filmed & Edited By Shane Fletcher

PENTACOASTAL: The B-Sides Series - Part One | Surf | VANS

Part One of the B-Sides Series showcases a recollection from a strike trip whilst filming for Pentacoastal. Plagued with eggy winds and a junky swell this wave only broke on two of the days we were there. But we snapped through the groundhog days and in an attempt to avoid the crowds at this particular reef Dane, Wade & Tanner only surfed on the dead-low tides. Filming from the water, Shane Fletcher's knees were scratching the reef on most waves but we made some fun out of it!

Filmed & Edited By Shane Fletcher
Additional Footage By Reagan Ritchie

Special thanks to the crew at Mandiri Beach Club for the amazing hospitality.

Music Credits:
“Caribbean Bean”
By Rick Snowden

A Locals-Only Session at Maxed-Out Teahupo'o Tops Clips of the Month for May

PENTACOASTAL: Q & A with directors Wade Goodall & Shane Fletcher

“PENTACOASTAL” was inspired by the tonalities of Australian cult cinema. Directors Wade Goodall & Shane Fletcher have
merged these filmic elements within the body of a surf film through emotive animations, an undulating soundscape, and a
subliminal narrative which follows a quasi-recursive map depicted by a pentagram drawn on the map of Australia.

“A recollection of Australasian exploration following a quasi-recursive map, with elemental moments of expressive wave
worship.”

Featuring Wade Goodall, Dane Reynolds, Harry Bryant, Nathan Fletcher, Pat Gudauskas, Dylan Graves, Nathan Florence,
Tanner Gudauskas & Kyuss King

Soundtrack by Grinderman, 35007, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Windhand, Goons of Doom, plus original compositions
from Black Waves, Thom Pringle, Nathan Fletcher, Shane Fletcher and more.

Vans Surf Presents Pentacoastal Trailer - Coming May 14

Coming May 14th, 2020. “PENTACOASTAL” was inspired by the tonalities of Australian cult cinema. Directors Wade Goodall & Shane Fletcher have
merged these filmic elements within the body of a surf film through emotive animations, an undulating soundscape, and a
subliminal narrative which follows a quasi-recursive map depicted by a pentagram drawn on the map of Australia.

“A recollection of Australasian exploration following a quasi-recursive map, with elemental moments of expressive wave worship.”

Featuring Wade Goodall, Dane Reynolds, Harry Bryant, Nathan Fletcher, Pat Gudauskas, Dylan Graves, Nathan Florence, Tanner Gudauskas & Kyuss King