Although we may be losing sight of everything that went down over the past winter because we're blinded by the influx of summer, it doesn't hurt to spend some downtime refreshing our brains with raw footage from the shred flicks of 2012. This week features Lauri Heiskari getting after it in The People Crew's movie, Good Look, which created quite a stir during the premiere at the Oakley Headquarters earlier this year.

Life moves quickly and if you don't take a moment to slow down, you might miss the beauty of it all. The same goes for watching athletes whose movements are so fast and intricate that they can't always be appreciated in real-time. But now, by the power of almighty editing tools, we get to view the talent and technical work required to perform these complex acts.

This slow motion video compiled by Gregory Villien of France displays some of today's top action sports athletes in their discipline of choice. Villien worked for over 7 years in motion and graphic design, and the effects of his editing skills are stunning.

Currently sitting at number three in the world after a semifinal finish in Rio, Josh Kerr dominated in conditions ranging from dribbly lefts to heaving closeout beachbreak. And now, for the first time in his career, he's in world title contention.

Kerr met up with his filmer Matt Kleiner on Australia's Gold Coast for two days and was greeted with great weather but very minimal surf. Given that Josh is one of the most versatile surfers around, he had no trouble standing out in the slow conditions.

Wakeboarding films are alive and well. To prove it, former editor of GrindTV Patrick Wieland teamed up with Slingshot Wake to produce Lipsmack, an epic film featuring the creative side of wakeboarding. Wieland and crew spent almost a year traveling to various locations filming and building over 47 custom rails. As such, the film focuses on the explore, create, and shred aspect of the sport.

Lipsmack features riders Jeff McKee, Oli Derome, Shredtown, Mike Ennen, Jeff House, Steffen Vollert, Nate Perry, Dylan Miller, Brian Reeder, and a few special guests.



The film is available for download on iTunes.

Here are a few photos from the filming of Lipsmack:

Effective use of the helicopter.

The mastermind behind the lens Patrick Wieland

Frenchman Hugues Oyarzabal just returned from a 5-month stay in Indonesia, and unlike most traveling surfers he's got more than some tall tales to show for it. As a goofyfoot, Hugues found an endless supply of winding lefthand tubes on Bali's Bukit Peninsula and on several outer-island missions.

Lucky for us, he was able to strap on his Go-Pro for some of the most mesmerizing POV shots to date. With the help of his girlfriend's land angles, he crafted this 33-minute film entitled Peace and Left II. If you haven't been to Indo, here's a pretty good preview:

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