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Kyle Buthman

@kyle_buthman

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Dear Salal… You’ve been a heaven of an adventure… From Tahiti… To Tonga… To Fiji… You’ve taken me on what I would call… The greatest adventure of my life (yet)… Constantly learning, adjusting, reinventing ways to live… Only to realize the very essence of what we are here for… Which is to simply be… Without having to pretend, nor having somewhere to be… The very definition of ultimate freedom… The memories we made are here to stay… Thank you for being a good home to us, but most of all… Thank you for carrying him across the ocean and into my life… You made my dearest wish come true. 🍃
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Finally, the day has come! Tomorrow we will be opening up our pre-sales for the limited first run of Reckless Wetsuits. You’ve been asking for them… Now it’s time to pre-order yours so that you get it. As I said before, limited run of sizes so if you’re really wanting one, you know what to do! If you have questions, DM us or call. *Wetsuit Sizes S-XXL and all the sizes between *Booties. 6-12 Also, I have a limited run of the cool 100 reckless club T-shirts that won’t come in a pretty cool tote bag… Thanks and hope you get your wetsuit. It’s gonna be a dog fight for em’!!!
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That one time I married the love of my life 🥰 Want to say a huge thank you to @kyle_buthman & @ryan.moss for the amazing gift of this video. You caught every laugh, every happy tear, and every questionable dance move from our wedding weekend. We will treasure this video for the rest of our lives. 💞 To view the full length video, tap the link in my bio!
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“As I was testing the prototype of that first Billabong inflatable suit, there was a Jaws swell on the way,” @shanedorian told me a few weeks ago. “I remember thinking, ‘Okay, I need to go out and eat shit,’ which is a really weird thought to have,” he chuckled. Over the past eight months, @natecox__ and I have bounced through three countries, interviewed 12 of big-wave surfing’s most qualified lunatics, and scrolled through eons of grainy archival footage, all in an effort to weave together the threads of how chasing giant waves became somewhat less likely to kill you. The answer, unsurprisingly, is complicated. “The development of inflatable vests is just like the evolution of anything,” @nathanfletcher told me. “Did it make it better? Yeah, it made it better. Did it take the magic out of it? Definitely by a percentage.” “Big-wave surfing has most certainly gotten more crowded and more popular in the last decade,” said @gerglong. “And you can absolutely attribute a lot of that to the fact that we’ve developed incredible safety equipment.” Shane Dorian sees the other side of it. “Yeah, it’s more crowded, but look at guys like Billy Kemper, the stuff that he’s achieved in the last 10 years. It’s insane. You’re seeing performances that would never have happened without an inflatable vest, for sure. Guys would not be behind the peak on 35-foot-back waves at Jaws without inflation.” “I don’t care how hard you charge. If you feel like you’re for sure coming back to the surface, you’re going to put yourself in a much more committed position,” finished Shane. That tension sits at the center of ‘Inflation Point’ a film made with @patagonia_surf and @stab that details the accidents, inventions, arguments and painful experiences that turned the inflatable vest from a mad experiment into one of the defining pieces of big-wave equipment. The film will be live on Stab Premium in late October — but you can come watch it with us in person, tomorrow at @patagoniavta. 7pm. Everyone welcome. Would love to see you there. We’re scrambling to put the finishing touches on it now.
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We are officially 4 weeks out from the start of our Ocean Safety and Waterman Skills class for ages (16+) This class is for people who want to further their ocean knowledge and understanding. With lineups continually becoming more and more packed, it’s important for people to have the skills and ability to handle themselves physically, emotionally and become an asset to the lineup in the case of emergency. Through my years as a Capitola Junior Lifeguard Instructor, seasonal lifeguard and now Ocean Safety and Sports instructor for the youth of Santa Cruz for the last 10 years, I have been asked when this course will be available to adults and the time has finally come. The course will be the weekend of October 10th, 11th and 12th and will consist of 24 hours of instruction including apnea and dynamic breath work in the pool and ocean with coach @rwurbina of @apexppc, CPR and First Aid certification through @medicsforlifeinc and Ocean Risk Management and Ocean Safety skills with myself @jackakrop19 of @oceanxascents. The thing that’s great about this course is it’s small groups (15 people max) which allows for lots of individualized attention. This is a big part of our teaching philosophy but it means we sell out quick so be sure to sign up ASAP. Big thank you to @kyle_buthman for making this awesome edit and for all the people who’s footage we’ve used. This course has been a collaborative effort so big thank you to everyone that has helped out in creating this curriculum. We look forward to seeing you really soon! - Jack 🎥: @yana_vaz_imagens | @ready2fly_imagens_aereas | @elleadamssmedia | @slaterneborsky #oceansafety #santacruzcalifornia #oceaneducation #watermanlifestyle
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Fiji! Thank you to @vaimiti and @simon.nessman for having us aboard Salal for the last few weeks, how did we get so lucky in this life? This recent trip has had me feeling so so grateful for the travels I have been able to do over the years. To be able to see such beautiful places and meet such beautiful people, feeling so fortune in this life. 🌏
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#recklesswetsuits #myallsnaps #totallytubularmagazine
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Like most young surfers growing up in Santa Cruz, California, @kyle_buthman had his eyes set on becoming a professional surfer. Not only did he have perfect waves in his backyard and tons of talented peers to push his performance, he had access to a variety of action packed surf films to study before and after his sessions. The 1990’s were a peak era in terms of surf media production, and while guys like Kelly Slater and Rob Machado were showing the world what was possible in films produced by Taylor Steele, we had a fair share of videographers bringing the goods locally, as well. Tony Roberts, Chris Klopf, Josh Pomer, and Graham Nash all put out a number of iconic surf films during Buthman’s rise as an amateur surfer, and he studied them endlessly. What was so impactful for the young surfer was the fact that not only could he watch someone like Peter Mel rip waves at Steamer Lane, he could go out there and join him afterwards As fate would have it, after an injury to his Achilles Tendon at age 14, Buthman found himself behind the lens. To kill the boredom during his recovery, and to keep himself close to the action he was missing out on, the talented regular footer grabbed the family handycam and posted up at the waters edge, capturing the explosive surfing taking place in and around Pleasure Point. He put all the footage together in a short edit, entitled, “Trix are 4 Kids,” and never looked back. While he never made it big as a pro surfer, Buthman was able to enjoy sponsorships enabled him to travel the world, and he always brought his camera along with him. He leveraged his relationship with Quiksilver to get access to their fabled accommodations on Oahu’s North Shore, where he produced edits featuring their team riders. Before long, his talent behind the lens established him as an elite storyteller, eventuating in his “Get Rad” trilogy, and other notable productions, such as “Tattle Tales”, and his “Brain Works” series. Here, we delve into how Buthman’s art has evolved and how he balances his love for cinematography with his obsession for hunting tubes of his own, from Mainland Mexico# to Sewer Peak. Time to eat your soup! Link in Bio
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You know where you can find me 🌞 following the sun. Still can’t get over how much fun this trip was, will be hard to top but here we go again… 🎥 @kyle_buthman
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The dolphins here are so small you could put them under your arm, so small that their dorsal fin is no bigger than a slice of pizza. “Toninas,” smiles Pato. That’s what they call them. I laugh in delight as two pizza slices cut through the water just past me. There are cacti scattered along the dusty bluff, offering the impression of dry heat. It is, however, cold. There is velvet, blue and green, on the surface of the Southern Pacific. A black albatross streaks silent across the sea, dark eyes studying me as it passes. “Whats that?” I ask Ramon. “Albatro,” he responds, smiling like a raccoon from under his sunscreen mask. ‘Lobos’ means ‘wolves’ in Spanish, but they call the seals that too. After we surf, we watch un lobito weave through the back of a shimmering lefthander. We cheer in unison as he spins into the air and slips back into the abyss. My friend Kyle is lost in the forest. It’s an easy forest to get lost in. I can’t stop laughing as I try to guide him toward us over a crackly Whatsapp call that eventually drops out. While we wait for him to find us, we eat onions and steak and peppers and potato chips over a fire on the bluff. What a strange feeling, to smile with each breath, to see something bright in the eyes of new friends and feel the heat of a familiar sun on foreign land, to hear the flutter of wind on distant liplines, to know you are alive and this might be why you’re alive. To know the moment will fade and the fears and obligations will return. Oh yes, the bills will return and the uncertainty and the melancholy too. But it’s bearable, all the confusion, because you’re here. You’ve been here before and you might well be here again soon. To know that the oasis of freedom exists, that it’s no mirage, to know that unbridled aliveness still finds us barefoot and sunburnt, still surprises us as we stand by a fire with seals and kelp and cacti all around, still reminds us that despite the weight we carry alone, it’s a joy to be here together. That’s enough to pull us through. Scenes from a @patagonia_surf shoot for an upcoming project with @stab
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Brought my log all the way to Mexico just to ride my fish the entire time but @kyle_buthman did capture my two log sessions that I pretty much forced myself to log just to make sure I used it atleast once 😂 #mexico #surf
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All sorts of excitement!!! @kyle_buthman @devathepanther @rivierahunter @darrylfleavirostko 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️💩🐟🐠🎣🎏🐡🐡🐡🐡
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