Bodysurfing is an ancient art – predating board surfing – and one minimalist in essence. It’s all about you and the ocean. It’s not much practiced in Europe, it’s not well known, and there’s little chance this will change in the immediate future but taking a look at it can help us project ourselves a little into that future.
Obviously, this film shows bodysurfing in its most committed, most extreme version. It isn’t necessarily a reference for the reflection that follows, but it is useful for the imagination. This is how far a simple body-to-nature encounter, without any intervening objects, can go. Kalani Lattanzi makes us think of the mountaineers, in a certain way he reminds us of Nirmal Purja.
If we talk about bodysurfing, it’s because it allows us to take a brief reflection, but one on three levels.
