Archipelago: Track Five - 'Monsoon'.Windsurf Taiwan - WaGaLiGong Dulan Surf&SUP House/哇軋力共都蘭衝浪/立槳/酒吧

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  / wagaligongdulan  
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"Monsoon" is a tribute to the lost art of windsurfing, a sport which my dad forced me to learn (against my will) but which later on I learned to love and appreciate. I had collected a few seasons worth of windsurfing footage in Taiwan, up and down the east coast. Anyway here's the synopsis: After sweltering hot summers in South Eastern Taiwan, around October, the monsoon winds (or Dong-bei Ji Feng) start blowing, signaling a changing of the seasons and attracting a small group of windsurfers to Taitung. It can blow for days at a time and usually brings some swell with it. "Archipelago - Monsoon" gives us a glimpse into the lives of two windsurfing addicts, Italian Pizzaiolo Michele Ruju and Taiwanese Olympic windsurfer Howard Chang. Michele, good friend and owner of AJO' PIZZA in Dulan, is either dreaming of windsurfing while making his pizza or dreaming of making pizza while out windsurfing. I wanted to show how passionate Italians can be about food, and in this case, his pizza. Howard Chang a Penghu local who started windsurfing when he was 6 years old, is one of the most talented athletes I have ever met. He travels the world as a professional RS:X windsurfing athlete, but still loves returning to Taitung on Taiwan's East Coast, which is one of his favorite down-the-line windsurfing playgrounds. "Monsoon" was also a good opportunity to show some archive footage of local musician and windsurfer Sega Huang performing at the legendary but now defunct live music venue the Dulan Sugar Factory (R.I.P). I guess this was a very personal pet project, meant more as a tribute than anything else. And thanks again Dad, for teaching me to love the wind. And Mom, who drove me to the lake and beach as a teenager, and loved a good pizza.

Narration: Michele Ruju, Howard Chang, Alavaro Trugeda, Joel Joel
Music: Baraka Kadafu (Gabriel Gras), U.F.A, Otaku 3, Alvaro Trugeda, Lukas Landa, Atoa
Artwork: Joel Joel

哇軋力共出版作品- 群島:第五部曲- "季風"
"季風" 這部影片是對風浪板運動所貢獻那流失的藝術, 是一個我父親曾經強迫我(我不願意)但後來卻讓我深深愛上並由衷感恩的一項運動。
一直以來我在台灣東部地區收集了許多經典的風浪板影片片段, 而總之這部影片的概要是這樣的: 在東南部的台灣, 悶熱的夏日過後, 約是十月左右, 東北季風開始吹向陸地, 代表著季節的轉換, 東北季風可以一次吹上好幾天並尾隨一些好浪, 也吸引這小群體的風浪板玩家來到了台東。"群島第五部曲-季風" 帶給大家一個窺探兩個風浪板玩家的生活的機會- 義大利披薩大廚 Michele Ruju, 和台灣風浪板奧運國手張浩。
Michele, 是都蘭海盜披薩AJO' PIZZA 的老闆也是我的好友, 總是在做披薩時癡想著風浪板, 或是在玩風浪板時癡想著做披薩。我想表示出義大利人對食物的熱情, 以他的案例來說, 是他的披薩。
張浩, 是道地的澎湖人, 從六歲開始玩風浪板, 其中一個我見過最有天賦的運動員之一, 他身為一個專業的RS:X風浪板玩家周遊各國, 但仍然喜愛回歸到台東, 他最喜愛的風浪板浪點之一。
"季風" 也是一個很好的機會來放上一些很棒的音樂片段, 是由台東當地的風浪板玩家黃聖家-阿家在當時的都蘭糖廠的現場音樂表演。
感謝我的爸爸, 教我如何深愛風, 也謝謝我那喜愛好披薩的媽媽, 總是在我青少年時開車載我到湖邊及海邊。