Then when things start to move quickly with the Covid 19 we decided to stay here as we were in a safe house with really nice people.
I came for the 'QS and decided to stay for a week to enjoy the place and visit a bit.
Aamion Goodwin had an unorthodox upbringing. A product of his father’s rejection of the constraints of modern society, Aamion spent much of his childhood bouncing between Fiji, Australia, and Kauai.Last Sunday Maxime and his family flew home "Yeah I will miss surfing here. Now a father himself, Aamion, along with his wife Daize, are passing along that love for cultures around the world on to their young children, Given (their son), and True (their newborn daughter). Given is a cinematically stunning film that traces the travels of the Goodwins over the course of a year around the world, from Hawaii to Australia, Nepal to Peru. And it’s all told from the perspective of the Goodwins’ son, hence the name. More than anything, says the film’s director Jess Bianchi, Given is meant to show people not that the Goodwins’ way of life is the right way, or that they’re the poster children for an alternative lifestyle, but simply there’s a way to get by that exists outside the norm. “I do hope the film will inspire people to break from whatever, like, block they have in their life,” Bianchi told The Inertia in an interview. “Whether it’s a family that wants to travel the world, or maybe it’s just a block in their smaller circle. But just to get out of their ordinary life that’s obviously not working for them, and just see that there’s a whole different life they could be living.Between 9-11, war in the Middle East and the recession, the last decade has arguably been the most tumultuous social period in American history since the 1960s. Now more than ever people are feeling compelled to retreat inward. Hiding within the catacombs of digital technology. Working twice as hard to make half as much.
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Trying to unearth core values to recover simple joys out of a world burning at a rapid-fire pace.Īamion Goodwin (Hawaiian professional surfer whose references include scary fraternities like The Pipeline Posse and the Kauai Wolfpak) and his wife Daize originally intended for their ambitious new film/web endeavor, The Goodwin Project, to be a message to their firstborn. They're currently bringing a small film crew with them through 18 countries and four seasons to document how the Goodwins are changed by their travels, how they affect change themselves, and how a legacy of simplicity is passed down from parent to child. As The Goodwin Project's tagline states, this is "an adventure in the making." Surfline caught up with Aamion to find out more - but not much more. Surfline: Watching your teaser, we were expecting to see a clip of you charging big Pipe. What we didn't expect was a dramatic sequence showing Daize giving birth to your daughter, True Grace.Īamion: It's not a surf film. It's a project about family, being a father, and passing along knowledge to my son, Given, through travel.
My dad and I were constantly moving when I was young, and I feel it was a good upbringing. And as surfers, we're so outrageously fortunate. I wanted to show my son how fortunate we are to be living the way we live and remind him not to take anything for granted. But I wanted to do that without saying anything. I wanted to show him through travel and experiencing different cultures. Surfline: While the film is certainly the centerpiece of the project, the website takes on a character of its own, allowing others to relay their own stories and lessons learned from travels, and even links to specific nonprofits like Surfing4Peace.Īamion: Yeah, we're trying to involve different nonprofits and open people's eyes a bit.
But we're mainly trying to promote an ideal. The whole message is trying to create a better world through the generations - one person at a time - based on family, travel, and simplicity. We have an amazing crew working on this project. Individually, they're all really creative and artistic.
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