One good Turner deserves another

RICK FIGNETTI

Last night in the Huntington Beach High School Auditorium, Timmy

Turner’s new surf film “Second Thoughts” premiered, with a good

turnout watching some sick footage from Indonesia.

Born and raised in Huntington Beach, Turner gives everyone a

glimpse of his travels with a couple of buddies, another local Brett

Schwartz and Seal Beach’s Travis Potter in search of perfect waves.

They travel to some remote islands in Indonesia, away from

civilization, surviving in the jungle, but scoring some barrels of

their life. No hot and cold water, no restaurants, no fancy boats,

but capturing some insane surf. It shows the pain, hunger, danger and

sacrifice made by these travelers seeking their dreams.

This is the second film by Turner, the first being “The Ombak,”

which also captured the beauty and adventure in foreign lands with

action-packed surfing, too. Turner attracted worldwide attention back

in 2003 when he got the cover shot of Surfer Magazine with a deep

tube, at one of his secret spots, and was nominated for photo of the

year at the Surfer Poll and Video Awards. There was also a story that

went with it about the trip, which was a day-by-day diary with

photos.

So those are the goods on the widescreen “Second Thoughts” --

heavy barrels by the boys that should be available on DVD at your

finer surf shops everywhere soon. There was a VIP package available

that night, which featured upstairs seating in the auditorium, a copy

of the new film and an invite to the raging party at Oggi’s afterward

with a ticket drawing for the “I survived Timmy Turner in Indo

Package,” which even featured a new surfboard giveaway.

Turner, a standout on the Huntington Beach High School surf team a

few years back, and his ripping brother Ryan have been a couple of

the top surfers from this area for many years in the amateur ranks

and pro division.

Their parents are active around town. Michele runs the Sugar Shack

Cafe, a legendary restaurant Downtown that’s fed hungry surfers for

years -- all the hotties eat there. And Tim runs the beach operations

for the city, where he can be seen taking daily care of our beaches.

The second generation Turners are into traveling, so there’s only one

thing to expect, and that’s more from https://www.TimmyTurner

films.com in the future. But enjoy this old-school surf discovery

and adventure film for now, with some great footage.

SURF CONTEST UPDATES

The United States Surfing Federation went up to the chilly waters

off Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz over the weekend. There was a combo

swell of southwest and northwest that produced good 4- to 6-foot

peeling rights off the point. HB youngster Cody Bertrand made the

final of the boys’, placing fourth after shredding up some heats.

Blazing to victory in the senior men’s was Surf City’s Mike Flister,

who had two eight-point rides in the final. Grand Masters saw the

Figster slashing a few big ones for the win, with Huntington’s Jay

Boldt getting some good rides, finish fourth overall.

No shark sightings, just otters cracking oysters on their chests

in the lineup and a few big seals cruising around. Next up is Morro

Bay in a couple weeks for some more cold water action.

That’s it for now, see ya.

* RICK FIGNETTI is an eight-time West Coast champion, has

announced the U.S. Open of Surfing the last nine years and has been

the KROQ-FM surfologist for the last 17 years, doing morning surf

reports. He owns a surf shop on Main Street. You can reach him at

(714) 536-1058.