Taylor Steele’s Here & Now, if you remember, was a fantastic idea for a surfing film. As the trailer said, “the average wave lasts six seconds. The rest of the day is spent getting there.” The film, shot entirely on May 2 of 2011 by a global network of filmers and surfers, featured anyone who’s everyone, from Rasta to Steph to Kelly and more.
In this particular piece of nostalgia released on Steele’s YouTube channel, The Momentum Files, we get a look at Matt Meola and Albee Layer as they were on their way to becoming bonafide legends. Of course, since Here & Now was created all over the world during the same 24 hours, not everyone scored. Matt and Albee were some who didn’t. But the interesting thing is that some of those sections where the waves were far from good were some of the best.
