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In 2010 two friends spent their summer somewhere in Indonesia... yes that's it :)

As always I recommend downloading the source file directly from the Vimeo page for the best viewing pleasure (quality).

Check my blog article for some tech information and thoughts on the movie. Thanks!
rawmeyn.blogspot.com/2011/05/selamat-jalan-indonesia-2010.html

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There is a little interview here:
thepurityexperience.com/pure-living/travel-journal-selamat-jalan-indonesia/
and here:
surfersmag.mpora.de/video/selamat-jalan-zwei-sterreicher-tour.html (German only)

Feel free to share it - I really appreciate it!
Thanks for watching!

roman.koenigshofer.net

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  • mindconsole plus 9 months ago
    we adore <3
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  • Harald Brettermeier 9 months ago
    want to go shredding and traveling again and again and again... which camera and lenses did you use? :)
  • Philipp Rudler plus 9 months ago
    what's the name of the third track? :-) haha.
  • haha! don't spam with comments like this ;) @Harald: We gonna travel together again for sure! Let's finish "lla yhennik", tons of footage is just waiting!!!
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  • Philipp Rudler plus 9 months ago
    Tiptop. Chapeau!
  • Merci!
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  • Georg Wallner 9 months ago
    Very impressive! Especially keeping a balance between surfing and travelling. I'm still having a hard time with that.
    Next time, try a german voiceover with subtitles ;)
  • I know what you mean & I guess we just have to stay longer abroad :) Haha.. yeah the voiceover; was devinitely the hardest part for me... hearing your own voice is weird, hearing your own voice in a foreign language is funny & then finding the right tonality is almost impossible without training (at least for me) :) but by this time I already think it adds something to the movie... a professional mastering of the audio would not hurt though.
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  • Monge 9 months ago
    Great photography! Congrats!
  • Thank you! I appreciate it!
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  • Greg O'Callaghan plus 9 months ago
    Sick little movie, again! Looks like those GoPro's made life easier since now you didn't have to stay on the beach to capture the action, but you could actually go surf and film at the same time! Still, very nicely edited. I don't know what it is, but I usually get tired really easy from GoPro shots, cause everyone's doing them nowadays, but there must have been something in the editing cause i really enjoyed watching yours.. Also liked the voiceovers. Did you write them on the trip, or was this one of those "shoot-as-much-footage-as-you-can-and-figure-the-storytelling/editing-puzzle-out-at-home" type of project? Again, congrats and thanks for this little movie.
    ps. im gona post it on my blog if u don't mind
  • Hi Greg!
    Yeah, thats exactly why we brought the GoPro camera, you are able to combine surfing and filming :) This was roughly a year ago and I know what you mean. I'm getting tired of this angle too (though there are some guys out there pushing it with lots of various angles). But at this time it was just pure fun for us seeing us surfing... I wouldn't do it again this way but can still see lots of potential with the GoPro.
    I didn't write the exact same text in Indonesia, but we wrote down lots of notes and ideas. Lots of stuff was shot on purpose, but yeah, as always when traveling you will never exactly know what you will get. So some stuff was "just" shot and put together at home...
    So cool you like it! Post it on your blog, I appreciate it! Thanks so much!
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  • Gareth O'Brien plus 9 months ago
    Duuuuuude, so awesome. Love it.
  • Gaaareeeth! Thanks for commenting! Awesome you watched it :) I enjoyed watching your ADCYoung Guns 8 interview a few weeks ago!!! (youtube.com/watch?v=I2n8RMGqmCI)
    Thumbs up!!!
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  • HAELLMUTH 9 months ago
    super, roman! respekt. wünsch dir noch viele solche trips. und uns die bilder davon.
  • danke helmut! ich wuensch mir von dir/euch auch solche bilder zu sehen :) raus in die schoene welt!
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  • wow! so many nice shots...love the editing and the idea though maybe a tiny bit too long :)
    nevertheless awesome!!!
  • thanks dirk! I appreciate the feedback!
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  • Good Food Studio plus 9 months ago
    nice one, roman!
  • Mahlzeit! :)
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  • Sneak Preview 9 months ago
    Very cool images - added to vimeo.com/groups/dslrbackpackers
  • Thanks for sharing!
  • Sneak Preview 9 months ago
    no worries - I see in the tags you used the gh1 - the pancake lens shots are amazing!
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  • Philipp Rappold 9 months ago
    Dude, this makes me wanna go out and travel _so_ badly! You're privileged to have friends like Luke and your movies are probably the greatest gift you can give them back!

    Keep us posted with awesome stuff like that and more importantly: Keep enjoying every minute of your life like that, you lucky bastard :D

    Great work
  • Cool to hear that the movie really "works"... :)
    Thanks for watching! Life is good!
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  • The Film Artist plus 9 months ago
    One word! Inspirational!!! [TFA30] thanks for taking us with you all 30 minutes were utterly brilliant :)
  • Thanks for your kind words and the support by putting it in so many groups here on vimeo! Thank you!
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  • AS WORLDS DIVIDE plus 9 months ago
    What a beautiful piece of work, and location, and venture!
    Inspiring stuff Roman.
    Peace
  • Thank you Rob! This really means something to me. I love your work!
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  • Michael Olea 9 months ago
    Very inspiring for travels again ; )
    I really love those shots of people in there, you captured some great moments.

    Please continue doing what ya like and maybe one time our paths might cross on some trip!
  • thanks mate! :) a trip together is long overdue!!!
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  • Thomas plus 9 months ago
    beautiful stuff man! keep on doing what you love to do. its the only right way to live your life, but you already know that and I think you inspire everyone around you to do the same!
  • thats great to hear buddy! can't wait to visit you! :)
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  • Sebastian Kessler 9 months ago
    Sauber, Roman! Bin nur noch am Grinsen... gerne mehr davon in zukunft.
  • past, dann hab ichs richtig gemacht. grinsen is wichtig :) war sicher nicht der letzte... ;)
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  • Smog Films plus 9 months ago
    i really appreciated it :)
    Cheers from France.
  • thanks for watching! saw your reel a few weeks ago and it's in my inspirational folder since then :)
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  • wiissa plus 9 months ago
    wow man, that was so good!!! huge inspiration to me, you guys are awesome.
  • glad you liked it!
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  • Jesus Marin 9 months ago
    Awesome!!
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  • Atti Surf 9 months ago
    hey, absolut genials teil. bin total begeistert. diese bilder,winkel, stimmungen und alles ums reisen, echt stark.
    welches programm habt ihr zur bearbeitung verwendet?
    beste grüsse nach österreich
  • Hi! Danke fuers Kompliment! Verwendet wurde Final Cut & After Effects. Check den Link zu meinem Blog oben, dort steht noch etwas mehr info. Cheers!
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  • EN GARDE 9 months ago
    Amazing!
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  • mojo 9 months ago
    gewaltig!!!
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  • Santo W plus 9 months ago
    Nice job, guys! Do you mean Selamat Tinggal? en.wiktionary.org/wiki/selamat_jalan
  • Thanks for watching! It was meant to say "Have a good journey". :)
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  • Ricardo García 9 months ago
    Best surfing video I've seen for a long time! congrats!
  • Wow, thanks! That's great to hear...
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  • Ian Durkin staff 9 months ago
    So fun to watch! Great job on this.
  • Merci! :)
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  • Greg O'Callaghan plus 9 months ago
    again, thanks for the inspiration on so many levels..

    blogged it:
    g-trash.com/blog/?p=190
  • Thanks for posting it Greg! Awesome!
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  • Vertical Online pro 9 months ago
    Great stuff. Seriously, I needed that. Thank you.
  • Thanks! Great you liked it!!!
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  • Martin Beckmann 9 months ago
    Insane video!
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  • JulTanou 8 months ago
    simply brillant !
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  • Gilbert 8 months ago
    gonna quit my job tomorrow - thanks for the movie!
  • Haha! Awesome!
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  • Chris Hannant 8 months ago
    dude. yes, yes, yes. that was so worth the wait! i watched it as soon as i had a good internet connection. love it man!!!! the intro especially! we gotta work together on something epic soon!
  • I'm so happy you say that man! Yeah, we really should put our brains together soon! :) Can't wait to see your stuff from Mexico!
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  • Gunther Machu plus 8 months ago
    Super Film Roman! Wahnsinn, über 30 min die Spannung zu halten. Warum verkaufst Du den nicht an Servus TV? Dort würde der perfekt passen. Gratulation!
  • Hi Gunther! Danke fuers anschauen! Und danke fuer den Tipp :) lg
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  • Erik Dobat 8 months ago
    Super Intro! Gefällt mir wirklich gut!
  • Merci :)
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  • Maverick Evans 8 months ago
    Can someone tell me where I can get that orange flare effect for scene transitions like that one starting at 0:18 seconds?
  • Google "film clutter". there is lots of stuff out there...
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  • Christian Anderl plus 8 months ago
    ssssweeeet! great photography dude ;-)
  • thanks for watching chris!!!
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  • superstoker.com 8 months ago
    Awesome video, I've seen thousands of surf videos but rarely watch them to completion, but I really enjoyed this entire video. I actually really liked the commentary, I thought there could even have been a bit more, my only criticism is that it was difficult to understand a couple of words.

    Where are you guys from? You mentioned you grew up by the ocean?

    Keep up the great work!

    Featured at superstoker.com props to cldfx.com for the link.
  • Great feedback, thank you! We are two landlocked guys from Austria in the middle of Europe. In the video I say that we did not grow up by the ocean... and (sadly) still don't live there ;)
    I really appreciate it that you put it on superstoker.com - awesome!!!
  • superstoker.com 8 months ago
    Oops heard that wrong, makes more sense though :) Very jealous of the trip hope to do it myself someday!

    Keep on killin it!
  • superstoker.com 8 months ago
    p.s. love the power of now reference, especially crossed with the xx!
  • ;) yeah it's my bad, not the "easiest to understand" commentary as you mentioned.

    Go out and explore, so many beautiful places to see!!! :)
  • superstoker.com 8 months ago
    Watched it again and i understand the confusion about where you're from, you say "if you're not from the ocean, like we are" which kind of implies you are from the ocean!
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  • Lisa Hauser 8 months ago
    now i'm well prepared for my trip to indonesia :D thanks, roman.
  • You are welcome!
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  • Klara Harden 8 months ago
    totaal guat Roman!
  • Merci Klara! :)
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  • dd plus 8 months ago
    sick :)
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  • Jobsamuel Núñez 8 months ago
    Awesome trip! I like the way you enjoy life.
  • Thanks for watching! :)
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  • SURF AL SUR 8 months ago
    Great memories of Indonesia. Wonderful work
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  • Lukas Griesser plus 8 months ago
    impressive & inspiring. love it. LG
  • Merci Lukas!!! Makes me happy! :)
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  • Ekain T 8 months ago
    Superb video mate, great editing. Really cool!
  • Thank you! Like your blog!
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  • Peter 8 months ago
    Neid Alter!
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  • abi azbi 8 months ago
    keren!
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  • Indra Yogiswara 7 months ago
    What cameras are you using ? Really nice job guys ! If you don't mind i shared this on my page facebook.com/pages/Zanetta-Production-DSLR-Video-Equipments-Rental/131309686935392
  • Hi! Thanks for the feedback! Everyting was shot on a GH-1 and two GoPro HD cameras. Thanks for sharing!!!
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  • Marthin Fort plus 7 months ago
    Always have goose-bums watching film about the country i live in.
    Great documentary Roman, glad to know you and Lucas had wonderful experience in Indonesia..
    Selamat jalan.. :)
  • Thanks for watching it Marthin! Great to hear that people who live in Indonesia do like it too!
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  • hondason.ako 7 months ago
    great, dancing on the waves!
    bagus! bagus!
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  • Violeta Herrera 7 months ago
    Congrats for this amazing video. U made me come back Indonesia at least for some minuts. Thats really transmit. Nice to see
  • thanks!
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  • Vít Zemčík plus 7 months ago
    roman!!! so great as always!!!
  • thanks Vit!
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  • Carolina Sarsfield 7 months ago
    it's an amazing doc/ument/ary : )
  • glad you like it!
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