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STUDY ABROAD / Riku Matsumoto

By: Alaia Mentawai

Released: November 4th, 2023

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Is Riku the luckiest school kid ever? Riku was lucky enough to spend a full school year in Surf Paradise the Mentawai Islands, surfing his brain out and studying for his final year of school.<br /><br /> Riku ’s surfing oozes style , wether he is styling through stand up barrels at NoKandui or cruising on his Twin fin at Goodtimes it’s really hard to look away.<br /><br />Alaia Mentawai / www.alaiamentawai.com ( https://instagram.com/alaiamentawai?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== ) <br />Starring : Riku Matsumoto ( https://instagram.com/matsu_riku119?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA== ) <br />Film : Dave Mathew ( https://instagram.com/wehtamevad?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== ) <br />Edit : Natsuko Shibata (https://instagram.com/natsukoshibata?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA== )<br /><br />Dave’s Water Housing / Liquid eye Water Housing ( https://instagram.com/liquideyewaterhousings?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==)

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Is Riku the luckiest school kid ever? Riku was lucky enough to spend a full school year in Surf Paradise the Mentawai Islands, surfing his brain out and studying for his final year of school.

Riku ’s surfing oozes style , wether he is styling through stand up barrels at NoKandui or cruising on his Twin fin at Goodtimes it’s really hard to look away.

Duration:	16 minutes, 55 seconds
Category:	Full Length
Sport:	Surfing

Soundtrack

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Description	Track	Starts At
Riku Matsumoto	Illusory Motion Elder	00:00
Riku Matsumoto	Aphrodite In Leather New Candys	00:52
Riku Matsumoto	Sun Is Gone (Till Day Returns) New Candys	02:40
Riku Matsumoto	Theory of Colours Dauwd	05:36
Riku Matsumoto	Elements of Matter Trees Speak	07:27
Riku Matsumoto	Poly Daphni	10:02
Riku Matsumoto	Clean Coloured Wire Engineers	12:20

YouTube Soundtrack Playlist Soundtrack on YouTube

Spotify Soundtrack Playlist

Illusory Motion — Elder

Aphrodite In Leather — New Candys

Sun Is Gone (Till Day Returns) — New Candys

Theory of Colours — Dauwd

Elements of Matter — Trees Speak

Poly — Daphni

Clean Coloured Wire — Engineers

Cast & Crew

Athletes

Directors & Producers

Natsuko Shibata

Filmers

Soundtrack Details

Across which years is the soundtrack from and how many tracks are from each year.

Year	Count
2017	2
2009	1
2012	1
2015	1
2019	1
2021	1

Duration and year of each track in the soundtrack.

Track	Duration	Year
Illusory Motion	9m 53s	2019
Theory of Colours	5m 28s	2017
Clean Coloured Wire	5m 12s	2009
Sun Is Gone (Till Day Returns)	2m 53s	2012
Aphrodite In Leather	2m 48s	2015
Elements of Matter	2m 30s	2021
Poly	2m 18s	2017

Countries from where track artists are from.

Country	Count
Italy	2
United Kingdom	2
Canada	1
United States	1

How many genres were used and how many tracks were part of each genre.

Genre	Count
Rock	4
Dance	3
Electronic	3
House	2
Psychedelic	2
Techno	2
Alternative	1
Ambient	1
Heavy Metal	1

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