If you’re a surfing filmmaker or know of one, we’re looking for surfing movies to review. We’ve been contacted by a number of great filmmakers, and have done reviews of One Track Mind, the new film by Chris Malloy, Chasing the Dream, a story about the surfing team at Huntington Beach High School among other [...]
Surfing is often an escape from whatever may be happening in your life, back on land. Every surfer knows the feeling of leaving everything behind while the sun is shining, waiting for a set to roll in. Imagine, however, that what you’re escaping through surfing is the Vietnam War. Indeed, despite the carnage around them, [...]
We caught up with Joshua Berry, Chile Program Director for Save the Waves and director of Pulp, Poo and Perfection, a surfing documentary that speaks to some of the challenges to surfers and the environment in Chile. Josh has been living in Chile for seven years, where he moved from his native California.
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Surfing 50 States is a brand new surfing flick with an original concept - two Aussies fly to California, get sponsored by Hurley, and proceed to travel all 50 states in search of surf. Surf in Arkansas? Yup, in some way, shape or form. The movie rocks - good on Hurley for making it happen. [...]
There is a reason why Musica Surfica won the New York Surf Film Festival.
Indeed, Musica Surfica is unlike any other surfing documentary you’ve ever seen (or heard, to be more precise.)
In a very tight 45 minutes, Musica Surfica tells the stories of musicians and surfers - each artists in their own craft. There are two story [...]
Recently I had the pleasure of watching Bustin’ Down the Door, directed by Jeremy Gosch. The underlying current in the movie is the story of the development of surfing - the sport - versus surfing - the pastime. Bustin’ Down The Door documents the revolution in surfing that was brought on by Aussie and South [...]
Under the Sun, directed by Cyrus Sutton, is a one-of-a-kind surfing flick that centers on the distinctions between Byron Bay and the Gold Coast in Australia (as well as the not-so-distinct features.) The Gold Coast is a sort of photocopy of SoCal and is the hub of the Association of Surfing Professionals with all that [...]
Normally when surfers make a trip that requires the participating of the airlines, they bring their quiver along with them, packed in board bags wrapped just so, such that airlines like Delta don’t wreck them. In the case of Single Fin: Yellow, a film by Jason Baffa, the board itself did the travel, courtesy of [...]
Any serious surfer can appreciate the beauty of Jason Baffa’s films, Single Fin: Yellow and One California Day. The scenery is stunning, the surfing is fantastic (and yet calming at the same time), and the story told is as important as The Endless Summer. In the case of One California Day, a film he shot [...]
Out There is a movie released in 2008 that mashes up surfing and the ocean environment. It’s an impressive collaboration between the movies’ sponsors (including Surfrider) and Teton Gravity Research, the production company. Shot on location in Southern Chile, the Galapagos, Tahiti, California, including Trestles, El Salvador and Hawaii, the film covers a broad swath [...]