Saturday July 8th – Let Me Be It an art exhibit by Nathaniel Russell opens with a reception at Mollusk in San Francisco from 7-10PM. Click here for more on Russell and his work. Sunday July 9th – Jack O’Neill paddle out memorial at Pleasure Point, starting at 11AM. Bay Parade – Join San Francisco Bay […]
Surf movies, music, food, topical discussions, and good vibes in Hawaii – what’s not to like about the 10th annual Honolulu Surf Film Festival? This event, put on by the Honolulu Museum of Art, runs through the entire month of July and features a wide variety of cinematic expression. From contemporary shorts to full-length classic […]
Flyers for events that don’t exist, fake books with intriguing titles, posters, record covers, skateboard graphics, murals, and music are a handful of the mediums Nathaniel Russell is known for. Let Me Be It, the upcoming show opening in July at Mollusk Surf Shop in San Francisco, will mainly feature prints and wood cut-outs. The […]
Some surfers seem to be built perfectly for their local environment. Jay Davies is one of those. Like Western Australia, he’s rugged, gritty, and explosive when it counts. Although Davies is not on the WSL Championship Tour, he poses a threat to elite competitors as a wild card when they stop through Western Australia. There’s […]
The Seawolf, by Ben Gulliver is a full force surf film – not a novelty cold water adventure documentary. As Gulliver put it, “We wanted to make a cold water feature surf film that was more about surfing than the adventure of exploring in the cold.” That being said, The Seawolf includes amazing cinematography from spectacularly […]
The Smog Of The Sea, directed by Ian Cheney, is an important new film focusing on the spread of plastic in the ocean. In it, professional surfers Keith and Dan Malloy join Jack Johnson, Mark Cunningham, Kimi Werner, and marine scientist Marcus Eriksen on a sailing mission to study and document the elusive garbage patches in the […]
Directed by Eddie Obrand, Pedro’s Bay offers a surf oasis fairy tale. The film sets off on national and international screening tour this summer with a stop at San Francisco’s Balboa Theater on June 25th. Some of the surfers featured in it include Bryce Young, Eric Geiselman, Cam Richards, Brendon Gibbons, Derrick Disney, and Gunner […]
Chasing Coral is a documentary directed by Jeff Orlowski centered on the dire condition and die-off of coral reefs. The idea behind the film is to call attention to the change taking place through the power of visual documentation. In the short video below Orlowski gives more details about what went into making the movie. Chasing Coral is an […]
“In this crowded world the surfer can still seek and find the perfect day, the perfect wave, and be alone with the surf and his thoughts” – John Severson Surfing lost a culture shaping legend this week. John Severson was the original influencer, founding SURFER Magazine in the early 1960s as a follow-up to a photo based booklet […]
Andy Davis is known for creating stylish surf-steeped animation based imagery that hones in on the essence of wave riding and its surrounding culture. Powerful lines swoop through his work, culminating in seemingly simple abstract compositions that flow through vibrant colors straight off the canvas. His subject matter includes figures crouched in styled out tube stance, rail […]