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 […]
A new wave of surf based film premiers and live screening events is surging. During the last few months alone a cavalcade of movies launched on national and international tour. Taylor Steel’s Proximity, Chris Burkard’s Under An Arctic Sky, Keith Malloy’s Fishpeople, Jess Bianchi’s Given, and Eddie Obrand’s Pedro Bay are just a handful of the features circulating through major cities. While demand […]
Tin Ojeda’s Free Jazz Vein will be screening at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco on July 2, 2017. This is as noteworthy as the film itself – a refreshingly strange and twisted pattern of 16mm edits strung together in the vein of, well, free jazz. With throwback surf vibes as well as modern performance and […]
The San Diego Surf Film Festival is set to go off from May 10-13th, 2017. The event is a multi-faceted extravaganza, featuring 25 international surf films, a Skip Frye Lifetime Tribute, beach clean-ups, surfing expression sessions, art exhibitions, and a slideshow by renowned photo editor Grant Ellis. The festival will be headquartered at Misfit Gallery in La Jolla and […]
Taylor Steele needs no introduction. He’s been dropping culture shaping surf films since the early 1990s. The term “momentum generation” which refers to some of the world’s most influential surfers to come out of the 90s (including Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Taylor Knox, Shane Dorian, Kalani Robb, Benji Weatherly, Ross Williams, Chris Malloy, and Rizal Tanjung), was […]
It Ain’t Pretty, a documentary directed by Deyla Soul, spotlights women’s surf history, the current women’s big wave movement, and challenges to the way women are portrayed by mainstream surf media. While the film hones in on the tough conditions in and around the San Francisco Bay Area and the women who surf there, it […]
Chris Burkard has 2.5 million Instagram followers for a reason. His photography is stellar, often pitting humans against immense, aesthetically stunning landscapes and challenging conditions that call for existential pause. He also goes to locations that many will not. His latest film, made in partnership with Ben Weiland, is a case in point. They take on […]
Cyrus Sutton is well known for his crafty approach to surf travel and ability to creatively document it. One of his early efforts, Compassing, brought his viewers along as he outfitted a camper van and drove it through Mexico, capturing POV footage of fun looking surf along the way. Since then, he’s helped launch a non-toxic sun […]
Mavericks is a beast – heavy, dark, gnarly, aggressive, sometimes lethal. Slow it down, though, add a touch of piano and a different perspective of the fabled big wave emerges: Adam Warmington, the creative force behind this video, is a photographer and director at the helm of an Emmy Award winning creative production company. The […]