Just up from Ocean Beach in SF, the tenth annual Outside Lands music festival is set to jump off August 11-13, 2017. While the beach is sure to be overcrowded by music going revelers, the event itself will be worthwhile. Some of the headlining acts include Metallica, The Who, Gorillaz, Lorde, and A Tribe Called […]
What’s not to like about a great nonprofit organization, City Surf Project, hosting a benefit film screening of the epic ocean based environmental movie The Smog of the Sea? Throw in a happy hour, and raffle and you have a great time for a great cause set to go off. City Surf Project works to […]
Kyle Buthman and Perry Gershkow’s Vertical Lines offers a fresh take on the Central California coast. It hones in on a variety of surf spots between San Francisco and San Luis Obispo and the talent that thrives there. Some of the featured surfers include Nate Tyler, Nat Young, Austin Smith-Ford, Noah Wegrich and Nic Hdez. Watch […]
Jack O’Neill will be remembered as a legend in surf history for pioneering the invention of a wetsuit specifically created for surfing. His willingness to research, develop, and evolve the design opened doors to vast stretches of ocean, and expanded the surfing population’s understanding of what was surfable. From the San Francisco Bay Area where […]
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 […]
Jeff Chavolla’s been dropping epic footage of California surf for the last few years, including some inspiring videos of heaving Ocean Beach in San Francisco. He’s now working on a project that fuses many of his clips together into a single film. Here’s a short preview. sources and links: Jeff Chavolla
Like many bodies of water around the world the San Francisco Bay is heavily affected by pollution. Rain water runoff carries pollutants from refineries, scrap yards, shipping docks, landfills, and countless other industrial facilities into the Bay. There have also been two oil spills in the last 10 years. This is obviously bad news for […]
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 […]
“I’m into the ocean, I’ve always believed in its healing powers. It has proved therapeutic for people with physical and mental disabilities, for veterans returning from war, for everyone.” – Jack O’Neill I owe a huge thanks to Jack O’Neill for setting in motion the evolution of cold water surfing. As a pioneer in the development […]
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 […]