A surf documentary by RelentlessSurfing: The Manual, Advanced
Posted on March 20, 2009 @ 2:04 PM
Give it a chance because it might surprise you!
One Track Mind
Posted on March 20, 2009 @ 1:51 PM
A study of success and the pursuit of competitive excellence through the words of some of surfing’s most titled icons and assorted pretenders.
One Winter Story
Posted on March 20, 2009 @ 1:15 PM
Gerhardt’s an extraordinary woman who braved years of rips and currents to become the first woman to surf macking Mavericks, back in 1999.
Breath
Posted on March 20, 2009 @ 1:01 PM
Breath gives room for little relaxation and lot's of room for excitement. If your looking for that book you can't put down, this is the one … More
New York Surf Film Festival
Posted on March 20, 2009 @ 12:37 PM
New York surf scene. 2009? Be there, for more stoke and the city
The Bustin’ Story
Posted on October 23, 2008 @ 3:20 PM
Everything we did then was motivated by our love for surfing and everything we do today still revolves around that same love.
Music Review: Sleep Through The Static
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 1:19 PM
Contemporary transcendental expression, an articulation of a particular plane of perception coalesced out of genes and experiences, native beaches and thumping shorebreak, reeling curls and tradewinds … More
Music Review: Recycled Recipes
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 11:44 AM
The nicest thing about Recycled Recipes, for me, is that it gives a window on surfer-musician Donavon’s sensibilities and influences. The six tracks on this fine … More
Film Review: Hot Buttered Soul
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 11:39 AM
On my first trip to Australia for the 1970 World Contest, my expectations were high and focused on the likes of Midget Farrelly, Wayne Lynch, and … More
Film Review: Freakside
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 11:34 AM
The freak in question is prodigious air-and-barrel specialist and certified mutant Jamie O’Brien, the North Shore native and 2004 Pipeline Masters champion, whose sessions are workshops … More
Book Review: High Surf
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 11:28 AM
Nicely conceived and splendidly nuanced collection of profiles by Tim Baker, one of surfing’s very best writers and interviewers. These are cleanly-written, insightful visits with more … More
Book Review: Shutterspeed
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 11:16 AM
Self-published by Cottavoz under his Stormproof Films/Publications imprint, Shutterspeed is a pleasant and cleanly composed portfolio of the author/shooter’s 11 years of work and travel through … More
Film Review: Secret Machine
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 11:06 AM
This high-performance frolic of a flick starts off with C. J. Hobgood waking up in his car to see picketers passing by, carrying signs stating: BOYCOTT … More
Film Review: Sombrio
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 10:53 AM
A sensitive, coherent, and surprisingly profound documentary on the history of one of the most famous (and celebrated) squatter communities in the world of beaches and … More
Book Review: Bend To Baja
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 10:48 AM
Nostalgic, scrapbook-style volume documenting the journey of a crew of surfers and climbers on a six-week road trip from Ventura, California to Bend, Oregon, then a … More
Film Review: Neolas
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 10:33 AM
By putting all the emphasis on the visual, the filmmakers are freed with the constraints of narrative and can free-associate visually, layering wonderful cinematography by Scott … More
Film Review: One California Day
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 10:24 AM
This is a beautifully filmed, super well-edited journey in time and space through surfing in the Golden State, a blend of the old and new, the … More
Book Review: Sweeney
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 9:37 AM
Here’s a intriguing novel consisting of the oral history, surviving poems, and lots of local lore about a notorious character and denizen of the fictional town … More
Film Review: Shaping A Life
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 9:31 AM
If good things come in small packages, Gary Linden is the ultimate Jack-in-the-box! Inspired, resourceful, persevering, and – yes – fun-loving, his surfer’s path has led … More
Book Review: Paraffin Chronicles
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 9:24 AM
I love the title of this book – puts me right into the proper space-time coordinates. And what a fresh, intimate, and exquisitely-detailed coming-of-age surf story … More
Book Review: Surfboards
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 9:17 AM
A stunning work devoted as much to the great photography of Guy Motil as to its revered subject: the surfboard and it history. As the founder, … More
Music Review: Hello
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 9:11 AM
Softly but assertively insouciant, there’s something about Tristan Prettyman’s voice and presence that worms its way into my heart – perszonal and evocative and close to … More
Film Review: Mixed Tape
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 8:49 AM
Pete Santa Maria has put together a very clean and straight-forward homage to young gun Bobby Martinez, the Santa Barbara firebrand who at 16 won a … More
Film Review: Antics
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 8:39 AM
This 45-minute film starts with a hungover ratty-ass dude waking up and taking a whiz on the beach, and his piss spells out the title in … More
Film Review: Globe WCT Fiji 2006
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 8:31 AM
Slater’s legs buckled in Tahiti, and the next stop on the 2006 pro tour was Tavarua Island – an innocuous speck of a Fijian island in … More
Film Review: Flow
Posted on October 09, 2008 @ 8:16 AM
Here on Earth, there are definite focal points in the time-space continuum, places where roads cross and energies converge. Rincon Point (aka the Queen of the … More
Film review: A Jack McCoy Sextet
Posted on October 08, 2008 @ 3:54 PM
Free As A Dog Occy: The Occumentary The Jack McCoy Collection (Bunyip Dreaming, Green Iguana, Sons of Fun, Sikjoy)
Film Review: Out There
Posted on October 08, 2008 @ 3:44 PM
The North Shore, Trestles, Chile, El Salvador, Galapagos, Tahiti … what do all these places have in common? It’s the accelerating convergence of pristine nature, quintessential … More
Film and Book Review: Between The Lines
Posted on October 08, 2008 @ 3:36 PM
Extraordinary, compassionate, and compelling documentary on the subject of surfing during the Vietnam war years, told through the stories of two surfers: Pat Farley, who served, … More
Music Review: Lifeline
Posted on October 08, 2008 @ 3:28 PM
Waiflike tones slide into your consciousness … the same old words drift across your screen of meaning … but then they bend and carry you into … More
Film Review: Zen and Zero
Posted on October 08, 2008 @ 3:17 PM
“We are like sailors who unable to dismantle their ship in the safety of a dock must reconstruct it on the open sea.” Thus the philosopher … More
Film Review: Thread
Posted on October 08, 2008 @ 3:06 PM
Eclectic, idiosyncratic, artsy, oddball and weirdly core, Thread is the DVD with all those tiny pics all over the cover … which reflects the montage/collage feel … More
Film Review: Musica Surfica
Posted on October 08, 2008 @ 10:54 AM
One minute we’re watching a handful of Australia’s most talented classical string players going off in a musty old Cheese Factory on quiet, rural King Island; … More
Film Review: Bustin’ Down the Door
Posted on October 05, 2008 @ 10:47 AM
To see the million-dollar surf kids of today, you’d think the WCT was just naturally meant to be – every ‘sport’ has a pro circuit, right? … More
Book Review: Don’t Fear the Shark?
Posted on October 03, 2008 @ 10:41 AM
In August of 1998, when he was 16, Jonathan Kathrein was boogie-boarding at Stinson Beach, north of San Francisco, when a great white shark chomped down … More
Zimzala SurfAid International Festival
Posted on July 21, 2008 @ 2:54 PM
Opportunity. Timing. Love. These three things were all that was needed to create Zimzala, a surf art and music charity event.
Musica Surfica by Mick Sowry
Posted on June 12, 2008 @ 8:52 AM
One minute we’re watching a handful of Australia’s most talented classical string players going off in a musty old Cheese Factory on quiet, rural King Island; … More
Bra Boys
Posted on March 17, 2008 @ 7:18 AM
A semi-crap novelist could make this up. It would make a barely believable, but quite good pulp thriller, with a slim chance of becoming a Hollywood … More
Sipping Jetstreams: An Adventure in Life
Posted on August 02, 2007 @ 3:17 PM
This film looks beautiful. It is beautiful as a simple slice of planet Earth through the eyes of a couple of surfing artists. The colours are … More
Chasing the Lotus: The Lost Reels of Weaver and Wills
Posted on July 30, 2007 @ 3:11 PM
Get it. They don’t come better than this for sheer depth of quality imagery, story, laughter and genuinely timeless surf tripping. If you ever wonder … More
Surfer’s Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life
Posted on July 29, 2007 @ 3:39 PM
Some of us carry around a small credit-cardsized piece of plastic emblazoned with 1977 World Champion Shaun Tomson’s dozen commandments, titled 'A Surfer’s Code'.
A Jack McCoy Sextet
Posted on July 27, 2007 @ 3:26 PM
Well, if you want to have fun – just pure, sophomoric, get-crazy surf-movie fun – no one delivers the goods like expat Americano Jack McCoy, who’s … More
Natural Born Man: The Life of Jack Johnson
Posted on July 26, 2007 @ 3:35 PM
This rather dry and distant celebrity bio of surf/rock hero Jack Johnson lacks the intimacy that might be brought by someone closer to the subject and … More
Reel On, Great Highway
Posted on June 15, 2007 @ 1:46 PM
Keep an eye out for this captivating documentary, due in the autumn of 2006, about the little-known history of the San Francisco surf scene. Great Highway … More
Perfect Waves
Posted on June 12, 2007 @ 1:55 PM
One in the same genre as Drew Kampion’s seminal Book of Waves, this coffee table hardback is compiled by former Surfrider Europe Director and Vagues editor, … More
All Those Summers
Posted on June 10, 2007 @ 1:52 PM
Here’s a delightful and soulful labor of love from a fine and informed quartet of surfers, focusing on surfi ng on Oahu and Maui in the … More
All Tired Out!
Posted on June 06, 2007 @ 10:29 AM
Fort Lauderdale, Florida – An artificial reef created by dumping millions of tires into the ocean a mile offshore in 1972 is set for removal. Intended … More
New Swell
Posted on June 02, 2007 @ 1:28 PM
With his uncluttered style and wry look on the craziness of a surfer’s life in modern South Africa, Byron Loker is reminiscent of a young, surfing, … More
Sunken Forest CD
Posted on May 27, 2007 @ 1:41 PM
Sunken Forest ... like our consciousness, our ancient roots ... deep and rich, pulling images and emotions from a primal place that compels us with its … More
50 Ways to Save the Ocean
Posted on May 17, 2007 @ 1:24 PM
David Helvarg left the surf ghetto of Ocean Beach, San Diego over 20 years ago to pursue a career as a freelance journalist. During that time … More
Waves of Warning
Posted on May 09, 2007 @ 1:07 PM
A prodigious blockbuster of a surf novel by Oxnard, California surfer Glenn Hening, Waves of Warning is an epic tale weaving together a full quiver of … More
All the Way to the Ocean
Posted on April 25, 2007 @ 1:14 PM
A children’s book about storm drains and the importance of keeping them clean doesn’t sound like anyone’s choice at bedtime. But this little story written by … More
My Eyes Won’t Dry
Posted on April 17, 2007 @ 12:49 PM
A view inside the tube, or the outside world from within it, is the holy ghost at the heart of our addiction. It is the fleeting … More
Shapemakers
Posted on April 09, 2007 @ 12:56 PM
In a low budget, home movie kind of way, Paul Kraus’ film, ShapeMakers is an important historical document. His informal, filmed interviews with some of … More
Surf Movie Tonite!
Posted on March 29, 2007 @ 1:01 PM
Warshaw, Matt Diligent and prolific writer, editor, and surf historian; former pro surfer (ranked 43rd in the world in 1982), editor at Surfer magazine in the … More
Surfing the World
Posted on March 15, 2007 @ 3:25 PM
It covers 80 spots total, about 10 from each region of the globe, which is divided into broad zones – USA and Hawaii, Central America and … More
Shark Park – The Heaviest Wave in California
Posted on February 22, 2007 @ 5:00 PM
Veteran water-cinematographer Greg Huglin has gone to the ends of the earth to shoot dolphins, sharks, and surfers, but he discovered this newest treasure in his … More
Nelscott Reef Beach Break
Posted on February 08, 2007 @ 5:14 PM
Straight-ahead action from the 2005 and 2006 winters at Nelscott Reef, including the Tow Classic event (for which Shinkle was a local volunteer), this is, in … More
Surfing Photographs from the 70s taken by Jeff Divine
Posted on January 30, 2007 @ 3:19 PM
Tom Adler’s books are really clean in design and high in image quality. This one is a simple portfolio of Divine’s shots from an era before … More
Nelscott Reef Tow Classic
Posted on January 25, 2007 @ 5:06 PM
Last December (2005), Nelscott Reef was the site of the Pacific Northwest’s first tow-in competition, and it was a pretty mind-blowing event. Big, glassy peaks and … More
Pipeline Masters
Posted on January 16, 2007 @ 4:55 PM
An A-grade sneaker set from the team that brought us Dog Town and Z-Boys, and Riding Giants. This one isn’t for general release, it’s clearly meant … More
The Mountain and the Wave
Posted on December 28, 2006 @ 3:06 PM
The title of this prodigious and handsome volume refers to the two symbolic components of the famous logo of Quiksilver, Inc, surfing’s hugest brand with annual … More
FREAKSIDE
Posted on December 19, 2006 @ 3:01 PM
The freak in question is prodigious air and barrel specialist and certified mutant Jamie O’Brien, the North Shore native and 2004 Pipeline Masters champion, whose sessions … More
Historic Images from Bishop Museum Archives
Posted on November 24, 2006 @ 3:14 PM
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu has been a mainstay resource for those requisite “history of surfing” photos that compliment the early chapters of many … More
Buried in the Backyard
Posted on November 16, 2006 @ 2:52 PM
This is a fine documentary glimpse at Northeast US surf and skate lifestyle, progressing in a randomly organized way from New York City’s Rockaway Beach to … More
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