Big vs Small (2022)
A documentary about the first Portuguese Woman to surf Nazaré “Brave is not the one who is not afraid but the one who conquers her fear.” It is a story about conquering fears and overcoming challenges. Filmmaker Minna Dufton chose this quote to start the documentary “Big vs
The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez (2022)
UK movie premiere at the London Surf Film Festival 2022 After an extended break during the pandemic years, the London Surf Film Festival was finally back at the Genesis Cinema in 2022 and it came with a bang: a documentary about the legendary surfer Gerry Lopez and
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
Out of the water and onto waves made of concrete “Vert skating was the kind of skating that was done in pools, where you could get airborne and be weightless. The other style, which is what I did, was called freestyle - tricks you could do on
Surf movie: Andy Irons – Kissed by God (2018)
It’s never gonna be the same without Andy “You ever heard of being kissed by God? This is pretty much what it is. For those ten, three, two, one seconds, it’s like God came down and gave you a kiss. And then you just chase that the
Surf movie: Undercurrents (2019)
Compassion, Mindfulness and the Love to Surfing If you are a surfer reading this, you might have noticed that being in the water, waiting for the set to roll in, being carried by the wave or even getting wiped out makes you forget everything else. You are
Surf movie: Momentum Generation (2018)
Surfing changed them, they changed surf culture, competition almost destroyed it Surfing is not what you would call an old sport; on the contrary, it is still comparably new but there is already some history that has been written. If you have a look at surf history,
Surf movie: Self Discovery for social survival (2019)
Surfers – Musician – Destinations Self Discovery for Social Survival – quite a mouthful, we can shorten it as director Chris Gentile suggests to SDSS - is a surf movie that combines the joys of riding a wave and the social aspect of surf culture. Inspired by
Surf movie: A fly in the champagne (2009)
A documentary about the greatest rivalry in the history of surfing: Andy Irons vs. Kelly Slater If you follow competitive surfing, may it be the WSL Championship Tour, the Qualifying Series or a local competition, you might have noticed that there is always rivalry. The past season when
Surf movie: La Ola Sin Fronteras (2019)
Transcending Waves As surfers, we know that it doesn’t matter where we are from, which language we speak, or how we’re spending our days when we’re not in the water. The love of the ocean and the waves renders everything else meaningless. This is what La Ola
Surf movie: Here & Now (2012)
A Day in the Life of Surfing What would you say if we told you that there was a way to surf the world in a single day? To dive into the different lives surfers all around the world are living? Director Nathan Myers and filmmaker Taylor