16mm Surf Film Appreciation

New Surf Movie "Bustin Down The Door" Chronicles the lively 70's pro surfing scene

admin — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:11:19 -0600

Bustin' Down the Door is going to be a super rad surf flick.

Before pro surfing found it's way, there were some super maverick pioneers that forced their vision for aggressive surfing coupled with a rock-star thirst for fame onto the surfing scene. This was well before there was actual money in the sport, so these guys were pioneering an underground culture and threading the needle between big, life-threatening waves, horny girls, drugs, and tropical diseases like malaria to forge what is currently pro-surfing today. This is going to be a hooot.

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16mm Surf Film Appreciation

New Surf Movie "Bustin Down The Door" Chronicles the lively 70's pro surfing scene

admin — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:11:19 -0600

Bustin' Down the Door is going to be a super rad surf flick.

The Full Transcript is here:

16mm Surf Film Appreciation

Skaterdater -1965 Skateboard Movie

dan — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:24:57 -0500

It really doesn't matter which generation you're from, if you grew up with four wheels under your feet you'll appreciate the insane vintage longboard surf styling from this 1965 skate movie titled "Skaterdater". These kids are styling through the streets of Santa Monica with the old original clay wheels - barefoot!

The entire 18 minute film has been uploaded to G-video here.

16mm Surf Film Appreciation

"Chasing Dora" - Surf Film to Premiere in San Francisco's Victoria Theatre

admin — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:40:28 -0500

Start: 21 Oct 2007 - 12:30am

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

"Chasing Dora" a film by T.J. Barrack and Wes Brown will premiere sunday evening to benefit the Save the Waves Foundation.

About the film: “Chasing Dora” is the story of three California surfers who decided to bring to life an epic challenge thrown down by one of surfing’s greatest stylists, the renowned maverick, Miki Dora, who died in 2002 at age 67. Dora was one of the sport’s most iconic figures. He railed against the commercialization of surfing, yet endorsed one of the best-selling surfboard models of the mid-’60s surf boom. He decried competitive surfing, yet still chose to enter some, and floated schemes to promote others. He shunned publicity, yet managed to use the surf media to create an almost mythic persona for himself.

16mm Surf Film Appreciation

The Seedling - Thomas Campbell

ZackBurns — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:49:09 -0500

The Seedling is a film by Thomas Campbell before his more famous "Sprout." The Seedling is a longboarding film but is "not a retro movie." Featuring the regulars: Joel Tudor, Devon Howard, Kassia Meador, Dane Peterson, Jimmy Gamboa and even Skip Frye and Donald Takayama among others. Thomas Campbell does a great job using this medium capturing the fantastic colors seen in and around the ocean highlighted beautifully with art from Thomas Campbell.

16mm Surf Film Appreciation

Duke Interview by Bruce Brown

dan — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:45:28 -0500

Check out this rare footage of Duke Kahanamoku being interviewed by Bruce Brown (director of 'Endless Summer') during the first annual Duke Kahanamoku Invitational surfing competition.

Greg Noll, Butch Van Artsdalen, Mike Hynson, Mickey Dora, Jeff Hakman and many more surfing reprobates were all in attendance.