Surfers are a creative bunch, whether scrawling fresh lines across a glassy face or telling tall tales of waves ridden, adventures had or deeds done. Ours is a culture of shared stories via spoken word, ink or images. The advent of film caused a revolution, from ‘The Endless Summer’ through to […]

We were stoked to meet up with mat surfer and award winning Swedish filmmaker Tim Ciasto on his recent trip to Cornwall. In between sharing a few waves and dodging the worst of Storm Doris we turned the camera round on Tim to discuss that art of filmmaking and find what […]

The Dirty Old Wedge The Wedge has always held a special place in surfing folklore. It is a wave as beautiful as it is dangerous. It is that scary cocktail at a wild party – the Absinthe of the surfing world. Part awe-inspiring splendour, part jaw dropping horror show. The […]

Hangs Upon Nothing is one of our all time favourite surf movies. A six year passion project that combines sublime surfing and compelling cinematography, all captured on 16mil by artist/filmmaker/musician Jeremy Rumas. It’s an aesthetic masterpiece, an ode to Indonesia with an original score by Velo Sun. It has been […]

Tim Davies is an award-winning British filmmaker. He produced the highly successful series ‘Strange Beautiful Life’ following British Pro surfer Alan Stokes – a surfer / filmmaker collaboration that inspired a raft of up and coming talents. His emotive short, ‘Sea Fever’, inspired by the poetry of John Masefield won The Shorties […]

We were stoked to host Director Marion Poizeau at the London Surf / Film Festival last year where she presented the world premiere of her perspective-shifting documentary “Into the Sea”.  This critically acclaimed voyage of exploration and hope reveals the true power of the ocean so we’re stoked to hear that this must-see film is now available on […]

The Litmus Test // In an exploration of cult surf cinema, LS/FF’s Chris Nelson talks to filmmaker, musician and artist Andrew Kidman about Litmus and the profound effect his iconic film has had on contemporary surf culture. 1996, the aftermath of the Slater/ Machado high-five at Pipeline. The tail slides and banana boards of […]

Director Leo McCrea’s documentary Kwepunha Liberia highlights the burgeoning surf scene emerging in Liberia a decade after the end of a bloody and brutal civil war, the memories of which still shadow the nation. Here he  shines a light on his project produced with writer and British pro longboarder Sam Bleakley and […]