London Surf Film Festival

London Surf Film Festival

London Surf / Film Festival has just dropped the line up for the 9th Annual LS/FF x VANS.

Hosted 9 – 12th October 2019 at the iconic Regent Street Cinema, London, the LS/FF team of ardent surfers, movie lovers and cultural commentators have assembled a handpicked line up of the very best films from across the globe that represent the pinnacle of contemporary surfing right now – hotly anticipated premieres, award winning features, and underground projects.

The carefully curated programme brings together documentaries to inspire, travelogues to stir the wanderlust, surfing that redefines the bounds of possibility plus a live A/V show to blow minds. Accompanied by Q+A’s and ‘Audiences with…’ some of the world’s most exciting and relevant surfers and creatives including icon Alex Knost, surfer / musician Lee-Ann Curren, big wave charger Dougal Patterson, award winning filmmakers including Spencer Frost, Chris McClean, Rick Wall, plus more special guests like Carve Magazine’s own Steve England it’s a celebration of the cream of surf culture.

“I’m super excited about the quality and diversity of this year’s line-up,” says LS/FF Director Demi Taylor. “From must-see documentaries that really get under the skin like the much anticipated Hobgood biopic And Two if by Sea, plus the stunning big wave tales like Satori and White Rhino these are stories about the people as much as the waves. Three years in the making, multi-award winning Jack Coleman has just dropped his new film Zone Frequency. Combining stunning cinematography and an epic soundtrack this is journey to the intersection of style, imagination and fun with some of the most radical and innovative surfers on the planet while Spencer Frost’s gorgeous A Corner of the Earth is a true tale of cold water adventures and frigid exploration. In an evening celebrating surf, sound and cinema we’re delighted to play host to the exclusive world premiere of Translate, the immersive audio / visual free surfing experiment from award-winning filmmaker Chris McClean and composer CJ Mirra. Performed live with musicians including Lee-Ann Curren, it captures the ephemeral nature of surfing, a moment that cannot be recreated.”

London Surf / Film Festival is bringing to the UK 2 World Premieres, 1 European Premiere and 6 UK Premieres. But it’s about more than that. LS/FF weaves together a true slice of surfing in the here and now, a showcase of the multi-layered world of waveriding. For many of the movies premiered, the festival will be the only chance to watch them as they were intended to be enjoyed – on the big screen, accompanied by a packed crowd of likeminded folk – the original “social media” experience. You’re not going to want to miss this!

For full details head to: londonsurffilmfestival.com

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Triangulares Route: Roberto D’amico

Triangulares Route: Roberto D’amico

I got an email early this year from Joe Radano whom I’d never met before. I was injured so I couldn’t surf at the time, after a month doctors said I could get back in the water. I was planning to get the ferry and go to Sardinia, I thought of Joe but I didn’t know exactly where he was, he could still be in Italy. I called him up and he was keen to hook up. It was all pretty easy, I went to pick him up in Santa Marinella, we finally met and went straight on to Sardinia. It was probably the coldest I’ve ever seen, there was snow everywhere. We got a couple days of waves and then it looked like the swell was going to hit the Roman coast and so of we went! After that, one more swell was coming, this time up north in Levanto. It was a last minute call and sure Joe didn’t say no! On the charts we made a TRIANGLE in one week, this is what you get in winter time in the Mediterranean Sea.

Roberto D’amico

Filming + Editing  Joe Radano

Hurricane Dorian: New Jersey

Hurricane Dorian: New Jersey

Hurricane Dorian swell in New Jersey on September 7th, 2019 with Rob Kelly, Andrew Gesler, Connor Willem, Tommy Ihken, and Owen Moss. Before moving out to sea and sending perfect surf to New Jersey, Hurricane Dorian slammed the island of the Bahamas as a Category 5 and left tens of thousands of residents homeless. You can visit wavesforwater.org and help with the ‘Bahamas Hurricane Disaster Response” program!

Filmed and edited by Ryan Simalchik
Additional footage by Chris Boice

MOCEAN: A film by Chris Bryan

MOCEAN: A film by Chris Bryan

It’s Fri-yay so let Sir David Attenborough and Chris Bryan slide you into the weekend with this mesmerising edit. Chris worked on the Blue Planet with the living legend Attenborough, if it’s signed off by Sir David, it’s safe to say its wise to watch it. You won’t be dissapointed.

I love filming in the ocean more than anything, its not just a job, its a passion. And sometimes its nice just to document waves without surfers riding them. The feeling of jumping off the rocks in the dark by myself just to capture the very first rays of light hitting the ocean without another sole in sight is unexplainable, its one of the most amazing feelings ever, its like my own personal therapy.
And to realise that you’re the only person on this planet that got to witness these rare moments of absolute beauty as they happen is a really special feeling.
And now im excited to share my experiences with you through my latest passion project “MOCEAN”.

Chris Bryan

DRIVE FAST & TAKE CHANCES – JULIAN WILSON

DRIVE FAST & TAKE CHANCES – JULIAN WILSON

Sit back and immerse yourself in the joy that is Julian Wilson on his a-game. Insane airs with landings smoother than a greased up eel, a rail to rail masterclass and threading through the aqua playground like a knife through butter. Enjoy the happy place that is this edit.