For those of you who watch/collect them, what is your favorite surf movie(s) of all time and why? I've been on a binge of watching and rewatching all the movies i own and its been getting me really stoked. I haven't got any new ones in awhile and it's almost Christmas so...... Anyway, out of the movies I own, my favorite movie of all time is Thicker than Water. Between the incredible footage and soundtrack, it is just incredible. I get the chills every time I watch it. Just curious to what y'alls favorite is.
Quiksilver's Cheap and Deep. It was low budget for Quiksilver, and very mid nineties. Used to watch it nonstop with my brother growing up. Anyone know where I can get a copy of this? Don't mind paying for it, but haven't been able to find anything when I look online.
As far as newer surf movies, 0000 ("Year Zero" by Globe) is awesome. They got the best/heaviest waves I've seen for recent films. Plus cool non-surf moments. Modern Collective has the most radical surfing and a sick soundtrack - life changing when I saw it. Lost Atlas sucks but Dear Suburbia was pretty straight. Same with the new Jodry film. I didn't buy it though cuz you could watch it once for free and that's all I really need. For older ones, try Secret Machine, Lost Redux and Loose Change
#1: Shelter - Sick video work, great music, perfect soul surfer film with great surfers. #2: Second Thoughts - Need I say more? The goat? Indo? Timmy Turner and some ridiculous waves... Not to mention the final wave of the film, about a minute long barrel. Longest tube ive ever seen on film. EVER. #3: Hit and Run - My room mate used to have this film. Not the best film, but for about 2 years in 2003-2005 I would watch it on VHS like 5 times per day. Once before bed and again in the morning every day while i got my boards ready... Sick punk/fast paced music... Best film to get amped up to surf every day...
I really need to actually watch dark fall again. i was hooking up with a girl while watching that at her house....hahaha. P.S. Laird's acting coach is a great name haha
In chronological order... Endless Summer, Five Summer Stories, Innermost Limits of Pure Fun, Focus, September Sessions, Glass Love, Singlefin Yellow, Sprout, Sipping Jetstreams, The Present
Step Into Liquid, The Pursuit, Riding Giants, The Forgotten Coast, and Many Classic Moments (from the 70's)
I wore out my first copy of Dark Fall. it helps me with home sickness when im away at school. Recently i have been watching Vans gettin classic vol. 1. i think its pretty darn good if i say so myself.
Can't believe no one has mentioned "Morning of the Earth" yet - by far #1...surfing, vibe, music...all time... Also 'Dear Suburbia' - if only for the Japanese perfection...and "Pureline" (Billabong movie about JBay, narrated by Shaun Tomson)...
Sprout Single-Fin Yellow Picaresque Castles in the Sky One California day Are the first that come to mind
The All Nighter. It doesnt have a bunch of spoiled rotten trustafarians in exotic places surfing perfect waves. But nonetheless, it's a good movie. A little surf footage incorporated into it. Good luck finding a copy, though. Runman 69. Best surf movie. period.
I just checked my iTunes most played list for movies, and came out with this...if any of these are unfamiliar to you, well then, yeah, you know what to do. 1!- THE SEPTEMBER SESSIONS 2- Dane Reynolds first chapter 3- The Endless SummerS 4- Riding Giants 5- Bra Boys 6- Bustin down the door 7- Modern Collective 8- Trilogy 9- A Fly in the champagen 10- My Eyes wont dry 11- One California day 12- Lost atlas
check out Nathan Fletcher's film "Lavese los Manos." Great surf film to get you pumped up and also a little history lesson.
my fav is 5'5x19 1/4 redux lost.great surfers,super long movie,has everything from chris ward,beschens,10yr slater,n everyboody else.also lost across america,lost whats really goin wrong,classic surfin from the 90s era. burn quiksilver movie,everything from slater to mark healy.i go for the surf flix that actually show paddlin surfin,rather than trick after trick and cant even tell where ya at!