The New York Surf Film Festival has taken off the past few years due to the popularity of surf culture infiltrating the daydreams of 9-5 cubicle workers in the big city. Heck there's even a Quiksilver Boardriders' Club in Times Square. In it's 5th year, the New York Surf Film Festival is an event consisting of three days of screenings of independent short and feature films, cult classics, and world premieres from established surf filmmakers. In between screenings this September, they host a surf history lecture series, Q&A Sessions with filmmakers and notable surfers, Panel Discussions, and Meet & Greets. They are also curating a Surf Art Gallery to be open to the public for the duration of the weekend festival. All in all, with a population of 8.7 million people, there's bound to be a few surfers in the bunch. Which brings us to today's 'Clips of the Day'. Seems as though there hasn't been much surf in NY lately and it's still a few months away until the festival, so someone thought it would be a good idea to scour the internet and find every surf movie trailer in existence on the web.
Classics such as 'September Sessions'- basically Jack Johnson hanging out and filming Kelly, Luke, Dorian, Rob, and the rest of his friends in Indo living the good life back in the mid-90's.
Or Billabong's epic 'PUMP!' with Munga, Skeletor (Richie Collins where are thou?), Sunny, Occy etc etc etc and great music by the Slaves, Concrete Blonde, Mary's Danish (rad) and countless other bands that aren't around anymore except for the odd summer fair.
And my personal favorite- Beyond Blazing Boards by Chris Bystrom. Who can forget the opening with the Untouchables blaring and Occy blasting a big air complimented by Curren's massive backside hack in 2' contest surf?! Of course I could have done without the hideous no name surfers in Indo but overall it's a classic.
If you've got some time on your hands this weekend (or are really bored at work), then scroll through the 380+ films on the list and lose yourself in nostalgia. Ahhh, I pine for the days of a 6'2"x19"x2.5" shortboard. Oh wait- they're back?!...
