Slowly coming out of my illness cocoon. One of the high points about getting sick is that all I could for for about 36 hours was lie there and watch surf movies. So now I have a slew of reviews for you. Up first – Chasing The Lotus: The Lost Reels of Weaver and Wills….
“Life begins in the sea.” So goes the tag line for Water Man. In Water Man, we follow several prominent surfers to Indonesia in search of adventure in the ocean. But despite having so many talented surfers (Gerry Lopez, Rob Machado and the Malloys), Water Man really turns out to be the Laird Hamilton show. …
One Track Mind takes a look at how surfers focus on winning events on the world tour. Interviews with each generation of competitive surfers from the 1970s on provide and interesting insight into the mind set each surfer uses to focus. Directed by Chris Malloy for Woodshed Films, One Track Mind is not a typical…
I’ve always said that Rob Machado is becoming the mystic guru of surfing. A new film called The Drifter follows Rob on a kind of spiritual/personal quest to find himself and figure out how to move on into the future (not in a time-travel sense, rather figuring out where he want to go in life). …
I was just re-watching A Broke Down Melody, a film by Chris and Emmet Malloy, again. What struck me this time was just how vibrant this film always seems to me. All the colors, especially the blues, seems a bit richer and all the smiles seem a bit bigger. The film is full of positivity…
Thicker than Water was a bit of a disappointment for me. After digging on The September Sessions, I was hoping for some more of that same magic (but a whole lot longer). But Thicker than Water just didn’t grab me. The film always seemed a bit lack-luster and the surfing wasn’t inspiring. It was good…
My wife and I went down to watch the men’s round of 16 at the Hurley US Open yesterday. (Unfortunately we weren’t able to stay for the women’s semis and finals, which was a bummer.) But the waves were still going berserk and the jet skis (PWCs) were still towing competitors out to the line…
As I’ve said before, I think Rob Machado is becoming a kind of mystic guru of surfing. One day, surfers will seek him out at secret surf spots for nuggets of surf wisdom. He’s not surfing on the world circuit anymore, but he does show up as select contests. Today in his heat, he really…
The last heat in the Round of 96 was definitely a stacked affair. Mick Fanning, Rob Machado, Brent Reilly and Owen Wright in the same heat and only two guys can move on. When all was said and done, it was Mick Fanning who took first and Rob Machado who slid into second. But based…
The first Thomas Campbell film I ever saw was The Present. I was super stoked after seeing that film When I’d tell people I’d seen it, they’d always ask, “Was it as good as Sprout or Seedling?” When I’d tell them I hadn’t seen Sprout or Seedling, I’d get the same look I’d give someone…