Water Man

“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

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…

One California Day

One California Day comes from the dudes who gave us Singlefin: yellow. One California Day is a look at different bits of Californian coast, “capturing the California surfing experience through the surfers who live it.” One thing that makes this film great is that it explores time, personalities, locales and history in the context of…

A Broke Down Melody

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…