Chasing The Lotus

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….

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. …

Pipeline Masters

Watched quite a few surf movies this weekend. One of which was Pipeline Masters. The Pipline Masters competition is one of the most famous and popular single surfing competitions.  So much so, that Pipe is traditionally the final stop on the ASP World Tour where the World Champ is crowned.  (And there have been quite…

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…