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Surf Stories by Florida Surf Film Festival

Dec 23, 2020

Mullaghmore-charger, candidate for nicest person in the world, and family man, Richie Fitzgerald, banters with Kevin and John about his days growing up in Bundoran, Ireland, witnessing the growth of surfing in Ireland first-hand from his family's shop and surf school, Surfworld.  Irish descendant families like...


Nov 14, 2020

Peter Hamblin is a SURFER poll and Emmy award-winning filmmaker from South Africa who grunted through ad exec and no pay WCT gigs to start his own London-based production company.  From suit to creative, he's crafted top quality films and added his unique vision to surf cinema, weaving bar room fables, classic...


Oct 15, 2020

In 1989, our VCRs were busy recording ESPN's Hot Summer Nights, including the nation's first weekly episodic TV show about surfing, the SURFER Magazine Classic Series.  All episodes are now available on The SurfNetwork. Along with numerous other TV shows and movies, Ira Opper has dedicated his work to new and old...


Sep 13, 2020

In 1999, Jamie Meiselman began the journey to build a wave pool for surfers, by surfers.  Raising capital and confidence in his vision, and fueled by kiwi Ph. D's artificial reef dreams and a solid business model, he broke ground in Orlando in 2005.  What follows is a tale of forces pulling the idea apart at the seams,...


Sep 9, 2020

Solid reporting turned narrative, complete with fashion, religious, cultural, surf critique from Yemen to Beirut to Djibouti, Chas Smith absolutely nails this three part memoir of making his way through radical Islam headwaters, war correspondent dues, and AK-47 peppered line-ups.  Pick up his new work and enjoy!...