Movies: Surfing

Uncharted Waters is a feature-length documentary about Australian surfing legend, Wayne Lynch. It traces his upbringing in the seaside town of Lorne on Victoria's South-Western coast and his turbulent experiences as a 'conscientious objector' on the ...

Dedicated to the people of Bali, and the people who surf there, this film from veteran surfer Steve Cooney documents the incredible waves discovered in Indonesia over the past 32 years, including footage from some of the world's best cameramen. 50 to...

Hal Jepsen's coverage of the 1971 Expression Session. This was a surfing showcase event without judges, scores, winners, or losers, featuring a select group of the world's best surfers....

Documentary about surfing, featuring super slow motion of Rory Russell at Pipeline, B.K. caught speeding at Sunset, Australians Peter Townend and Ian Cairns, California perfection, J Riddle in a Baja adventure....

Uprising is all action film with intense sequences of airs, carves and new maneuvers on the made for ripping walls of Lower Trestles. An epic battle from the best surfers in the world in a one hundred percent free surfing bananza. This is the hottest...

ABC television special about surfing...

Psychedelic surfer documentary. Also see http://encyclopediaofsurfing.com/entries/drugs-and-surfing...

Wrenna is a young woman with a fearless dream - a 6’ 2” natural with a body built for the ocean, she wants to be a big wave surfer. But she finds the discipline and sacrifice required to be a professional, extremely challenging. Growing up in New Jer...

EUFORIA is an audiovisual journey that accompanies Sebastian Williams along the Pacific coast of Mexico in search of perfect waves, hidden places and mythical landscapes. It is through the music, sound and images that the emotions of the ocean are re...

Set in the vast, remote wilderness of the Indonesian archipelago and southwest Tasmania this is a story of exploration, discovery, mateship and fate. A story of how one man navigated the rogue waves in his life....

BS! is an out of the ordinary, if not extraordinary surf film that documents the serious ripping of Dusty Payne, Mitch Coleborn, Alex Gray, Ozzie Wright, Nate Tyler, and Andrew Doheny, while revealing their individual characters through thoughtful in...

Onde Nostre is a lifestyle documentary film that shows the peculiarity of the Italian surf scene and the beauty of this sport, even in a country that's not usually considered a top destination for catching waves. With this film we intend show the pas...

A thirsty surfer tastes karma when he refuses to pay for a luscious glas of water....

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Longboarder star Robert "Wingnut" Weaver is young, healthy, successful and completely disillusioned. Atop the sport he loves, Wingnut is haunted by the feeling that something is missing....

Afri, a three-time World Surfing Games participant, has spent a lifetime searching for the world's best coastlines for surf, but never in his home country of Afghanistan. Filmed in three continents, this documentary follows Afridun's journey back to ...

A young surfer making a surfing film travels through French Heat, South African Blowout, California Cream and Hawaiian Perfection....

Frank Paine, is a 73-year-old South Bay icon and humble local legend whose life orbits around a two-block stretch of beach. His unforgettable mustache and magnetic spirit are what most first notice, but Frank’s layers expose a depth that might answer...

The best surfing of the 1970's filmed in Hawaii, California, and Australia. Fast paced, action packed, breathtaking surfing. Starring Larry Bertlemann, Gerry Lopez, Barry Kanaiaupuni, and Jeff Hakman....

James Fulbright highlights and traces the development of alternative surfing sports and traces their roots to desperate surfers who have invented ways to feed their addiction....