© California Surf Festival 2011 Thursday, 13th - Mighty Uke Night Time             Film            Min    Director                                      7:30 PM   Mighty Uke   76   Tony Coleman Born in Hawaii in the 1880s, the ukulele was so easy to 1920s, it was the most popular instrument in the American home. But then the rise of the rock and roll guitar pushed the uke into nerdy obscurity. UNTIL NOW! In the Internet age, the instrument is making a comeback, and a new generation is rediscovering a unique musical voice. MIGHTY UKE travels the world to chronicle the amazing comeback of a musical underdog. The Ukulele is taking over the world!  Synopsis Friday, 14th - Chick Who Rip Night Time             Film            Min    Director                                      6:40 PM   EDDIE              6     Claire Gorman In memory of Eddie Aikau. The Contest held only when waves are at least 25 ft at Waimea Bay, Hawaii. First Love is about love, friendship and following your dreams.  Synopsis 6:40 PM   First Love     54    Claire Gorman Time             Film            Min    Director                                       Synopsis First Love is about love, friendship and following your dreams.This film follows the lives of three passionate young girls from Phillip Island and documents their trip to Hawaii – the first step on their journey to making a career out of surfing.17-year-old Jess Laing has grown up surfing with, and competing against, her two friends Nikki van Dijk and India Payne. They’re all sponsored, surf the same breaks and live within 10 minutes of each other. The girls are all different in their own ways, but one thing’s for sure, they all love the same thing. First Love will surprise, entertain and inspire a generation of female surfers. Time             Film            Min    Director                                      8:30 PM   Leave A Message 24    Jason Kenworthy                                 and Aaron Leiber     Synopsis The hottest women surfing today! Leave A Message will share with you how much women rip in the water. Carissa, Coco, Monyca, Lakley, Malia and Laura on the big screen! Oceanides          55       Lorène Carpentier     Film             Min     Director                                       Synopsis OCEANIDES is a poetic vision of surfers – nymphs -- along the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, Caribbean, Coral, and Tasmanian Seas. These places become the theater of marine and submarine visions of light and life. Staring Jen Smith Kassia Meador, Julie Cox and Leah Dawson. Friday, 14th - Chick Who Rip Night Saturday, 15th - Surf Cinema Saturday Time             Film            Min     Director                                      1:00 PM    Plastic Tide     5      Skye Kelly  Synopsis Learn what we need to do as sadly the Plastic Tide is on its way! Time             Film            Min     Director                                       Synopsis 22  Passmore Lab The Physics Of Surfing Starring Julie Cox, watch as we learn about the physics of surfing and how we ride the waves Time             Film            Min     Director                                      Ocean Monk       20 Sanjay Rawal  Synopsis Ocean Monk chronicles the inner and outer search of a group of monks who make their home in New York City. Students of the late Indian teacher, Sri Chinmoy, who lived in Queens for over 40 years, this band of friends discovered the beauty and power of the nearby surfing beaches and incorporated their love for the ocean into their search for enlightenment. The film includes appearances by Kelly Slater, Jack Johnson, Titus Kinimaka and Sri Chinmoy. Time             Film            Min     Director                                      Chasing The Swell 32   Sachi Cunningham  Synopsis In three chapters, this film chronicles the exploits of a handful of big wave hunters last winter as they traveled to Waimea Bay on the north shore of Oahu, Mavericks off Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, and Isla Todos Santos, a small island off Baja California. It is an exciting primer for anyone interested in this year's big wave season, which began last week. Among the giant killers are Greg Long of San Clemente, Shane Dorian of Hawaii, Chris Bertish of South Africa, Ramon Navarro of Chile and Carlos Burle of Brazil. They are prominent members of a sub-phylum of surfers who specialize in big waves — a small but growing fraternity that probably numbers no more than 100 regulars. Saturday, 15th - Surf Cinema Saturday Time             Film            Min     Director                                      3:00 PM    On Board             5      Dustin Brockman  Synopsis While riding the wave is everyone’s favorite part about surfing, this film also brings to light the passion surfers have for the beach, the escape, and the natural beauties of our environment. Splinters         94   Adam Pesce & Perrin Time             Film            Min     Director                                       Synopsis SPLINTERS is an exciting look into the remote island of Papua New Guinea and how the surfing lifestyle has developed over the past 30 years, with the legend of a pilot who left his surfboard at this island paradise. Locals take to the sport with passion and talent hoping to rival champion surfers from around the world. 5:00 PM   Hi, I'm Andy Irons  5     Michael Oblowitz  Synopsis Time             Film            Min     Director                                      Celebrate the life of three-time world champion Andy Irons in one of the last interviews he gave. Plus, see the shore break tube ride that took place at the 2009 Eddie Contest. Get-N Classic 20  Vans, Graham Nash                                        and Reagan Ritchie  Synopsis Sion Milosky -- admired, respected big wave waterman -- whose life was taken away this past winter 2010 at Mavericks. Here is the who's who of the surfing world sharing the Sion way of life! Time             Film            Min     Director                                      6:30 PM 5    Billabong   36 Hours in the                                                    City Blow Up          24  Victor Pakpour Time             Film            Min     Director                                      Bubble gum can blow up in your face as well as the hot waves from the sickest shorelines. You’ll find out who some of the hottest riders are coming up with the exciting footage of surfers Laurie Towner, Ryan Callinan, Ian Gentil, Creed McTaggart, Granger Larson, and Jack Freestone. Directed by the first “Big Shorts From Little Groms” Award-Winning filmmaker Victor Pakpour who is now grown up and working a dream job with one of the largest surf companies in the world. Congratulations Victor and Billabong!  Synopsis Time             Film            Min     Director                                      24 Chris Coté TransWorld Surf’s Surprise Excitement Party  Synopsis This film features the surfing excellence of John John Florence, Mark Healey, Michel Bourez, Conner and Parker Coffin, as well as Dusty Payne, Mark Mathews, Bruce Irons, plus a surprise section from Kelly Slater. Includes brutal and hilarious wipeouts, a bikini food fight and some of the sickest tubes you will ever see. Time             Film            Min     Director                                      8:30 PM    Beer Can                       Surfboards 4   Rich Morrison  Synopsis Drained, plugged, sealed and ready to rock! We sent the recycled/up-cycled 72-beer-can concept board into the fixit room after its maiden voyage (the board started sinking) and enrolled some surfing talent via Volcom team rider Roger Eales for the second voyage of the beer can surfboard. Time             Film            Min     Director                                      Sanded         3  Tim Ryan SANDED -- the art of shaping surfboards in a modern fashion. A dramatic look at the mixture of man, machine and chemicals to make a wave riding tool that dates back to the ancient Polynesians. Shot in one day without any preparation, on a single 400' roll of film at the Chemistry Surfboards factory in Oceanside, CA.  Synopsis Lost and Found   57  Doug Walker  Synopsis 30,000 negatives were found in three boxes at a flea market in Los Angeles, CA. Over the past 3+ years, Doug Walker has traveled, reuniting photographers as well as surfers with some of surfing’s best images ever captured. It is a film that truly comes from the heart as stories are told and captured in a way like no other surfing film. Showing people whose stories if not told, are lost. Featuring Aaron Chang, Dan Merkel, Gerry Lopez, Jock Sutherland, Buttons Kaluhiokalani, Larry Bertlemann, Duncan Campbell, Bobby Owens, Greg Weaver, Candy Moore, Bob Barbour, Rory Russell. Time             Film            Min     Director                                      Sunday, 16th - Silver Sunday Time             Film            Min    Director                                       Synopsis 15   Maggie Franks 3:00 PM    The Board                       Meeting Two 79-year-old retired executives hold weekly meeting board meetings at Doheny Beach, with one goal on the horizon: keep surfing until the kids take the car keys away. With these two guys board meetings are anything but boring. Starring Don Benson and Ross McAdam with Evie Fletcher and Kim Wright. Blue Sway         5 Jack McCoy Time             Film            Min     Director                                      Paul McCartney song Blue Sway inspires the underwater footage of one of the masters of surf cinematography, the amazing Jack McCoy!  Synopsis The Still Point 76   Taki Bibelas  Synopsis Time             Film            Min     Director                                      A T.S. Eliot poem inspires a film about water and the ocean that is told by the world’s legendary pioneer surfers. This is a documentary about the ocean and waves as seen through the eyes and thoughts of some of the world’s most well known “water-men.” It’s about the ocean and the connection of all things. For them, surfing is a form of self-expression and a way of life, but is it also a microcosm of life on this planet? Is the ocean alive? That is the fundamental question the film asks. With Skip Frye, Mickey Munoz, Paul Strauch, Doc Paskowitz, and many more icons of surf. This film has won many awards at surf film festivals all over world! Time             Film            Min     Director                                      Friday, 14th - Chick Who Rip Night Thursday, 13th - Mighty Uke Night Saturday, 15th - Surf Cinema Saturday Sunday, 16th - Silver Sunday Quick Link to Movie Preview and Synopsis. BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP  Synopsis Sion Milosky       30 Volcom Time             Film            Min     Director                                      The Vans Crew -- led by Joel Tudor, Nathan Fletcher, Pat, Tanner and Dane Gudauskas, John, Ivan and Nathan Florence, Dylan Graves, Alex Knost, Andrew Doheny, Kalani Chapman and Jason “Ratboy” Collins -- find themselves riding the best waves from Teahupoo, Australia, South Africa and the big waves of Mavericks. This is a fun time in and out of the water by the awesome crew at Vans! BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP