THE SURF MAGAZINES DON’T TALK ABOUT LAPSED CATHOLICS



In 2007, while I was writing a film with another bit of resolutely more tropical footage, Antonio Sanchez gave me a DV tape full of bits and ends of a couple New Jersey winter sessions. It turned my vocabulary right around and resulted in a short film about the rigors of what is likely the silent majority.

WINNER: BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT
2011 Canadian Surf Film Festival & 2012 London Surf Film Festival

"Deep down feeling, the sheer frustration, the very essence in one short cinematic ode to the waveriding lifestyle…” Approaching Lines

“Best damn surf film of all time.” - Tyler Breuer Swell Season Surf Podcast

"NAILED IT." - Scott Hulet The Surfer's Journal

ALSO:
2008 New York Surf Film Festival
2009 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2009 San Francisco Ocean Surf Festival
2009 Lighthouse Film Festival
2009 Festival Maribor
2010 Save The Waves Film Festival
2013 Maysles Jock Docs
2013 Surfilm Festibal San Sebastián
2023 Everyday Oceans, Melbourne Australia

And featured as a "Journey" on Kelly Slater's Outerknown brand website thanks to Jamie Brisick.