The second annual Irving Fish Festival sponsored by Hook Fish, Yoga Beach, Mollusk Surf Shop, and 3 Fish Studios, is primed once again to go off. With art, food, music, beer, a beach clean-up, nearby film screening, and solid waves forecast for the event, this is one ocean-based block party that truly has it all. […]
Live Grateful Dead jam from the 70s, animation, and ocean based storytelling combine in Whale Tail for a mesmerizing few minutes of cartoon surf trippyness. Created and distributed by San Francisco based film teacher, Paul Ferraris, this short might pair well with a lava lamp, black lighting, and a fine strain of cannabis. But to […]
The fifth annual Santa Cruz Surf Film Festival is set to hit town like a two day pulse of clean fall season swell. Running through the weekend of October 5th and 6th 2018, it’s a fun event that aims “to spread the stoke that we get from surfing, bringing together surfers, filmmakers and ocean enthusiasts […]
Thomas Cambell has been inspiring minds within the surf and skate world with a diverse array of mediums for decades. Surf films, photography, ceramics, textiles, and board graphics are a few of the modes he’s used while expanding his ever evolving repertoire of expression. His upcoming show at Mollusk, SF offers a glimpse at some […]
A handful of our favorite ocean based films are now available on Netflix. We’ve mentioned them before, written about them, and highlighted underlying themes. But now it’s too easy. You don’t have to take our word for it. Simply log on, stream through these 5 full-length works of cinematic story telling, and prepare to be […]
The Gudauskas brothers are frothing once again. Pat just ousted Julian Wilson from the number one spot on the WSL tour at Bells, and Tanner is in the midst of launching a new surf culture curating site dubbed The Paradise Projects. The idea behind it is to get collaborative – an online venue for sharing […]
The International Ocean Film Festival (IOFF) based in San Francisco is entering its fifteenth year of operation. On offer, once again, is a great series of films ranging in category from “marine science and industry to sports and adventure.” Program 5, the surfing section of the festival, is set to run on Friday, March 9, […]
What do you get when you mix art by Nathaniel Russell, film by Tin Ojeda, music by Hailu Mergia, and mash it together at The Chapel? – an interesting surf related musical and visual event to say the least. And that’s exactly what’s on offer this coming weekend in San Francisco. Tin Ojeda, who will […]
“I was trying to do other things in the world. I didn’t expect to be a surfer when I grew up and it sort of surprised me.” – Rod Lundquist The history of surfing in San Francisco just kind of snuck up on itself. As early local Rod Lundquist put it, “Nobody in the city […]
Plastic pollution in the ocean is a serious problem. According to the 5 Gyres website, “8 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean each year.” Much of this plastic comes from land by way of streams and storm drains that empty into the sea. Litter on the beach also gets washed into the mix, […]