Maine Surf Film Festival 2010

Jacob and I traveled 7 hours up and back to Rockland, ME to take part in the Maine Surf Film Festival and it was totally worth it!

Thankfully, on Sunday we were able to get some of our own swell in MA and hit the surf for 3.5 hours. A weekend full of SURF!

They showed 5 films:

Dear and Yonder (2009)
This film is an ode to Women’s surfing created by Tiffany Campbell and Andria Lessler.

Ishmael (2004)
This film is Ben Keller’s (local New England surfer) documentary about New England winter surfing. It featured 10 avid winter surfers from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Little Black Wheels (2010)
This film documents a family’s 5 month surf road trip around Australia created by Mick Waters.

Powers of Three (2009)
This film from Ireland portrays the Irish surf scene and follows three surfers as they pioneer and conquer Irish waves in the bleak winter months.

180º South (2010)
This was the feature film and the Maine Premiere. This film by Chris Malloy documents the adventures of surfer and climber Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic journey to Chilean Patagonia of his heros Yvon Chouinard (rock climbing legend and founder of Patagonia) and Doug Tompkins.

They also showed some shorts from GRAIN surfboards and Get in the Van. At the break, Corduroy Boutique put together a Surf Art Show and free food was served.

It was a weekend full of surfing, waves, art and food. It was really fun!

It has inspired thoughts of putting on a MA Surf Film Fest. It may happen in late summer/fall but no promises! It could be an awesome event though!

Spread the Swell,
J-Bird