Spirit of Akasha, a new film produced by Andrew Kidman (Litmus, Glass Love, Last Hope) celebrates the amazing legacy of Morning of the Earth’s impact on surf culture over the last 40 years. Kidman, along with Morning of the Earth’s original producer, Albe Falzon, have over the last two years been meticulously producing a body of work that revisits all of the enduring aspects of the original film, and presenting them in the present.
An incredible creative nucleus of the world’s finest surfers and musicians have joined together to produce this unique film, which has now been invited to be a part of one of the world’s most highly regarded Festivals, the 61st San Sebastian International Film Festival on September 20-28th 2013.
Surfing youngster Triston Gailey, who received worldwide attention after a story about his surfing was published by The Tribune, will be one of the competitors at the Still Frothy Surf Festival in Pismo Beach next weekend.
The two-day event, sponsored by surf giant Billabong, will feature free surf contests for kids 17 and younger, a tow air surf contest, a video contest and art exhibited by local artists … More
Within the last year, developments in artificial surfing wave technology, such as those recently announced by Spanish company Wavegarden, have made the dream of perfect waves on-demand seem like much more of a reality, potentially putting the entire surf industry on the verge of a new frontier. To keep everyone up-to-date on these new developments, U.S.-based Surf Park Central organized the first annual Surf Park Summit in Laguna Beach, California, recently. While there was an ironically good swell outside, the meeting was well attended, and it seemed like nearly every company involved is inching toward manufacturing their perfect wave.
For example … More