As surf media becomes more digitally driven, it’s only natural that the limelight is veering toward video content. It’s a paradigm shift from the days of getting a surf magazine once a month in the mail—we want our surf action as it unfolds on beaches and lineups across the world. And remember when you and your friends would take turns filming each other surf, only to watch the footage later and discover that your knucklehead friend pushed the record button at the wrong time and ended up filming sand, passing birds, and blank skies? Or when you’d catch the videographer (usually someone sick or injured) talking smack about his buddies’ lack of surf skills while he unwittingly had the record button on. Let’s just say that the craft has evolved and kids nowadays are creating more compelling and radical content than ever before.
On the forefront of the revolution going on in surf movies is 21-year-old Surfing magazine videographer Sean Benik … More