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Taylor Steele (born 7 June 1972) is a filmmaker. Steele has been involved in the surf film industry for over two decades. He has won awards as both director and producer. His production company, Poor Specimen, has launched the careers [citation needed] of some of surfing's most influential figures and has played a role in the success of bands such as Blink-182, Pennywise, and Jack Johnson, who ...
Sky surfing is a type of skydiving and extreme sport in which the skydiver wears a custom skysurf board attached to the feet and performs surfing-style aerobatics during freefall. [ 1 ] The boards used are generally smaller than actual surfboards , and look more like snowboards or large skateboards .
Island in the Sky is a 1953 American aviation adventure drama film written by Ernest K. Gann based on his 1944 novel of the same name, directed by William A. Wellman and starring and coproduced by John Wayne. Because of its realistic depiction of an actual aircraft crash, some consider the film as among the classic aviation films. [2]
Johnny Tsunami is a 1999 American sports drama film released as a Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM). The film focuses on a young surfer from Hawaii who must adapt to new challenges when his father's job forces the family to move to Vermont. It was nominated in 2000 for the Humanitas Prize in the Children's Live-Action Category.
San Diego Surf (film) The September Sessions; The Shallows (film) Shelter (2007 film) Soul Surfer (film) SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One; Step into Liquid; Surf Crazy; Surf II; Surf Nazis Must Die; Surf Ninjas; Surf Party; Surf-Bored Cat; Surf's Up (film) Surf's Up 2: WaveMania; Surfer, Dude; Surfwise; The Sweet Ride
Momentum Under the Influence is a surf movie distributed by Steelhouse Distribution and produced by Poor Specimen. It features all the best surfers in the world under 23 that surf places like Mentawai Islands, Australia, South Africa, France, Timor Island, Indonesia, Mexico, Hawaii and California.
An alternative type of surf movie is the "beach party film" or "surf-ploitation flick" by true surfers. These films had little to do with the authentic sport and culture of surfing, and instead represented movies that attempted to cash in on the growing popularity of surfing among youth in the early 1960s. Examples of Beach Party films include:
Crystal Voyager is a 1973 Australian surf film directed by David Elfick.It was filmed by Albert Falzon, written and narrated by surfer, photographer and filmmaker George Greenough, who had previously made the 1970 surfing film The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun.