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Here are some of the best surf movies of all time, please vote for your favourites, or add any films we've missed!
An FBI Agent goes undercover as a surfer, learning how to surf and befriending the locals to find out if a recent spate of bank robberies have been committed by a gang of surfers.
3 California Surfers drift around catching waves, growing up and having fun, then reuniting ten years later on the same beaches.
This animated film about surfing penguins is a great parody of some surfing documentaries. It follows Cody, the young penguin who has wanted to be a professional surfer ever since he met surfing legend Big Z, and the film includes some real life professional surfers such as Kelly Slater and Rob Machado.
This documentary film follows a group of young surfers as they travel around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ending up at Cape St Francis, South Africa, which is now one of the most popular surfing sites in the world.
Saltrock Ambassador and Big Wave Surfer Andrew Cotton's most recent film, following him on his search for undiscovered big waves in the Atlantic, off the coast of Ireland.
This biographical drama follows teenage surfing phenomenon Jay as he trains with local surfing legend Frosty in an attempt to conquer the nearby Mavericks wave break, one of the biggest waves on earth.
This biographical film follows Bethany Hamilton, from growing up with her family who all love surfing and entering competitions, to losing her arm in a shark attack, to her recovery and attempting to continue competing, as well as her visit to Thailand after the tsunami and realizing that helping others is the most important thing she can do.
Rick Kane, from Arizona, uses his winnings from a wave tank surfing competition to fly to Hawaii to try to become a professional surfer in the summer before college starts. He discovers surfing in the ocean is much more challenging than in a wave tank, and hits several more challenges in the form of other local surfers.
A British film based in Cornwall, where Saltrock began, Blue Juice follows the story of JC, a surfer who has to choose between growing up and settling down with his girlfriend, hanging out with his friends, and his dreams of surfing around the world.
A 2002 documentary surf film, directed and filmed by singer/songwriter Jack Johnson. Jack films several surfers, including Kelly Slater, Rob Machado and Shane Dorian off the coast of Indonesia, surfing and escaping the life that comes with being a professional surfer.
This surf film documents the relationship between surfers and nature in Australia, Bali and Hawaii, from making their own boards to travelling in search of waves.
This documentary film,narrated by famous skater/surfer Stacy Peralta,covers the origins of surfing,and focuses on Big Wave Surfing,the sport undertaken by Saltrock ambassador Andrew Cotton.
This surf film focuses on female surfers - 3 best friends who work in a hotel to fund their independent lifestyle as a result of their mother leaving them. Anne Marie gets the opportunity to compete in a Pipeline event, but gets distracted by an American Footballer, causing rifts between the girls.
In this thriller, a surfer gets stranded offshore after a shark attack, and has to find a way to survive and make it back to the shore.
A documentary following an Australian surf gang in Sydney, from the viewpoint of the gang members, and 2 brothers in particular, and narrated by Russell Crowe.
A surf movie focusing on surfing, soul surfing and the lives of surfers - surfers came and went from an old farmhouse for 6 months, telling their stories and recording the soundtrack to the film. Full of professional surfers such as Rob Machado, Kelly Slater & Mick Fanning.