Surf fans, get ready, CLOUD 9 the long awaited documentary is screening Sun 14th at the San Sebastian Film Festibal at 17h00.  Daz, the man behind the Euroforce Series has been working flat out, and the project is nearing completion!  He has caught moments of pure gold through his lens and CLOUD 9 is where it all comes together.  Written by Lauren Davies, narrated by Mark Richards and a soundtrack featuring the Quiksilver musical grom Ben Howard.  The film, includes never before seen footage and interviews with Kelly, Tony Hawk and the Worlds best surfers.  CLOUD 9 gives us an insight into the man behind the 9 World Titles.  I reckon you’ll start seeing images shortly.  I’m so excited by the clips I’ve seen I just gotta tell someone!

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SurferToday.com has launched a global petition in order to demand the development of new surfing games for Playstation, Xbox, Wii and PCs.

The petition is available for signing HERE.

The last console surfing game ever to see the shelves was “Kelly Slater’s Pro Surfer”.

It was published in the old 16th September 2002.

Seven years after, there’s still no waves from the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii or PC line-up.

What happened? Aren’t there any buyers? Is everyone a “Shoot’Em Up” addicted diehard player?

There is an unexplored market for electronic surfing games and it is definitely easier to simulate water and waves with the 3rd generation console programming.

Look at the skating franchises! There are thousands of Tony Hawk’s episodes and other independent titles.

With snowboarding, the story repeats. There are plenty of titles such as Shaun White’s and SSX franchises.

Where are the surfing games for our Playstation, XBox, Wii and PC’s?

If you would like to take a dive into the past, check the four Playstation 2 surfing games ever published:

Kelly Slater’s Pro Surfer (Score: 8 )
Transworld Surf (Score: 7.4)
Sunny Garcia Surfing (Score: 5.9)
Surfing H3O (Score: 4.8)

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PETITION

More Surfing Games by the Video Game Industry

Dear Members of the Video Game Industry,
CEO’s, Executive Directors and Creative Developers,

There are more than 25 million surfers worldwide.

Since September 2002, the Video Game Industry has stopped developing surfing games for the Playstation, Xbox, Wii and PC platforms.

We understand that games should generate income and earnings for all the stakeholders.

But it is clearly visible, over the internet forums, that there are a large number of potential surfing game buyers.

We would truly appreciate if your respectable Video Game company consider the announcement of a new surfing game for the several million surfers, kitesurfers, windsurfers and bodyboarders from around the world.

Thank You.

Sincerely yours,

On behalf of the petitioners,

SurferToday.com
www.surfertoday.com

AVAILABLE AT:

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/surfinggames/

Clearly, Taylor Steele doesn’t like sitting still. The Bali-based surf filmmaker’s travel opus Sipping Jetstreams has been out for a couple years, and in between super high-performance shred-flicks, he’s been going loony on google earth, plotting new, weirder destinations for his follow up, which is called Castles in the Sky.

Tuesday night saw a special sneak preview of Castles at the Montalbán Theater in Hollywood, where dozens of semi-famous to famous surfers, industry types and various other Beautiful People turn up to check out Steele’s newest work, as well as another chance to see Sipping on the big screen.

In typical Steele fashion, he’d just got off a plane from India with a head wound from a car accident — a less-than-glamorous byproduct of spending half the year crisscrossing the globe. “I do those other projects to keep this going,” he said of his shredflicks. “This is my passion.”

“We could go on for days about the meanings of the titles and everything,” explains Steele’s partner photog Dustin Humphries. “But really, it’s all about the wonder of travel and getting outside your comfort zone.”

The first peek at Castles was as impactful and lush as Sipping: Dane Reynolds + friends pulling into snow-capped slabs in Iceland, Rob Machado going local in Peru and more, all edited with Humphries and Steele’s trademark style.

Groovy as it all is, Steele’s quick to point out that we’re looking at a work in progress. “This is an ultrasound, not a baby picture,” he laughed onstage.

If that’s an ultrasound, we’re stoked to see the grown up.

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