Flow Surf Movie

This movie is about the progression of surfing and how Channel Island Surfboards (Al Merrick) changed the game of surfing. In the 80's all surfboards were at least 10ft and the cool thing to do was ride the nose. Surfing had a very layer back style during that period until some tried to change the game with power surfing where they would ride close to the curl and make sharp turns. This didn't quite catch on at first but as surfboards progressed and they starting cutting down the size of the board this style rapidly caught on. Al Merrick was shaping boards for the best riders in Santa Barbra in which they were the ones inventing the new style of surfing. Those kids were eventually called the "New Schoolers." Kelly slater was a pivotal role in the new school of surfing where he pushed the limits of what people thought was possible. Soon arial maneuvers were the focus of surfing as well as big powerful turns where the fins would blow out of the wave. With modern board design surfing has come a long ways in the past 10 years and I am very excited to see where the progression of surfing is headed.

Trailer for the movie.