Watch Now: Steph Gilmore's Electric Surfboard Acid Test

Stab Mag just released The Electric Surfboard Acid Test starring Stephanie Gilmore on Youtube. We’re loving the pseudo-scientific methodology of this series. So much fun to watch!

If you missed the first edition of this series with Dane Reynolds, you can see it here.

Bianca Valenti & It Ain't Pretty

Great Surfer mag interview just posted with SF charger Bianca Valenti, one of big wave surfing's female badasses.

And check out the trailers on Youtube for It Ain't Pretty, an upcoming film about the women who surf big, scary Ocean Beach, featuring Bianca. We're excited to see it!

A documentary about the challenges and triumphs of female big wave surfers fighting sexism in the water, in competition, in the media and in the surf industry with the support of a closely-knit community of like-minded women.

Whoa.

Some amazing footage of the best big riders in the world, surfing powerful waves in Nazaré, Portugal.

Scary big.

The Sea & Friends

Via TxemaVega UNDERWATER FILM SERVICE

Summer's almost over -- get out there while you can!

Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat

A short documentary about David Welsford, who has given up the luxuries of land in search for happiness and adventure on a 50 year old wooden boat he restored from a scrap heap. Featuring music from Bahamas, Acres & Acres and Ben Howard! Director & Cinematographer: Kevin A Fraser www.kevinAfraser.com Featuring & Additional Photography: David Welsford www.TwentyEightFeet.com Editor: Shawn Beckwith www.postbeckwith.com Colorist: Chris MacIntosh vimeo.com/55644436 Post Audio: Craig Sperry Producers: Kevin A Fraser & Melani Wood www.kevinANDmelani.ca Music: Bahamas www.bahamasmusic.net Acres & Acres www.aaacres.com Ben Howard www.benhowardmusic.co.uk Thanks: Salus Marine www.salusmarine.com Grohmann Knives www.grohmannknives.com Lunenburg Boat Locker www.boatlocker.ca William F White www.whites.com Splinter Joy www.splinterjoy.com FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: 
 Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia 
 American Documentary Festival, Palm Springs, California 
 DOCNYC, NYC, New York 
 San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival, San Francisco, California
 BendFilm, Bend, Oregon 
London City International Film Festival, London, England
 Parsboro Film Festival, Parsboro Nova Scotia 
Starz Denver, Denver, Colorado 
 SilverWave Film Festival, Fredericton, New Brunswick 
First Glance Film Festival, Los Angeles, California
 Lets All Be Free Film Festival, London, England 
Rincon Film Festival, Rincon, Puerto Rico
 Adventure Travel Film Festival, Sherborne, England 
Ocean Film Festival Australia, Various, Australia
 Hong Kong International Ocean Film Festival, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong 
DIY Film Fest, Warsaw, Poland 
Viewfinders Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia 
 Halifax Independent Film Festival, Halifax Nova Scotia 
Lagniappe Film and Music Festival, Lagniappe, Texas
 World Oceans Day Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii 
 New Filmmakers LA, Los Angeles, California 
 Maui Film Festival, Maui, Hawaii  OTHER SCREENINGS:
 Lunenburg Film Series, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia 
 Reel Screen - Canadian Film Day, Vancouver & Halifax 
 Halifax International Boat Show, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Via Kevin Fraser

GoPro Airs

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Airs look pretty cool through a GoPro lens...

via State of Surf

A Song Inspired by the Surfing Life

The past has a big role for creativity, specially when you try to write a song. "Walking through a part of water" born by remembrance of past experiences shared with friends, in hopes to do it again. Produced by: www.shapevideo.tumblr.com Filmed by: Michele Chiroli Edited by: Marco Meccheri Music by: Rick Masoni www.rickmasoni.tumblr.com Voice: Renza Castelli www.renzacastelli.tumblr.com/ Special thanks to recording studio "Scuola di Rock - Associazione Culturale" Camaiore (LU) & Nicola Bresciani for water recording.

via Shape Video

Surfing Patagonia

Patagonia Surftrip 2014 O'Neill Argentina Company: GravedadZero.tv Filmaker: Nalu Films, Juan Cruz Oruezabala. Post Production: Maxi Blanco, Luciano Ciccarello Riders: Francisco Usuna, Lucca Saldivar, Esteban Cross, Patan Olarte

The O'Neill Argentina surf team heads to Patagonia...

via Juan Cruz Oruezabala

Through the Lens with Rob Machado: Alex Atala

Documenting the talents of amazing people who happen to surf. Iconic surfer Rob Machado has traveled the world for more than half his life. And during that time, he’s crossed paths with countless individuals who share a love for surfing and a passion for the arts. In his new series called Through The Lens, we meet these individuals and follow Rob as he re-connects with the people who've inspired him along the way. In this episode, Rob travels to Brazil to meet the world renowned chef, Alex Atala. Alex leads Rob from fine dinning in Sao Paulo, to surfing and swimming in Rio, to distributing water filters in the Jardim Gramacho slums. This world wind trip through Brazil highlights the way all humans, from all walks of life, share a common connection through water.

Through The Lens is Rob Machado's project featuring short looks into the lives of creative personalities he meets through surfing. Alex Atala is a renowned Brazilian chef.

via Through The Lens

Cold Cold Russia

- Pour le sous-titrage francais, selectionnez CC dans la barre de Lecture – Each year, Nixon organise one of the wildest and remote surf contests on the planet. Ten of the best European surfers are invited to an unknown surf destination, to battle against their own fears & human limits without the pressures of the public or the press. An unexpected quest, one where the only enemy is yourself and your best ally is nature, in its rawest, purest form. In June 2014, the wild terrain of Kamchatka, Russia, was chosen to host this uncommon event. The Nixon Surf Challenge. Narrated by Kepa Acero Supported by Nixon This short film is based on the article “Survival Russia” published in Desillusion Magazine 46 , Tome 2 available on http://tinyurl.com/ncm2gy6

Those hardy souls...

via Desillusion Magazine

Water by Morgan Maassen

It's so... beauuuuutifulllll!

a brief odyssey into the world that i cherish most. music: "Shopping Malls" by SJD https://www.facebook.com/pages/SJD/12793501823 filmed on a Red Epic, Nikon 14mm F/2.8 lens, in an SPL waterhousing

via Morgan Maassen

Michael Kew's Take on Dane Reynolds and Conner Coffin

via Michael Kew

Rob Machado and Sterling Spencer Livin' the Good Life

Rob Machado and Sterling Spencer enjoy some fun waves at Cardiff California Filmed by Devin Briggs

via Innerlight Surf-Skate

Lakey Peak is for Wave Lovers

A week surfing, swimming and water shooting at Lakey Peak

via Wes Schaftenaar

Brazilian beachies

Onshore beachbreaks can make you get creative.

just came back home from pernambuco/brazil 1 week ago, and still having some good memories from up there. good surfers, coconut water, warm water and sum air shows every session that we surfed, here is a short clip from these guys from north. surfers: junior lagosta, gabriel farias, luel felipe, bruno rodrigues e alan donato. filmed/edited - bruno zanin

via brunozanin

Surfing and surfmatting - so fun!

Superfun surfmatting and surfing by Chris Del Moro and Dave Rastovich.

Film by Jack Coleman Music by Taylor & Perry Surfers, Dave Rastovich and Chris Del Moro revel in the simple joy of mat-riding, at one of Australia's most famed point breaks in, Lennox Head, a wave synonymous with the forefather of mat-surfing - and so much more - George Greenough.

via Mollusk Surf Shop

Aloha Friday

Mexico, Costa Rica and France via Friday. Enjoy!

Mexico, Costa Rica and France are the destinations in Marc's latest clip. Turn up the volume and enjoy. Filmed and edited by James Graham Additional footage: Andy Benetrix Vincent Kardasik Alex Laurel Music: "Je Suis Le Vent" by Working for a Nuclear Free City written by Phil Kay and Gary McClure published by Woodwork Music used courtesy of Melodic Records taken from the album "Businessmen and Ghosts” www.melodic.co.uk

All Time Best Contest Airs

Pro surfers talking about the best contest airs they've ever seen.

What's the best contest air you have ever seen? Well we check in with the lads from Stab and another episode of Fly Me To The Moon and find out. Some of the top aerial surfers such as John John Florence, Taj Burrow and Josh Kerr give us their take on some of their craziest airs ever seen in a contest.

via SkuffTV

I wish I'd started when I was 9

Via Steven Michelsen

Playmobil toys take on Teahupoo

Incredible surfing video at a wave that could be a Playmobil Teahupoo! Extreme Toys attack Teahupoo! SUBSCRIBE HERE for daily XTreme videos: http://goo.gl/nDICBI Karim Rejeb creates extreme sports stop-motion with playmobil characters, in this episode the playmobil riders explore the surfing world filmed from the Xtreme Video Playmobil boat !