Feel Good Friday: Surfers Not Street Children

Surfers Not Street Children is an organization based in Durban, South Africa, dedicated to using surfing as a positive tool for empowering homeless kids and getting them off the streets.

O’Neill's Jordy Smith is known for his cutting-edge high performance surfing. Surfing kept Jordy off the streets and he has never forgotten his roots. Now he’s paying it forward. Watch Jordy Smith’s perfect day. More info go to oneill.com/todayisperfect

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The Perfect Weekend

We did a weekend roadtrip to the south coast, 2 hours south of Sydney. Wicked camping and surf spot @ Killalea National Park, The Farm Beach, Mystics Beach Song: Benjimin Frances - Atlas Hands Filmed with Sony Nex-6, Lens: Sigma 150-500mm, Fujian 35mm 1.7, Sony 16-50mm 2.8, Nikon 50mm 1.8 Edited with Vegas, Colour grading with Magic Bullet

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We're in the Santa Cruz Sentinel!

Photo: Kevin Johnson / Santa Cruz Sentinel

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Springtime in New York

A Spring Time Surfers Perspective Of Long Island, NY Surfers: James McMahon & Dave Holden Edit: Nico McMahon Song: Jimi Hendrix- Little Wing (I do not claim to have any rights to this song)

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That's a long board

Josh made a 11' eagle for my recent trip to Mexico. I had never rode one before but had heard nothing but good things about this design. I ended up loving the board and rode it every day of our trip. I have never had a board teach me so much about my surfing. I will always have one in my quiver. Thanks Josh, -cj

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Marti Paradisis + GoPro + rocks = exciting!

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Home Sweet Home

Great surfing shot around home sweet home by and with Santa Cruz locals.

A surf edit about taking advantage of daylight savings time in California and surfing till dark. Featuring Austin Smith-Ford, Kyle Buthman, Kyle Thiermann, Josh Mulcoy and friends. Filmed // Edited by Perry Gershkow Music: Gardens and Villa // Dominos

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A Rising Tide: Surfing in India

'A Rising Tide' is a short documentary surf film, created by Indian surfer/filmmaker trio Tushar Pathiyan, Ishita Malaviya and Krish Makhija in association with Quiksilver India. In a country with a population of 1.2 billion and just over a hundred surfers, the film sets out to explore the journey of some of India’s pioneer surfers, their humble surf beginnings and their deep connection with the ocean. Through interviews with local watermen we celebrate the joy of riding waves and the aloha spirit of the Indian surf tribe. As the numbers of surfers in the country keep growing each day, we hope that these stories may never be lost and shall help create a deeper sense of surf community in India. The first documentary surf film to come out of India, ‘A Rising Tide’ features pioneer surfers Mukesh Panjanathan, Jack ‘Swami’ Hebner, Velu Murugan, Satyaraj Das, Tushar Pathiyan, Ishita Malaviya, Kishore Kumar, Kiran Kumar, Spandan Banerjee, Rahul Malaney, Shamanth Kumar, Murthy Megavan, Melville Anthony Smythe, Kalyan Raithi, Hari Varma, D. Anudeep and Nissam Yoshikawa. Thanks to Varoon Nair, The Mavyns, The Supersonics and Dhruv Visvanath for composing original music for the film. Thanks to Quiksilver India for their support of this film. facebook.com/QuiksilverIndia For more information about The Shaka Surf Club, please visit facebook.com/TheShakaSurfClub For more information about Mosambi Juice Productions, please visit facebook.com/MosambiJuiceProductions Please feel free to share your comments below. We'd love to hear your thoughts about our film. Thanks for watching!

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Gettin' ready for summer

Awesome little surf/skate video by Hayley Gordon to get you stoked for summer:

A southern California surf and turf blend, just in time for summer. This video is a scrapbook of many of my friends doing what they do best. Surfing, skating, partying. I'd been planning on releasing this at the end of last summer, but life being what it is we didn't get enough good surf days to flesh out the video the way I wanted. It's taken a long time, but this is what I had envisioned when I first conceived of the video. The extra time allowed me to get more people in the video, so I think it turned out for the best. Enjoy! Featuring: Taylor Beatty Sara Taylor Jenna Balester Amy Caron Vanessa Torres Erin Ashley (Worm) Ornella Pellizzari Alex White Kristin Ebeling Shari White Ashley Rehfeld Nora Vasconcellos Mimi Knoop Music: Skaters // Miss Teen Massachusetts (Magic Man Remix)

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