16mm Surf Films

Prior to the mid 80’s most surf films were still shot on 16mm film. When video nasties took over the ritual of spending a saturday night crammed into the local surf club or community hall with your grom mates to see the latest film changed the game. David Sumpter wrote an article in Tracks in 83 naming 40 years of surf film making dedicated to classic film productions and not video.The legendaryMP below taken by Albie Falzon from Australias most iconic surf film Morning of the Earth.