‘This Way of Life’ is an insight into the daily lives of world recognised surfers and environmentalists David Rastovich and Lauren Hill. The Vista’s Julia Ashwood visits their beautifully humble and private home, sweetly nestled in the gum trees just outside of Byron Bay… This wonderful… Read More »This Way of Life
“Citizens of the Sea” is the final film in a series of three online short films for the Byron Bay Surf Festival, featuring one of the worlds most stylish professional freesurfer, creative activist and inquisitive experimentalist Dave “Rasta” Rastovich. Filmed and edited by Stefan José Films – stefanjosefilms.com @stefanjosefilms Only… Read More »Citizens of the Sea – Dave Rastovich
In 2005, Andrew ‘AC’ Crockett released Switchfoot, and in doing so embarked on a decade-long journey spanning three books, thousands of photos and dozens and dozens of interviews. Switchfoot was a compendium, a 208-page scrap book of words and images, as AC states in the book’s Outro,… Read More »SWITCHFOOT: A GRAND FINALE 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING
I, like so many others in this area, even in this country, got bitten by the surfing bug, and that little sucker has left teeth marks that will scar for life. I’ve surfed up and down the Coast, on shortboards and longboards, in winter and… Read More »PLANE TO SEA
Let’s face it – you’ve got more chance of finding a leprechaun riding a unicorn while munching a four-leaf clover sandwich than hearing the words, “you know, I think Tony Abbott is pretty good for this country” uttered by anyone outside the mining industry. Nestled… Read More »MALIA ROUILLON: SIRENS WILL SAVE US ALL
Local independent filmmaker, Nathan Oldfield, makes things different. Not one to subscribe to the surf film conventions of perfect, massive waves, exotic destinations or pounding soundtracks, Oldfield portrays the other side of surfing, the deeper connection in personal accounts of the featured surfers’ lives and… Read More »THE GATHERING
We all have our journeys. Sometimes that journey takes us through our years, the simple ebbs and flows of conventional life. At other times, we may visit foreign lands, escape ourselves, break the cycle of conformity and obligation just long enough to awaken greater vision… Read More »TRANSPARENTSEA: A VOYAGE OF NECESSITY
We all have our journeys. Sometimes that journey takes us through our years, the simple ebbs and flows of conventional life. At other times, we may visit foreign lands, escape ourselves, break the cycle of conformity and obligation just long enough to awaken greater vision… Read More »TRANSPARENTSEA: A VOYAGE OF NECESSITY
Too much of a good thing. It might seem less than a positive way to describe this year’s Bleach* Festival but, spanning 17 days, incorporating over 40 events, hosting dozens of artists, musicians, performers and celebrities and presenting a multitude of activities, the line up definitely… Read More »ALL-ENCOMPASSING: A GUIDE TO BLEACH* 2014
Surf festivals celebrate the very best of the sport’s exponents, allowing the general public a unique, first-hand perspective of the phenomenal levels of skill to which surfing has been taken. All eyes strain to the ocean, distinguishing competitors by their fluorescent rashies and marveling at… Read More »Byron Surf Fest 2013: The antithesis
