What’s it rated? Not rated
When? Monday, April 14 (5 p.m. doors, 5:30 screening; $10 at the door or online at my805tix.com)
Where’s it showing? The Bay Theatre of Morro Bay
Local surfers can expect a nostalgic stoke next Monday when the Bay Theatre screens Leslie Girvin’s surf films 300 Waves and Rock to the Pier.
“There are two movies in one show,” Girvin explained via email. “300 Waves is 40 minutes, and then Rock to the Pier is the second movie. My surf friends said a surf film is about 40 minutes. So, the second film [consists of waves that] didn’t make the first cut. It’s 39 minutes long.”
See surfers navigating overhead surf at The Rock or trying to make screaming-fast sections at Cayucos pier while outside cloud break Mouse Rock fires in the background. The surf action was captured between 1994 and 2008.
“I produced the movie in 2008 and released it in Madrid, Spain, in 2009, and it’s taken 16 years to get to show it here. It took 16 years to get all of the footage I highlighted in the movie,” Girvin added.
In addition to local footage, there’s great surf from Maui, all shot on video cameras, so the resolution isn’t as crisp as it could be, but even lo-fi surf porn is fun!
Music by Spain’s Los Jets and local guitar shredder the Travis Larson Band provide the soundtrack. (79 min.) Δ
This article appears in Apr 10-20, 2025.