Long Beach, New York surf community to celebrate local filmmakers

Surf Movie Night — Friday, April 13, 8 p.m., at Long Beach Cinema, 179 East Park Ave. Tickets can be purchased at the door. LBSA members: $10 (includes ticket, popcorn and drink). Non-members: $20 (includes ticket, popcorn, drink and optional LBSA lifetime membership).

The Long Beach Surfers Association and SMASH (Surf/Movies/Art/Shaping/History) productions will present Surf Movie Night at Long Beach Cinemas on Friday, hosted by unsOund Surf shop.

The evening will showcase four films made by local New York surfers: “Lapsed Catholics: What the Surf Magazines Don’t tell you,” “By the Way,” “Stacked,” and cult classic “Couch Tour.”

The night will start with Brooklyn surfer Toddy Stewart’s “Lapsed Catholics: What the Surf Magazines Don’t tell you,” a first-person perspective of a surfer paddling out in a broody surf accompanied by some philosophical musings over the nature of being a surfer.

The evening moves on to Long Island's Hayley Gordon’s “By The Way,” a short film documenting some of the worlds best female surfers, featuring Sara Taylor, Ornella Pellizzari, Margaux Arramon-Tucoo, Sofia Mulanovich, Malia Manuel, Jen Smith, Courtney Conlogue and many more.

The event also includes the premiere of “Stacked,” a short documentary on the Quiksilver Pro New York and local surfer, Balaram Stack, directed by Patrick Cummings and E.J. McLeavey-Fisher. The film tells the story of the transformation of Long Beach from a quiet New York suburb into the center of the surfing universe during the Quik Pro N.Y.

The feature film of the evening, the New York cult classic “Couch Tour,” was directed and produced by Mike Nelson, Brian Walsh and Dave Juan. The film was one of the original New York surfing films to be made in the 21st century. The film features incredible footage from the 9/11 swell and incredible surfing from Ryan Carlson, Bruce Bailey, Trip Patterson, Jason Reagan, Dave Juan and many more.