Brad Gerlach

Surfing is one of the more popular global sports. It is estimated there are between 17 and 23 million surfers worldwide in more than 70 countries. These numbers continue to grow every year as the sport increases in popularity. Surfing however is a relatively new sport in terms of popularity compared to other leisure sports like tennis and golf. These sports have been around for hundreds of years. So when and where did surfing start becoming so popular?

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Sojourn features a diverse group of international surfers from around the globe as they explore Indian Ocean delights off the coast of Sumatra. Sojourn is a beautifully crafted documentary about the camaraderie, joy, mystery and magic that unfolds when an eclectic group of surfers are brought together in the worlds richest wave playground.

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In Imperial Beach, California, the Yosts—a dysfunctional family of surfers—intersect with two new arrivals to the community: a dim-but-wealthy surfing enthusiast and man spurned by the Yosts years ago.

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Starring: Bobby Martinez, Mick Fanning, Rob Machado. Tonino Benson, Ben Bourgeois, Brad Gerlach, Jay "Bottle" Thompson, Paul Fisher, Leigh Sedley, Evan Valiere, Sean Moody, Nutty Betet. Also Featuring: Kelly Slater, Joel Parkinson The Hobgoods, Andy & Bruce Irons, Taj Burrow And Occy.

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Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Chile are countries visited on this incredible trip through Latin America. Excellent waves, impressive maneuvers and the best surfers, always accompanied by great music, culture and beautiful people. Come and discover the Americas of Surf, and understand why Latinos are so proud of this blessed continent, bathed by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with incredible variations in climates, swells and wave formations. Embark on this trip, and enjoy amazing peaks such as: Cacimba do Padre, Floripa, Garopaba, El Gringo, Poema Point, Punta Hermosa, Todos os Santos and many others.

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Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.

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Making the Call goes where no surf film has gone before--into and under the water at some of the most dangerous waves in the world.

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No special effects. No stuntmen. No stereotypes. No other feeling comes close. Surfers and secret spots from around the world are profiled in this documentary.

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Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, and others take a trip to the coast of Sumatra, where they find themselves surfing beautiful waves, and lose the urgency they have come to live with being professionals. September Sessions documents this trip with interviews and 16mm footage of life on a once in a lifetime surftrip.

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After year's of silly stunts and goofy skits, HIT & RUN (2000) takes a more serious look at what makes these top pros tick through a series of intimate interviews paired with the cutting edge of performance surfing. Great sections from the Bruce Irons, Andy Irons, The Hobgoods, Donavon Frankenreiter, Shane Dorian, Rob Machado, Kelly Slater and more.

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Chris Malloy, Emmett Malloy, and Jack Johnson got together to document the life and times of a pro surfer. Shot all on 16mm Film "Thicker Than Water" follows Rob Machado, Kelly Slater, Brad Gerlach, Shane Dorian, and others on a 18 month journey through the North Atlantic, South Pacific, and the Bay of Bengal.

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All Aboard a surf film by Bill Ballard Featured surfers include Cory Lopez, Brad Gerlach, Adam Replogle and more. Music by Social Distortion, G Love, TSOL, Pennywise, and many others

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The Kill 3 is almost two hours long, making it the longest Kill movie. Pomer includes not only mass footage, but also behind-the-scenes fun and games. Ratboy goofs around hunting lizards. Tyler Smith catches a fish and releases it after getting it stoned. In addition, there are fun trips to Mexico and Hawaii. Pomer had just cemented a relationship with the legendary surfer Tom Curren and it shows in the 100% exclusive footage of Curren surfing at his own secret point break. Pomer captured the reclusive Curren in his element by riding bikes with him to this lost point and surfing with him before breaking out the camera. It offers a glimpse of Curren that can be found nowhere else: Curren surfing all by himself in his own nirvana. This is special footage of a time that is long gone. And dont forget about the Ratboy Shove-It. The first ever recorded.

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Alma y Corazon features the action at sea, but also gives an underground overview of the town of Puerto Escondido. No longer, a small, sleepy Mexican fishing village, Puerto Escondido is now a booming tourist town built around the barreling beachbreaks that have been attracting surfers since the 60s. Although the Mexican Pipeline is the main attraction, surfers have been spreading up and down the coast both ways to see what is happening, and Alma y Corazon provides some revealing glimpses of secret spots that are about to cause a big sensation in the professional surfing world.

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Before there was Momentum, Taylor Steele released ONE STEP BEYOND (1991). This was the follow-up to his high school project Seaside, filmed entirely at Seaside in Cardiff...so the natural progression was to go "one step beyond." The film features his first section-based edits and his first full section with a young Kelly Slater. Also of note are sections with Tom Curren, Brad Gerlach and Johnny Boy Gomes, as well as a classic wipeouts compilation.

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