"Pacific Dreams" A California Surfing Film

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  • "Pacific Dreams" is a surfing movie featuring my 2015 footage shot around the beautiful state of California. Buy Merch: teespring.com/...
    Filmed & Edited by Jeff Chavolla
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    Surfers: Adam Lambert, Dane Reynolds, Yadin Nicol, Kilian Garland, Trevor Gordon, Cory Arrambide,
    Chris Keet, Lakey Peterson
    Music:
    "First Self Portrait" by Rachel's
    "Kaleidoscope" by Bad Bad Not Good (Kaytranada's Flip)
    "To Dry To Cry" by Willis Earl Beal
    "Catfish Blues" by Gary Clark Jr
    Surfspots: Rincon, Sandspit, El Capitan, Emma Wood, and Malibu.
    Enjoy and Subscribe!

Komentáře • 529

  • @mobydick6420
    @mobydick6420 Před 8 lety +248

    Dude! WTF's wrong wit you?
    I mean - you nailed it. I'm speechless.
    I mean how did you do it - make a surfing film without destroying the soul of surfing?
    You hit it right on. Not many can do that. Shame on you Dude.
    Hang Ten Brudda. Hang Ten.
    Surf on Brudda. Forever. And Forever... And Forever...

  • @Arvydas_M
    @Arvydas_M Před 2 lety +11

    Have dreamt about surfing for so many years... This video was the last drop. This year bought a board and caught my first Baltic sea waves. What can I say, it's fucking harder than it looks.

  • @Sutiki
    @Sutiki Před 3 lety +11

    loved that scene at 8:55 where they both doing the same move at the same time just on different waves

  • @MargaretSpintz
    @MargaretSpintz Před 8 lety +211

    I love watching regular guys rip on regular waves. far too much online content today is based around watching pros surf pipe etc. who wants to watch that?

    • @seablue2161
      @seablue2161 Před 7 lety +13

      Margaret Fierce average? those waves are perfectly running down the reef dude.

    • @croftcl74
      @croftcl74 Před 7 lety +6

      Margaret Fierce I do

    • @nutgrab2fakie
      @nutgrab2fakie Před 7 lety +13

      I want to watch pros, I see a lot of regular surfing in the beach already

    • @lshanw
      @lshanw Před 6 lety +1

      thank you

    • @ultimateguitarscratcher503
      @ultimateguitarscratcher503 Před 5 lety

      Yeah we can just watch on the wsl page

  • @Real.Australia
    @Real.Australia Před 3 lety +11

    This is one of my all time favrioute surf movies . the music, the waves, the feeling like i was watching from the beach

  • @jakxlht
    @jakxlht Před 8 lety +206

    Anyone notice the bird getting annihilated at 4:25 .....

  • @desertrog1
    @desertrog1 Před 7 lety +10

    Rincon, yeah, so awesome. Once my buddy Bob Bowditch and myself at Rincon in the morning goofing around in 2 ft swells. No one there but us. Like magic, 4-6 ft lines just start cranking in. We had the whole place to ourselves for 2 hours before the word got out. Your film was beautifully done - love the stunning photography - great mix of tempo, great music! Bravo!

  • @conprob1
    @conprob1 Před 5 lety +14

    And the “Best Surf Film Award” goes to this guy.

  • @Hollywood101283
    @Hollywood101283 Před 8 lety +18

    @5:33 Guy gets a triple drop in, snaps five turns, throwing buckets! third turn was critical board control, Yooooooooooouuu!

  • @thomaspenny8861
    @thomaspenny8861 Před 5 lety +17

    This looks like the greatest regular footing point break ever!

    • @jdoogy5942
      @jdoogy5942 Před 3 lety +1

      Bc it is,the queen provides

  • @clarkewi
    @clarkewi Před 8 lety +21

    Rincon is so classic. I remember seeing it for the first time in 1963 with all the cars parked along the seawall. I knew I'd seen heavan.

    • @afveteran
      @afveteran Před 7 lety +1

      I learned longboarding at Santa Cruz, 1966-1968. My 1st board was a Gordon & Smith, a couple of pop outs. It was fun. As kid my parents drove along Hwy 1 pass Malibu. I got stoked seeing people surf. The old thought this was BS. He was a bit of a hard nose guy. Didn't want his kid trying new things. Did you every try County LIne?

  • @ejectoraircoasters222
    @ejectoraircoasters222 Před 3 lety +5

    Wow, if only Cali surf spots broke like this more than once every other year. Still mad props to you. This is the first time I've seen a surf film that doesn't take out all the soul of surfing!

  • @dave9351
    @dave9351 Před 9 měsíci

    Glad I caught this 8 years later ! Well done with perfect soundtrack, great slow-mo and a few folks at the Con that show a little respect and don't snake someone down the line.
    Big Shout Out from Carp
    Hypnotic.....

  • @geoffgelectric
    @geoffgelectric Před rokem +1

    Love that you saved the best spot for last

  • @ptouge
    @ptouge Před 5 lety +1

    I was a surfer in the 70s and a documentary filmmaker for national TV the rest of the time. This is the best surf film I have seen really ! It captures the mood of slowness that is also surf as on a wave time is stretched and it is not always as brutal as most surf film tend to be. I guess it has to do with some macho instinct to show how dangerous it can be. I remember when I first saw big waves in El Salvador and my friend Bruno told me “you know what when you are at the top it’s not that steep” That is when time stretch...

  • @nbjansen8255
    @nbjansen8255 Před 6 lety +4

    Great mojo to this movie mate ...reminds me of why I started surfing in South Africa in the 60's and why I gave up on it in Australia some 45 years later. Good job!!

  • @maureenj.odonnell4438
    @maureenj.odonnell4438 Před měsícem

    Oh Baby! You took me back to my days in, La Jolla and the Strand. I am in my eighth decade on the planet now. It's been a very long time since I was catching waves. Excellent video!

  • @sagetaub9531
    @sagetaub9531 Před 4 lety +3

    Yeeewww, just surfed Ventura point for the first time today, definitely the best 3footers I've seen.

  • @RustyShackelford1554
    @RustyShackelford1554 Před 8 lety +5

    @4:26 duck doing an actual crazy "duck dive." Gotta give him a duck five.

  • @danielschaeffer1294
    @danielschaeffer1294 Před 6 lety

    I'm a geezer living in St. Louis, I used to play blues for money, and that Gary Clark version of "Catfish" brought it all back.

  • @WhiteNacho
    @WhiteNacho Před 8 lety +5

    Absolutley one of the top 5 surf vids on CZcams. Soundtrack is stellar! A Ventura Local.

    • @robmiller4370
      @robmiller4370 Před 3 lety

      Just got back from Oxnard, got some head high sets, was really good. Great video!!

  • @markthomson7478
    @markthomson7478 Před 8 lety +1

    Very Beautiful movie Jeff!! CONGRATULATIONS!!
    Wholly California--(The Essence of it all.)
    i TRAVEL UP THERE TO VISIT & SURF WITH MATES EVERY 2 YEARS AND--YOU'VE GOT IT ALL HERE!!
    Aloha and GOD Bless fro "Downunder" here in Beautiful New Zealand.
    Mark.

  • @anthonybarrow1142
    @anthonybarrow1142 Před 6 lety

    Wow . Soul surfing. I grew up in Hermosa Beach on 2nd st we all were soul surfers that was back in the 60's AND 70s. YOU HAD people like Mike Danune, Bill Schulz Tony Malanowitz and many others that were some of the greatest surfers I've ever seen . Look at Redondo break wall in 69 people you never heard of.

  • @mikegarrett861
    @mikegarrett861 Před 2 lety +1

    Many awsome days at the Con in the 70's - 80's........!

  • @MsRobinSurf
    @MsRobinSurf Před 8 lety +1

    My love for Rincon is only over-shadowed by the hatred for snakes.

    • @1974mazdarx3sedan
      @1974mazdarx3sedan Před 8 lety

      +MsRobinSurf it's nuts, isn't it? note the crowd change when it gets slightly bigger.

    • @redrover3259
      @redrover3259 Před rokem

      must be very difficult as a woman

  • @kaylakelley758
    @kaylakelley758 Před rokem

    The guy in the slow motion shot 3:50 is crazy good! Good film!

  • @redbug3485
    @redbug3485 Před 7 lety

    Surfing and Salt Life teaches Respect for the World we live in. Mother Nature provides!

  • @reflexteam8288
    @reflexteam8288 Před 3 lety +1

    It also called "dushbags beach" where 3 surfers ride the same wave without respecting that one that owns it and risking each other

  • @jimforsythe3129
    @jimforsythe3129 Před 8 lety

    Jeff liked how you show that almost no wave goes unridden on the point breaks where you've let three rides show at once instead of just zooming real far in. Nice soundtrack too

  • @brodiwheeler7583
    @brodiwheeler7583 Před 5 lety +2

    Sick Shot @4:20 that Cormorant eats it right into the impact zone! 🌊💥🦅

  • @Rhizzoned
    @Rhizzoned Před 6 lety +1

    Perfection, song and surf flow starting @ 7:31.... droool

  • @mozdickson
    @mozdickson Před 8 lety +33

    best footage I've seen in a while

  • @jasonrosen1123
    @jasonrosen1123 Před 6 lety +2

    rincon has some of the best surf in california. great job

  • @bradyloe8356
    @bradyloe8356 Před 3 lety +1

    I like the shots of the city

  • @chiprohlke
    @chiprohlke Před 5 lety +5

    Nice shots. I lived in California in the mid 70's and early 80's and it was great. Glad I had the experience. Went back to San Diego a couple weeks ago and it was fun but I'd never live there. Like I tell people.. there are beautiful places in California and the weather can be nice- but it's full of (spiritual) snakes!

    • @Mark-gi1cv
      @Mark-gi1cv Před 3 lety

      Just curious, what didn't you like about san diego? thanks!

  • @chrisjohnson8779
    @chrisjohnson8779 Před 4 lety

    Great music creates the mellow feel, 5 minutes was enough of the surf but the sounds kept me. These are all places that I hung from the late 60's through the 90's, it finally got too crowded. There are great spots in Baja, CA that I like now, like turning back the clock. Born and still live in So. CA but head South of the border for a couple weeks every couple months for beach time. Thanks for not showing the finger birds in the water or boards parting hair. Also for the memories and the sounds, great job!

  • @MarcellodeSales
    @MarcellodeSales Před 8 lety +1

    Wow, it has been a long while since I watched an entire surfing video... All the way till the end... Amazing combo of images and music... You are an artist!

  • @WhiteNacho
    @WhiteNacho Před 4 lety +1

    Lived in Ventura in 69, moved to Bates Rd. Rincon point in 73 and stayed till 79, moved to The Rincon Cliff House in 80 till 83, moved to La Conchita from 83 to 99 then back to Ventura midtown to present. I lost a lot of jobs in the early days due to surf. That is until I found a job in a liquor store as a clerk and stock boy working at night. Yeah I'm a local.

    • @redrover3259
      @redrover3259 Před rokem

      where you there for the mudslide? I would get up at 4:30 a.m. and walk for 1 1/2 hours through the orchards to get to the point at dawn.

  • @wmoon89
    @wmoon89 Před 8 lety +16

    @4:18 yup that's California alright

    • @alljustice3686
      @alljustice3686 Před 4 lety

      Dude yelled, "party wave". Still got it though.

  • @jbaquinones
    @jbaquinones Před 6 lety +5

    My gosh. I miss the ocean so much. I built a mini ramp in my basement to skate to at least feel like its a wave. Great footage. Thanks for posting.

  • @georgeodell-tyson364
    @georgeodell-tyson364 Před 8 lety +1

    Geez there needs to be more surf vids at 60fps, makes it look so majestic!!

  • @ronduenyc76
    @ronduenyc76 Před 8 lety

    looks so peaceful with long boards out with short ones, and a few bodybody boards too, like me, but its all peaceful..

  • @NaNa-wj8tw
    @NaNa-wj8tw Před 7 lety +2

    What a beautifully human story. Superb film making sir.

  • @elielsonfnsc
    @elielsonfnsc Před 4 lety +2

    Hoje sem poder pegar onda, mas continua sendo meu sonho. Califórnia dreams !

  • @dvd90277
    @dvd90277 Před 2 lety

    Pacific Dreams is fantastic! A production. And the music, oh my God! Thank you.

  • @mattbgraves
    @mattbgraves Před 8 lety +1

    I'm pretty sure that the left point break is actually the right point break that is throughout the film. He most likely just flipped the video in his editing software.

  • @michaelbougades9299
    @michaelbougades9299 Před 7 lety

    I like 'top to been bottom', fast waves where all you have is time enough to set your rail and go!!!

  • @ronduenyc76
    @ronduenyc76 Před 8 lety

    like this, the mood , so done change up....more realistic vibe...

  • @billcooper6620
    @billcooper6620 Před 3 lety

    Wow! Southern California has so many surfers! Imagine what it must been like even 10 years ago. They just keep coming

    • @redrover3259
      @redrover3259 Před rokem

      Same on a good day in the 70's. No change

  • @ezvibe8310
    @ezvibe8310 Před 5 lety

    The first time i saw Kelly Slater surf Rincon, I didn't recognize him. All I could blurt out was...."that guy is a ninja!" (with a southern drawl). The locals had a good laugh and then they informed me who it was.
    Nice footage btw!

  • @jube9051
    @jube9051 Před 8 lety +1

    Best video I watched since a while... most of the surfing video miss that macro angle, revealing the quality of the wave and the atmosphere on the spot !

  • @mathewnunn1865
    @mathewnunn1865 Před 7 lety

    This is exactly what it's all about. Beautiful

  • @kembooo000
    @kembooo000 Před 8 lety +59

    the duck @ 4:25

    • @magorkel1746
      @magorkel1746 Před 8 lety +4

      +kembooo000 awesome kook collision.

    • @SandDabs
      @SandDabs Před 8 lety +3

      +magorkel
      That poor duck or cormorant or whatever was right in the middle of those barneys too.
      lol good catch +kembooo000

    • @liranziv
      @liranziv Před 8 lety +3

      +kembooo000 i thought you ment the duck dive and then i realized what i was missing

    • @tubethis777
      @tubethis777 Před 8 lety +4

      +kembooo000 that was the best duck dive I've ever seen in surfing

    • @tomwdanger
      @tomwdanger Před 8 lety

      +kembooo000 Ha!

  • @cozzyinternet4706
    @cozzyinternet4706 Před 8 lety +1

    2:20 - - 2:40 - - funny moments! when someone wants to catch a wave, someone else is already on it......hahahaah

  • @joygarcia6231
    @joygarcia6231 Před 3 lety +2

    All surfer are good man and a woman or good boy or good girl....😁😁😎❤️❣️

  • @artbyscars
    @artbyscars Před 7 lety +1

    Nice work, I enjoyed this a lot. So nice to just see good surf, good filming/editing, and good surfing and not hearing someone talk about how earthly they are because of it. A+

  • @Scrappycat1966
    @Scrappycat1966 Před 8 lety

    Land locked in Arizona!!!! I miss you brah's!!!! What can i say other than,,,,,,, THANK YOU X100000000000000000000000000000000!!!!

  • @krumbzii6629
    @krumbzii6629 Před 5 lety +1

    This is in my recommended every day

  • @shematias5269
    @shematias5269 Před 8 lety +1

    Dear California ♥️❤️

  • @deepbludude4697
    @deepbludude4697 Před 5 lety +1

    Outstanding upload! regular dudes ripping it in insanely crowded surf.

  • @andrewdade7526
    @andrewdade7526 Před 8 lety +21

    Yeah check the bird getting smashed at 4:27

  • @thecoastalinhabitant9552
    @thecoastalinhabitant9552 Před 8 lety +10

    Coming to the east coast would be surfer suicide if you were coming from the west. I see surf like that in the SOBX maybe a few times a year and you gotta be on it. Break plans with your gf, call into work, etc. Do whatever you gotta do to get in the water. We do have plenty of uncrowded breaks though ;)

    • @mikesuzio2566
      @mikesuzio2566 Před 5 lety

      obx///avon n Buxton is decent surf so is new Jersey Massachusetts and sometimes central Florida south Carolina

  • @ArthurDoesThings8960
    @ArthurDoesThings8960 Před 8 lety

    You can tell who the cocky surfers are.
    We have our share of cocky surfers here on the Gulf Coast and an attitude to come with it. Almost as if they seem to feel entitled to the waves. Some of them need to lighten up and step it down a notch.
    It is also those type of folks who take the waves for granted, sadly.
    Everyone is there for that sense of enlightenment. Relax and have fun.

  • @camerondavid8089
    @camerondavid8089 Před 8 lety

    That beach break reminds me of Rc's here in central florida

  • @jaredwilson4922
    @jaredwilson4922 Před 7 lety +1

    The is the best, raw content I've seen. I wish these spots would break more often ha

  • @snookyjoutdoors4571
    @snookyjoutdoors4571 Před 3 lety +3

    Good stuff dude, dreamy waves that really make me wanna surf right now!!!!!

  • @tristenvukelich5280
    @tristenvukelich5280 Před 3 lety +3

    i've lost track how many times i've seen this

  • @ToesOverKauai
    @ToesOverKauai Před 7 měsíci

    🏄🏼‍♂️. Brilliant! One of the best short hometown surf flicks on UTube! Well done!
    Aloha🌈🌴 Kauai

  • @lorenzo6mm
    @lorenzo6mm Před 4 lety

    I saw a still of Jalama there in the beginning. Tranquillon Peak.

  • @nelsonferreira4378
    @nelsonferreira4378 Před 8 lety +4

    i dream with surf days like this ... less crowd would be ok...

    • @HoStevie
      @HoStevie Před 8 lety +7

      +Nelson Ferreira definitely could use less crowd!

  • @ElectricBubble
    @ElectricBubble Před 6 lety +1

    That was total madness, I loved every bit of that!

  • @sivahnslifestyle982
    @sivahnslifestyle982 Před 7 lety +11

    Nice film amazing 😉 I'm a surfer I'm 12 I surf with my dad

    • @alancharlesworth5636
      @alancharlesworth5636 Před 3 lety

      I taught myself to surf at 12, I'm now 67 and still going strong it's great that you surf with your dad, my dad hated the sea. The water is freezing in the UK at the moment.👍

  • @HBSKATE
    @HBSKATE Před 7 lety

    The second song was fucking perfect, and went perfectly with the way everything was being shot. Awesome vid man.

  • @uskla
    @uskla Před 8 lety +4

    Hello Jeff. I'm visiting LA for the first time, and also looking forward to have a surfing lesson. Any hints? Suggestions? thank you!

  • @iancosgrove8069
    @iancosgrove8069 Před 7 lety

    I've been goin to a few places in SoCal Torrey pines, Encinitas, some spots in la, once or twice up in Malibu

  • @robmiller4370
    @robmiller4370 Před 3 lety

    Love watching the swell get bigger...
    Awesome!!!!

  • @virvisquevir3320
    @virvisquevir3320 Před 5 lety

    Cool. Cool scenery. Cool music.

  • @webAtmosphereJourney
    @webAtmosphereJourney Před 7 lety

    Is wonderful , good ocean and good waves.
    All right is motivation on motion, nice video.

  • @jagz926
    @jagz926 Před 8 lety +1

    outstanding work. really enjoyed this. thanks for sharing

  • @Gavinnations
    @Gavinnations Před 8 lety +10

    Love this, I just wish you would have done some color correction

  • @JimSuperwhite43
    @JimSuperwhite43 Před 8 lety

    Lovely, lyrical, highly unorthodox surf reportage.

  • @DriftHouse
    @DriftHouse Před 6 lety +1

    Such a classic film, love this!!!

  • @darrenpai1279
    @darrenpai1279 Před 3 lety +1

    5:32 was chefs kisss

  • @fpressel
    @fpressel Před 8 lety

    Mesmerizing

  • @gnahum3670
    @gnahum3670 Před 8 lety +1

    Amazing clips. Good music 10\10

  • @bethnolan4025
    @bethnolan4025 Před 5 lety +1

    This is a really good film tbh

  • @inkydinx2663
    @inkydinx2663 Před 6 lety

    3:48 legend says he is still trying to pull into that barrell

  • @global_zoo
    @global_zoo Před 4 lety

    Beautiful Footage!

  • @alessandromarcello195
    @alessandromarcello195 Před 7 lety +1

    hope to surf there soon,
    Alex from Sardinia, Italy

  • @jeremiahvolkmer2856
    @jeremiahvolkmer2856 Před 8 měsíci

    4:27 bird gets smoke by wave right before guy gets the shinner of the year.

  • @Kayesyouteeteeon
    @Kayesyouteeteeon Před 8 lety +2

    My favourite part is when the guy is on the longboard at 6:19

  • @DrainPipeJoe
    @DrainPipeJoe Před 8 lety +1

    11:30 I wish, being a goofy footer myself! Rincon backwards

  • @MathieuParisot
    @MathieuParisot Před 8 lety +1

    Cool stuff, thanks for sharing! Few comments: the way it's framed and edited is refreshing vs. the tons of videos made by and for brands.
    It also makes it difficult to know where you should focus on when watching it, sometimes 2 actions are taking place at the same time, but maybe it's a trick to get your counter growing :-)
    Surfing on the Basque Coast in France where it can be crowded too, your images picture a peaceful atmosphere with more friendliness between surfers, especially when several riders are literally on the same wave!

    • @EnlightnedGatone13
      @EnlightnedGatone13 Před 8 lety +2

      basque people are dicks on land i cant even imagine what surfers they are

  • @daaijni709
    @daaijni709 Před 4 lety +5

    太喜欢大海了,太喜欢,喜欢了

  • @davidgibson8886
    @davidgibson8886 Před 5 lety

    MEGA congrats from Texas!!! excellent surf vid!!!!!!!

  • @marianoricoy1511
    @marianoricoy1511 Před 8 lety

    I love this film

  • @arlynpasaporte7906
    @arlynpasaporte7906 Před 5 lety

    Wow ang galing at chaka ang linaw ng dagat

  • @djrxmx
    @djrxmx Před 8 lety +1

    Spectacular video, bro. I'm here in Thailand and I would rather be there.

    • @yumiiiishijima
      @yumiiiishijima Před 8 lety

      +Rick Ashmun Go to Phuket, they have some great waves during the winter :)

    • @fullysickcomo3202
      @fullysickcomo3202 Před 8 lety

      Thailand is a shit hole

    • @yumiiiishijima
      @yumiiiishijima Před 8 lety

      I agree.
      But since I am studying here, no waves and shit makes it even harder!

  • @DJMelRockwell
    @DJMelRockwell Před 4 lety +2

    😍🌊 & I Love the Music

  • @hackman55able
    @hackman55able Před 8 lety

    Not bad. Picked up some steam after all the Rincon, which was good. Nice video and music.