Ombak Bali closes off with inspiring images and good music

Saturday July 24 the 3rd edition of the International Surf Film Festival closed off with a huge night, the stairs of the Discovery Mall amfitheatre and the beach were packed.

The evening started off with the documentary ‘God went surfing with the devil’ (Alexander Klein, 2010) on the surfing scene in Israel and Palestina. Next up was ‘Bloodlines’ by Salvador Cantellano. The director was there to introduce his high paced shortie.

A surprise visit was made by the crew of ‘Surfing the Nations’ who had just finished their boat trip around Lombok, Nusa Lembongan and the Gili islands for their ‘Surfers giving back’ campaign. Surfing the Nations made the opening night film ‘Gum for my boat’ with director Russell Brownley about the surfing streetkids in Bangladesh.

Special bonus tonight was the screening of ‘Innersection’, the new online surf and film project by Taylor Steele & Nathan Myers. The best of the summer round was presented in 15 minutes.

Closing night film ’Castles in the Sky’ (Taylor Steele, 2010) left the audience in awe. The inspiring and visual whirlwind was filmed in 5 different countries over the past 3 years. Nathan Myers (scriptwriter, set photographer and producer) and Logan (editor) were there to present the film.

After the films the stage was invaded by all the musicians which had been performing at Ombak Bali over the last few days. Yogyakarta reggae band Marapu and Bali based Pandora jammed till late with other musicians and pro surfer Rahtu Suargita.