New Smyrna Beach, FL — Lewis Samuels has authored some of the most brilliantly and poignant words in surfing’s history and some of the most harshly cruel as well…and that is why we love him. Arguably the most polarizing journalist to grace our sport/lifestyle, Samuels never held back in his summation of the world’s top ranked professional surfers and his honesty and hilarity cost him his job as writer of Surfline’s “Power Rankings”. We are so thrilled to have him serve on the Feature Documentary Jury for the 2015 Florida Surf Film Festival. We know the TRUTH will come out through his votes.
Lewis Samuels is a Senior Writer for Surfer Magazine, best known for his caustic wit and unflinching honesty. Samuels gained early recognition for creating Surfline’s Power Rankings and creating Postsurf.com. In search of the story, Samuels has chased swells to Sumatra and Ireland, dodged great white sharks, shadowed Kelly Slater on the path to an 11th world title, shot automatic weapons with Hawaiian gangsters, surfed Maverick’s with the world’s best big wave surfers, driven one top-10 surfer to seek therapy, and weathered threats from MMA fighters, stalkers, professional surfers, and publicly traded surf brands, who are accustomed to the surf media delivering advertorial content. Samuels’ articles have appeared in premier surf magazines in the US, Australia, England, France, Brazil, and Japan.
The Florida Surf Film Festival’s mission is to invigorate Florida surf culture through film appreciation and artistic expression by exhibiting contemporary films from filmmakers far and wide.
Atlantic Center for the Arts is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3), interdisciplinary artists-in-residence community and arts education facility dedicated to promoting artistic excellence by providing talented artists an opportunity to work and collaborate with some of the world’s most distinguished contemporary artists in the fields of music composition and the visual, literary and performing arts. Community interaction is coordinated through on-site and outreach presentations, workshops and exhibitions.
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John Brooks, Festival Director, at john@floridasurffilmfestival.com