The Seedling A Classic Surf Film by Artist Thomas Campbell

The Seedling is a documentation of a small pod of Californian logriders drawing out a beautiful line that was dropped off in the late ’60s," states Mono Man, the frugal narrator of Thomas Campbell’s critically acclaimed surf movie. Captured entirely on 16 mm film–in vibrant black and white, color and tints–the Seedling is an original study of the classic, single-fin style from California’s lower region, filmed across the globe with artistic flair and fantastic cinematography in a variety of angles, speeds and lights.

Film favorites include the "Hexico" segment, with quintessential "logging" surf–long, empty, 3-foot, pointbreak peelers–hidden behind the dirt roads and pure desolation of Baja California. Jimmy Gamboa, Dane Peterson and Brittany Quinn convert machine-like sections into streamlined noserides. "The Youth Movement" shows a glimpse of traditional longboarding’s young talents as Seitaro Nakamura moves with fluid turns and direct lines, Kassia Meador takes graceful steps at Malibu, and Dane Peterson exhibits his delicate tip-riding style. 

There’s mid-’50s footage of Donald Takayama carving out a balsa in Hawaii, a visit to his shaping studio and some pristine lefthand bowls at Oceanside. In "Joel Tudor’s Workable Quiver Nineteen 99," JT demonstrates his adaptability by jumping on nine different boards from his eclectic collection at Windansea, Cardiff, Pipeline, Waikiki and the Canary Islands, and offers thoughts on tri-fin surfboards and today’s pro longboard circuit.

The "Underwater Intermission" allows for moments of silence and reflection with dream-like scenes of swimming wildlife synchronized to soothing music.