A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Alexandre, João (Dapin)

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Lo-fi 1992 surf video filmed, edited, and produced by 20-year-old San Diego filmmaker Taylor Steele; a 40-minute punk-rock-scored calling card for a group of rising teenager pros, including Kelly Slater, Shane Dorian, Ross Williams, and Rob Machado.

 footage was shot exclusively in Hawaii, California, and Mexico, and was edited into a series of minifeatures: one- or two-minute segments on a particular surfer, or a slightly longer feature on a surf break. 

 cost about $5,000 to produce, and doesn't have any narration, surfer interviews, ambient beach or ocean noises, slow motion, or water photography. The soundtrack is filled with loud, fast, jackhammering songs by Southern California neo-punk bands like Offspring, Pennywise, Bad Religion, and Sprung Monkey.

Steele's debut effort was an instant hit, described in a 

 magazine review as "a vital document of contemporary surfing," and sold more than 15,000 copies at a time when few videos hit the 5,000 mark.

's energy was undeniable. So was the fact that it had no interest in the sport's grace, texture, versatility, and sensuality, and was all but humorless in the bargain. Age, more than anything, seemed to determine how a surfer felt about 

. "Most surfers over 25 found it to be crude and exhausting," the 

 noted. "Most surfers under 20 took to it like a new religion." Dozens of young aspiring filmmakers, recognizing that they, too, could make a movie more or less as good as 

-style copycat videos throughout the '90s.

, Steele's follow-up, was released in 1993. 

, an homage of sorts to the original movie, came out in 2001. Steele himself, meanwhile, went on to make richer, more cinematic surf movies.

 stars, while most often referred to collectively as the "New School," are sometimes called the 

 crew, just as Shaun Tomson, Wayne Bartholomew, and Mark Richards were known as the 

 generation, after the 1977 movie that helped make them famous.

In 2007, Surfing had at #3 on their "25 Greatest Surf Movies of All Time" list.

 surfers reunited in 2012 for a 20th anniversary celebratory surf trip to the Mentawai Islands.

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