For many people, surfing isn’t about tropical beaches, warm water, bikinis and perfect waves. It’s about numb fingers, neoprene hoods and fighting for scrappy waves in the North Atlantic.
This mini surf film, Away by Elisa Bates, is probably about as far away from California as you can get. It’s shot in Rockaway Beach in New York, just an hour from downtown Manhattan. A cold, east coast break with inconsistent waves but a core community of regular surfers
Bates interviews three very different women who all surf. Not your stereotypical surfers, these woman have high-pressure jobs, kids, a life in the city that involves nothing to do with surfing.
It’s shows a lesser seen side to surfing – but one Brits will definitely empathise with. Worth a watch!