Surfing, as with any sport, has a soundscape that’s all its own. Principally, and most obviously, there’s the sound of the ocean. But the sounds of brewing coffee in the morning, putting keys in the ignition of your car, pulling your wetsuit over your head, rubbing wax onto your surfboard – all coalesce to create a sonic tapestry of your typical surf routine. It’s the sound mixtape that reminds you you’re headed into the ocean to play and prepares the mind to do so.
Sound is powerful. Look no further than the millions of views racked up by fledgling YouTube accounts pedaling “autonomous sensory meridian response” videos (that’s ASMR) designed to give some people a relaxing “pins and needles” feeling when they listen.
Sound of Surfing, a short created by filmmaker Adrian Rodd, is like that but instead of “pins and needles,” the sounds of the ocean and the surf routine we know so well may have you pining for your next dip.
Here’s what Rodd had to say about the film:
“Sound of Surfing is a film about the need to back up, stop, and take stock. It is an experimental short film about the surfer, Andy Crière. It shows a break in the middle of the training season’s frenzy. Filmed in Hendaye, his home city and Hondarribia, a village where he also feels he belongs, and other different parts of the Basque Country, it is an introspective moment in which Andy intends to travel through the past and the present. Sound of Surfing is a reunion between Andy and the expectations he had about himself when he was a child. “
