In our penultimate class, we looked at independent sports film production and the rise of extreme sports. More info on Warren Miller, guru of the ski film, can be found in this New York Times profile.

What might be the first skateboard movie, Skater Dater (1967), can be seen below. It won best short subject at Cannes, and is a silent 16mm romance:

Finally, in honor of today’s cavalcade of big wave riders, here’s Mike Parsons catching an enormous wave in Billabong Odyssey (2003):