Santos Surf Art Festival
II Santos SurfArt as part of the V Santos Surf Festival.
20th to 26th January, 2009 on the Emissário Submarino in the city of Santos, São Paulo.
Santos has a special place in every surfer’s heart from Brasil.
In 1937, four pioneers started what became one of the biggest passions in Brasil. The Surf.
The Santos Surf Festival is a celebration about surf and all the culture that surrounds every surfers mind.
In this year we will have the second annual Santos SurfArt on the brand new and first public Surf Museum in Brasil, with the best of surf art from around the world. Also a special taste from skateboard art scene.
Surf Artists are Mark Sutherland (AUS), Nat Russell (USA), Albe Falzon (AUS), Ryan Tatar (USA), Yusuke Hanai (JAP), Nick Lavecchia (USA), Beto Paes Leme (BRA), Steve Sherman (USA), Patrick Trefz (USA), Danielle Rubi (USA), Andrew Kidman (AUS), Theo Hetherington (USA), Jesse LeDouxville (USA), Jair Bortoleto (BRA), Mick Waters (AUS), Jamie Brisick (USA), Tyler Warren (USA), Marcelus Viana (BRA), Wyland (USA), Art Brewer (USA), Jamie Watson (USA), Ed Fladung (USA), Rick Albano (USA), Ciro Bicudo (BRA), Joe Curren (USA), Mai-Britt Wolthers (DEN/BRA), Seamouse (UK), Drew Kampion (USA), Richard Dowdy (USA), David Muller (USA), Lana Porcello (USA), Heather Brown (HAW), Frank Cubillos (USA), Luiz Blanco (BRA), Julie Goldstein (USA), Joao Catarino (POR), Grant Myrdal (USA), Paula Marina (BRA), Ben Waters (AUS), Grant Brittain (USA), Fabio Bitão (BRA), Alexandre Vianna (BRA), Tyler Manson (USA), Nicolas Delavy (BRA), Marcelo Bacellar (BRA), and more.
Theo Hetherington will be in Santos and will paint a mural with kids from some poor community.
Surfboards by Xanadu (BRA/USA), Tom Wegener (USA/AUS), Felipe Siebert (BRA).
Also we will have a Surf Film Festival with daily screenings of the best in surf movies.
Surf Movies, Musica Surfica (AUS) by Mick Sowry, One California Day (USA) by Mark Jeremias and Jason Baffa, Believe (AUS) by Mick Waters, Carving (USA) by Roberto Vezzone, Seaworthy (AUS) by Nathan Oldfield (Brazilian Premiere with Portuguese captions),, Glass Love (AUS), Litmus (AUS) and The Ghosts are Calling (AUS) by Andrew Kidman, Morning on the Earth (AUS) by Albe Falzon, Notcalifornia (UK) by Richard Gregory, Sliding Liberia (USA) by Britton Cailouette, Sipping Jetstreams (USA) and Stranger than Fiction (USA) by Taylor Steele, The Hub (UK) by Christiaan Bailey, The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun (AUS) by George Greenough, Something special by Rafael Mellin (BRA), Something very special by Rafael Sobral (BRA), Beach Blanket Burnout (USA) by Tyler Manson and more.
The whole idea of the Santos SurfArt is to show surf and skate art to all kinds of people.