Shelter: A Surf Movie by Chris Malloy and Taylor Steele

Jun 5 2009

Shelter: A Surf Movie by Chris Malloy and Taylor Steele

Posted by Chris at 7:58 am on June 5th, 2009 to Surf DVDs, Surf Media.

Shelter - A Moonshine Experiment Surf Movie In 2001 Woodshed Films released their third Moonshine Experiment surf movie entitled “Shelter.” With a similar style and feel to the first two Moonshine Experiments, “Thicker Than Water” and “September Sessions”, “Shelter” is one of Taylor Steele and Chris Malloy’s best productions. This surf movie does a great job of staying far away from the politics of surfing and focuses more on soul surfing. However, don’t think that there aren’t any surfers worth watching in this movie because there are plenty. “Shelter” is jam packed with professional and well-known surfers such as Rob Machado, Taylor Knox, Joel Tudor, Mick Fanning, Dean Morrison, Jack Johnson, The Malloy’s, Kelly Slater, Nat Young, Donavon Frankenreiter, Shane Dorian, Jon Swift and many more.

“Shelter” is full of inspiring thoughts and stories from several of the featured surfers. It was shot on 16mm film, giving the entire movie a really pleasing and unique style. Filmed on location in so many amazing places, Chris Malloy and Taylor Steele do a great job of highlighting the surf spots and surfers without actually placing captions on the screen. The soundtrack for “Shelter” is similar to “Thicker Than Water” and “September Sessions”. It has a slower and mellower feel, featuring artists such as Mason Jennings, The Shins, White Buffalo and even surfers Jon Swift and Rob Machado.

“Shelter” will not only get you pumped to go out and have one of the best surf sessions of your life, but it will also leave you pondering about surfing and what it really means to you. It is a great surf movie that I would recommend to everyone.