IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 5, 2015 — RED Digital Cinema and SURFER Magazine are pleased to announce the winners of REDirect Surf 2015, a contest for 11 short surf films shot on revolutionary RED cameras. Aaron Lieber claimed the Grand Prize for his film “The Wild,” featuring Noah Beschen, earning him the RED EPIC DRAGON® camera package worth over $50,000 he shot on during the competition. Erik Knutson took home the Fan Favorite award for his film “Being a Surfer is Fun,” featuring John John Florence. Awards were presented Monday night at the ArcLight Hollywood where all 11 films were screened to a packed house of filmmakers, athletes and special guests.
REDirect Surf was created to find the most unique and original surf short of the year. It’s a celebration of surf filmmaking and a nod to the technology being used these days to document surfing like never before. Responsible for the entire process of making their vision come to life, each contestant shot their film using EPIC DRAGON camera kits as well as REDCINE-X PRO®’s post-production workflow to edit their film. Each camera kit consisted of an EPIC-M RED DRAGON with REDMAG 1.8” Side SSD, three 240 GB REDMAGs, DSMC Side Handle, DSMC Ti Canon Mount, and RED Touch 5.0” LCD—all packaged in Lowepro’s innovative DryZone 200 backpack to protect against the elements. G-Technology® made sure that the post-production process was covered with both G-DOCK ev® storage options for the footage.
“Working with RED to bring this project to life has been an incredible experience,” said SURFER Editor-In-Chief Todd Prodanovich. “With the help of RED’s state-of-the-art cameras, these filmmakers were able to raise the bar for surf cinematography and create truly unique and captivating films.”
This is the second installment of the REDirect series; RED and The Berrics joined forces early last year to launch the first ever REDirect showcasing the most renowned skateboarding filmmakers in the world.
“Once again, the submissions for this year’s REDirect competition exceeded our expectations,” says Jamin Jannard of RED Digital Cinema. “This year’s winner, Aaron Lieber, brought together gorgeous cinematography and subtle narrative to tell a beautiful story centered around surfing. A huge thank you goes out to all the filmmakers for the time and effort they put into their submissions. They really took surf filmmaking to the next level. Also to SURFER Magazine, who proved to be a vital partner on so many levels.”
To see photos from the REDirect Surf event, click here. To view all 11 films, visit: https://www.surfermag.com/redirect-surf/
Special thanks to G-Technology, Lowepro, Futures Fins, Riding Easy Records, Adobe, House Beer and Ziobaffa Wine.
About RED Digital Cinema
In 2006, RED Digital Cinema began a revolution with the 4K RED ONE® digital camera. By 2008, the camera that changed cinema also began to change the world of stills. The same camera being used to shoot features like “The Hobbit” trilogy and “Gone Girl” – as well as the Emmy-winning “House of Cards” – was being used to shoot covers for magazines such as “Vogue”. In 2014, RED began providing a broadcast solution allowing streaming, live 4K while recording 6K R3D masters. Visit WWW.RED.COM for more information.
About SURFER:
In 1960, SURFER Magazine began as the original. After a long history of delivering provocative and insightful editorial features, revealing interviews and award winning state-of-the-art photography, SURFER remains the authoritative voice of the surfing world and thus earned the moniker “the bible of the sport.” The SURFER brand has also grown to include SURFERmag.com, Fantasy SURFER, and the SURFER message boards. All of these assets combine to make the SURFER network the most current and reliable channel of information to the surf community. The magazine is published by TEN: The Enthusiast Network, which reaches more than 45 million active sports enthusiasts through an integrated network of magazines, online properties, events and television programming. To learn more, visit SURFERmag.com.
