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Two nights of surf films, authors, filmmakers and The Grit, in the heart of New Smyrna Beach. After a year of screenings, we’re closing the 2026 competition year right where it belongs: downtown in our classic surf town. On Friday and Saturday, November 6–7, the Florida Surf Film Festival takes over the Brannon Center in New Smyrna Beach for the first time ever. It’s our Q4 event and the season finale, and we’ve saved some of our best programming for last. The Grit Chas Smith

New Smyrna Beach, FL - We will be adding an encore screening of Kolohe's new film, FUDO (with collaboration from Jacob Vanderwork) at 8:15PM on Friday, September 4, 2026. This will be an as-needed screening on Friday night at 8:15PM. Buy your tickets here. With ticket sales cruising, we'll serve our audience on a first-come, first-serve basis for the initial screening of FUDO at 6:30PM, and then, any folks who can't find a seat or would like to wait for the encore screening,

Florida Surf Film Festival Announces Programming for Labor Day Weekend Tickets Available Here New Smyrna Beach, FL — Florida Surf Film Festival (FSFF), presented by Monster Energy and the Surfing's Evolution and Preservation Foundation ("Endless Summer" license plate in FL), is proud to announce programming for the Q3 2026 event, taking place Labor Day Weekend, Friday and Saturday, September 4–5, at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. More informati

Find Surf Stories wherever you listent to podcasts. You can also find our feed here. We're now also posting these episodes (audio only) on YouTube. Aaron "Gorkin" Cormican, New Smyrna Beach's own aerial pioneer and two-time Quiksilver King of the Peak champion, joins John Brooks and Kevin Miller for this homegrown NSB chat. Known equally for his high-flying competitive career and for shaping boards under his own Gorkin Surfboards label, Cormican has spent decades as one of t

Listen to Surf Stories where ever you listen to podcasts! Find Apple and Spotify links here. Our latest run of Surf Stories Podcast episodes spans an eclectic mix of guests from across the surf world. Retired U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Jeff Easson — a Canadian transplant turned Daytona-area surfer who traded hockey for waves as a kid in Ormond Beach — joins John Brooks and Kevin Miller to talk about his 30-year military career and path from ESA/SSA competitor to senior e