Where Cocoa Beach Meets the Stage

301 Ramp Road

Cocoa Beach, FL, 32931

(321) 783-3127

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Surfrider Movie Night 2025
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August 9th, 6 – 9pm 

All Seats:
$8.25 + $1.75 Ticket fee = $10

Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating surf culture at our Movie Night! with music, 2 great films celebrating east coast surfing and a surfboard not to be missed. “Home Cooked”
A high performance surf film showcasing the raw talent and tight-knit surf community of New Smyrna Beach, FL.
Starring: Eric Geiselman, Evan Geiselman, Michael Dunphy, Noah Schweizer, Nils Schweizer, Jeremy Johnston, Sawyer Glenn, Gus Hultgren, Anthony Conforti, and others.
A film by A film by Sam Scribner & Jason Preskitt, Run time 16 minutes

“Swells of Interest I”
Swells of Interest features tropical and hurricane swells that occurred between 2008 to 2014. The film has a slight detective twist, offering a unique perspective on these memorable swells. The film begins with Bertha in 2008 and ends with what I call “Spring Break 2014.” Mike Watson, Surfline Atlantic Operations Manager/ Lead Forecaster, provided meteorological narratives on most of the storms featured. Local surfer and retired engineer, Bill McMillen, provided meteorological yearly summaries. Additionally, a handful of surfers featured in the film provide audio recollections of the swells featured. Swells of Interest is an entertaining film that will capture everyone’s interest, whether they are in the film or not. They will be seeing their neighbor, friend, spouse, secret admirer, etc., on the big silver screen.
Tropical storms and hurricanes featured include Bertha, Beryl, Earl, Hanna, Bill, Danny, Sandy, Katia Leslie, and many more….
A film by Diana Wehrell-Grabowski, PhD Film run time = 1 hour 9 minutes

Surfboard Raffle: we will be raffling off a custom design donated by Ricky Carroll.
The board is a replica of a Bill Frierson shape from the early 70’s.
Bill Frierson keeps good company these days, after joining the likes of Duke Kahanamoku, Hobie Alter, Gerry Lopez and a number of other notable shapers as a member of the International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame. “A lot of heavy cats,” remarked Frierson at the time of his induction in October 2019. “It’s pretty humbling, actually. There’s a lot more to the award than just doing it for so long. The beauty of the whole thing was the journey.”
That journey started in 1965 when Frierson was a young surfer coming up in Virginia Beach. He befriended Pete Smith and Bob Holland, who had recently opened the area’s first surf shop. Two years later, Frierson started shaping boards for Bob White at Wave Riding Vehicles (WRV). “I was helping to repair dings back then, and he asked me if I wanted to shape,” he said. “It was pretty much a Cadillac Dream.”
Frierson surfed for the Hobie team from 1965 through 1967, won the Men’s division of the East Coast Surfing Championship (ECSC) in 1969, and is a member of the ECSC Legends Hall of Fame. In 1970, he moved to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where he shaped boards for WRV. He wintered in Indialantic, Florida, doing piece work for the newly formed Sunshine Surfboards. 

Event Schedule:
6:00 pm Doors Open

6:00 – 6:30 Live music by “The Aquanuts”
With local surf slide show by Dr. Diana

6:30 – 7:00 “Home Cooked”
A film by Sam Scribner & Jason Preskitt

7:00 – 7:30 Live music by “The Aquanuts”
With local surf slide show by Dr. Diana

7:30 – 8:30 “Swells of Interest 1”
A Film by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski
8:30 Surfboard raffle drawing