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The Cigarette Surfboard

Sponsored Project

  • Ben Judkins, Director/Producer
  • Taylor Lane, Producer
Tevita Gukilau, a Fijian-Australian professional surfer, rides a Ciggy Board on a beautiful wave in the South Pacific. There is text on the image that reads "The Ciggy Board represents taking a problem, finding out how you can be part of the solution, and enjoying that process" - Jack Johnson, Musician, Surfer, Activist.

About the Project

FILM SYNOPSIS

Impassioned surfer Taylor Lane builds a functional surfboard with 10,000 cigarette butts collected from California beaches. The Cigarette Surfboard becomes a platform to learn from professional surfers who are working to protect the ocean, and the symbol of a grassroots campaign to hold Big Tobacco accountable for their toxic, plastic waste. Surfing is the medium, but the message is universal.

DIRECTOR STATEMENT

This immersive documentary provides viewers an up close experience of the ocean through surfers’ eyes to amplify a message of urgency and possibility regarding the ocean’s wellbeing. The Cigarette Surfboard is solution-driven and opens up the dialogue for audiences to explore what anyone can do to take action in their personal lives and local communities.