Welcome To Reelers 2017
THE WORLD’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS SURF FILM COMPETITION
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And that's a wrap! Another year of incredible surf movie making sewn up in the bag for Corona presents REELERS 2017 – The Surfing World Short Film Competition. Big shout out to our supporters, sponsors and venues who make the event possible! Huge thankyou to our master panel of judges; Jack McCoy, Kai Neville and Taylor Steele, who for the third year running have viewed, appraised and applauded film after film in the search for the biggest and brightest talents they can find. Finally, the biggest thankyou of all goes to YOU - the filmmakers. You stand there on the beach all day, getting cooked in the sun with your trusty camera aimed at your buddies in the pit. You're there all night, hour after pixelated hour cutting and mixing and creating your vision, and you're there each year, with wild new ideas that continue to surprise and inspire us all! You capture the gold that gives it shine. Mad congrats team, you nailed it, see you all next year!
And the awards go to...
YOUTH Category
presented by
WINNER:
BE LIKE ME By Monique Vab
RUNNER UP:
WHY YOU TIRED By Blake Wilton
FINALISTS:
- BEGINNING By Myles Carroll
- WINTER GREED By Tom Skelly
- STANDARDS SUCK By Olivia Williams
ACTION Category
presented by
WINNER: ZOOLOO By Nate Foster
RUNNER UP: LISSA By Nick Jones
FINALISTS
- KNEELERS BY Mad Dogue
- SELAMAT PAGI BY Spencer Frost
- WEST IS BEST BY Isaac Jones
STORY Category
presented by
WINNER: CRYPTIC DITCH by James Kates
RUNNER UP: LUMINERE By Tay Steele
FINALISTS
- THE HENS TOOTH By Talon Clemow
- SISTER By John Wiley
- GERRY By Mickey Mason
ALL ENTRIES
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eight dollar SNITTY
by Saltylenz
5747 views
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Cyclone swell: Southern points
by aquaone
5253 views
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wake up call
4779 views
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Pama.
4912 views
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The Eddie
by TaySteele
5231 views
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Waves of Consequence
by Odawg
5755 views
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Jimmy Films
by AKTurtle
5909 views
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Davey Cathels
by JoelBarker
45214 views
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A Winters Tale
5370 views
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My best session EVER
by Daniel_Brown
5644 views
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Parker Schmidt Reelers
6174 views
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LUMIÉRE
by TaySteele
49385 views
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KNEELERS
by Maddogue
11332 views
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Time Split
by aquaone
5943 views
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CRYPTIC DITCH
by Jimb0Slice
5955 views
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_ _ _ _
by AdrianLopez
4641 views
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Cross Walking
by TaySteele
5573 views
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Sister
by jwiley
5692 views
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Summer in the 70's
by claudiap
4897 views
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Unleashed
by TaySteele
4978 views
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Chris Papaleo Reeler
by chrispapaleo
5523 views
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DROPS
by viltorinox
5052 views
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West is Best
by isaacjones_
5043 views
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THE HENS TOOTH
7417 views
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WHAT IS A CLOSEOUT ?
by YanGan123
4644 views
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Grandma's Garage
by maxzappas
6955 views
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Steel Steeze
5147 views
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Melius est Gurls
by Izsea
5351 views
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Hawaii 5-0
by tylergare
6398 views
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Reeling slabs and ledges.
by DDigital
4818 views
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Holidays
by nickcolbey
4498 views
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Desert Trip
by theloneram
4462 views
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A Surfer's Journey
by AndyMc
5533 views
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Lisså
by Nick_Jones
4553 views
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Winter Greed and Summer breeze
by tommyskelly
7096 views
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John Barton - The Jungle Myth
by OwenMilne
5234 views
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Kai Kai 6 years old and he doesn't like Vegemite
8167 views
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ZooLoo
by Natefoster
4752 views
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Selamat Pagi
by SpencerFrost
5191 views
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WHY YOU TIRED?
by Blakewilton
7584 views
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Beginning
by mylescarroll
4902 views
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RIVER REELERS, THE SUPERMOON SOLO SESSIONS.....
by eddiewearne
5772 views
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Mood
by FranMiller
51959 views
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The Coach
by Jackbarripp
4968 views
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sections
by HarryDott
5035 views
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ONE2THREE
5132 views
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A GAUNTLET PORTRAIT
by Jimb0Slice
6050 views
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Gerry
by mickeymason
5220 views
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White Collar
by SLAAICOMPANY
5466 views
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SHOREBREAK MADNESS
by fullsiz
9817 views


For over 50 years Surfing World has continued to share the stoke of riding waves. From the Pro Tour to the isolated back beaches, from the characters taking surfing into the future to the legends of yesteryear, from the shaping bay to Byron Bay to Jeffreys Bay to Waimea Bay… there is something for everybody.

Kai Neville
Modern Collective, Lost Atlas, Dear Suburbia, Cluster. When it comes to melding high performance with an unyielding creative vision, no-one has experienced more critical acclaim, or has been more influential in the realms of high performance surfing in the past decade than Kai Neville. His award winning films have set the benchmark all other action movies aspire to reach.

Taylor Steele
The most influential surf filmmaker of all time? They didn’t name one of surfing’s most dominant eras the Momentum Generation for nothing. Taylor has done it all, from fact paced high-energy hits of the 90s, to beautiful cinematic travel based films, to profile films, music videos, he even chased one swell from Tahiti to Alaska. His latest film Missing showcased a different side to three time World Champion Mick Fanning as he was set loose on the world for three months to get lost. He famously created the clip based viral surf competition Innersection, and his music video for Unwritten Law's Teenage Suicide was nominated for Billboard's Alternative Music Video of the Year in 1999.

Jack McCoy
The big daddy legend of classic surf films has at one time or another touched us all. From his earliest offerings McCoy encouraged us to travel to far flung nations in search of perfection. The dream was surfing and we could all be a part of it. Throughout the late 80s and early 90s his tongue in cheek Billabong efforts could be quoted by groms and legends alike and his portfolio of documentary style profile films such as Sabotaj, The Occumentary and Blue horizon are definitive classics of surf film. His latest film, A Deeper Shade of Blue is his opus, a gift to surfing for aloha.