Lobero Feature Films
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Title: The Shape of Things: The Dick Brewer Story
Synopsis:
"The Shape Of Things: The Dick Brewer Story" is a masterful documentary chronicling surfing’s Da Vinci of design - Dick Brewer. The film chronicles the brilliant mind of a young man being nationally recognized for his award-winning model airplane designs as a teenager, to his engineering innovations that inspired six decades of Surfboard designs in Hawaii, California, and eventually the rest of the world. The film highlights years of Brewer’s career and with it his significant contributions to Surfing History through the Hollywood notoriety of the sport in the 60s, to the short board revolution and guns designs of the 70s, which quickly elevating him to the top of the pyramid. Then, in the early 90s, his final contribution was the invention of the Tow Board, a design innovation that raised the bar of big wave surfing beyond the scope of what was ever envisioned possible. The Shape Of Things is a monumental tribute to a man whose revolutionary, artistic and intellectual perseverance literally changed the sport forever not once - but three different times.
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Filmmaker: Bob Campi
Runtime: 59 minutes
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Title: Shaping the Future
Synopsis: Shaping the Future, a story about a man who finds his faith, discovers his calling, and sparks a cultural phenomenon in the surf industry. Success comes and goes in life but the ultimate gift is peace and joy.
Directed by: Robert Helphand
Writers: Tony Gentile & Robert Helphand
Runtime: 67 minutes
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Title: The Big White House
Synopsis:
Over 20 years in the making, The Big White House documents director Chris Riel's youth as his family journey's from the destitute desert of Bakersfield to the lavish, affluent hills of Santa Barbara. Arriving when he was 8 years old, Chris had to adjust
to the pressures of living in one of Southern California's richest cities while still dealing with the pain of his parent's divorce just a few years earlier. His humble beginnings attracted the attention of Montecito's upper-class youth who were dealing with broken homes of their own and the impossibly high standards of the Montecito community. In a 100 year old Victorian home with a bright red door that was never locked, daily swarms of children found sanctuary. With a growing group
of friends and a camera in his hand any chance Chris had, we see this band of lost boys come of age in a wild ride of antics and stunts such as go-karting, mud
sledding, bush jumping and other extreme stunts; all juxtaposed by the clean
upper-class neighborhood that values status and success above all else.
Narrated by the character's older selves, the friends give an in-depth perspective of Montecito's high rate of suicide and drug-related incidents. This heartfelt, and at times, cautionary tale, shows how they avoided addiction and self-harm in their younger years as they leaned on one another to find their path into the real world together. They learn what it's like to lose the sanctuary they call home while
also gaining a family of brothers forever. This heartfelt documentary encapsulates
the universal experiences of being a kid, growing up, and coming to terms with
grief, loss, and divorce. Before its untimely end, the family that lived in the big
white house instilled a set of values that focuses on love over material possessions
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Filmmaker: Chris Reil
Runtime: 67 minutes
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Circles - An Ode to Shredding - Feature 16mm Documentary film
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Synopsis: “Circles: An Ode to Shredding,” is a full length 16mm documentary film that celebrates the nuances of riding waves and skateboarding. It observes a range of people, places and themes that make these underground communities the poetry that they are. From the gathering points that founded style in surfing, to the concrete canvas that is skateboarding and the human connection between.
Directed by: Dana Shaw
Produced by: Justin Misch & Origins Archival
Runtime: 65 Minutes
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Lobero Short Films
Title: 17 @ 20
Synopsis: "This film “17 @ 20,” is a short visual piece documenting one of the bigger west swells that hit Ventura recently. It’s rare to see such a powerful long period swell of this size come in and the view of the hills looking out into the channel were baffling. From swell lines out the back, double overhead beach breaks in Oxnard to mysto point breaks in Santa Barbara, the coastline lit up and I tried my best to document all of it." - Hunter Martinez
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Filmmaker: Hunter Martinez
Runtime: 10 Minutes
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Title: 805 Presents: Making Waves: The Lakey Peterson Story
Synopsis:
Some ride waves. Others redefine them.
The victories, the setbacks, the undeniable drive—Lakey Peterson’s journey is anything but ordinary. From iconic wins to near-misses, Making Waves dives deep into the life of a competitor who never stops pushing forward.
Filmmaker: Morgan Maassen
Runtime: 27:56 Minutes
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Title:Before The Flight
Synopsis:
Before The Flight, a Super 8 film from 1976, captures the revolutionary surfboard design of The Bonzer in action—the world’s first widely disseminated three-fin surfboard.
Malcolm and Duncan Campbell developed The Bonzer in December 1970, and a 1973 collaboration with Bing Surfboards brought their design to the forefront of the surfing world with extensive spreads in Surfer and Surfing magazines.
Between 1975 and 1976, the Campbell Brothers shot this film on their Beaulieu 4008 ZM Il camera in Oxnard, California, after meticulously cutting the footage by hand with cement slices it was then projected at screenings “All Over Oxnard.” Along with themselves, it features surfers Russ Short, Cliff Collinge, and Charly Womack.
Now, thanks to a wet-gate 4K restoration produced by Oblique Films, Before The Flight returns to the screen in its original form—for the first time in nearly 50 years.
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Directed by:Malcolm & Duncan Campbell,
1976-2025 Restoration by: Travis Waddell & Oblique Films
Runtime: 15:00 Minutes
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