Fest Films win polls
Tuesday 7 December 2010 Three Wavescape Surf Film Festival films this year - Sea of Darkness, Modern Collective and Who is JOB? - have won awards in the annual SURFER Poll, including best documentary and movie of the year for the first two respectively.
To top off the two films' achievements, Jordy Smith got the Best Manouvre award for his crazy bust outs in Modern Collective. The two films are screening at the Wavescape Surf Film Festival in Cape Town next week, along with the other big winner at the poll, Who is JOB? whose star and director Jamie O'Brien won the Heavy Water award.
In the Reader's Poll, Jordy Smith also scooped, showing his huge popularity in the States, coming in third behind King Kelly and second placed Dane Reynolds, while Stephanie Gilmore, who has won four consecutive world women's titles, swept her poll.
MEN’S READER POLL1. Kelly Slater
2. Dane Reynolds
3. Jordy Smith
4. Mick Fanning
5. Taj Burrow
6. Andy Irons
7. Rob Machado
8. Joel Parkinson
9. Julian Wilson
10. Owen WrightWOMEN’S READER POLL1. Stephanie Gilmore
2. Carissa Moore
3. Coco Ho
4. Sofia Mulanovich
5. Alana Blanchard VIDEO AWARDSBreakthrough Performer Presented By New Era:
Craig Anderson
Best Performance Presented By Skullcandy:
Jamie O’Brien- Who is J.O.B
Best Cinematography:
Castles In The Sky- Taylor Steele
Worst Wipeout:
Derek Dunfee- Down With The Ship
Best Maneuver:
Jordy Smith- Modern Collective
Digital Short Of The Year:
Dark Side Of The Lens- Mickey Smith & Allan Wilson
Best Barrel:
Andy Irons- High 5
Heavy Water:
Jamie O’Brien- Who is J.O.B.
Best Documentary:
Sea Of Darkness- Michael Oblowitz
Movie Of The Year:
Modern Collective- Kai Neville
Agent Of Change:
Winner: Mauli Ola Foundation