SURFilm L.B.I.
Interweaving the past 6 decades of surfing on Long Beach Island into an historical account documentary.
About us
Our Vision
- Hello and welcome to our website, " SurfilmLBI." Surfing is a passionate love affair that may take control of your cognitive behavior and your physical being. For some of us the craft of riding waves penetrated and permeated the joy of surfing into our molecular biology. We were hooked.
- Surfing on LBI started it's roots back in the late 50's. By the early 60's surfboards were being imported onto the island from California. The craze was slow but consistent with interest. Especially with the movies of Frankie & Annette and then finally "The Endless Summer."
- Growing up on the island in those psychedelic hippie-dom Vietnam rebellious era, surfing waves were an extraordinary escape from reality.
- Filmmaker David Kaltenbach is proud to express his thankfulness to his associates who share the same vision of telling the story of SURFING LBI. And to create and document this exciting timeline that gave birth to a sport that opens up avenues to adventure.
- ASSOCIATES: Stevie Jones . Kenny Gallant . Bob Muroff . Gwenn Hotaling . Robert Battista
"Addicted to Surf"
- Currently in pre-production, "Addicted to Surf" is to be an historical documentary of the surfing culture over the past six decades on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Surfing is certainly a great sport but for some of us it became an intense addiction. Our world revolved around surfing. The craze was non stop for those lovers of waves. Join us on this journey as we attempt to tell this story in motion imagery visualization.
James "Fitz" Randolph Paddle-out
- Surf Shops came into existence on Long Beach Island New Jersey in the 1960’s. To the south of the island in Beach Haven was Koseff’s Surf Shop and in the middle was Ron Jon’s Surf Shop in Ship Bottom . Enter into this picture in 1967 was the Custom Surf Shop soon to be taken over by Jim Fitz-Randolph (FITZ) and renamed Rick Surf Shop. From 1967 to 1973 Fitz became an instrumental player in the seminal, early development of the surfing evolution on Long Beach Island in those days.
- Sadly, Fitz passed away August 7th 2021. On September 17th friends, family and surfing companions gathered on the dunes of Coast Avenue Loveladies to paddle-out with Hawaiian leis and surf with Fitz for the last time. The day was absolutely gorgeous with a slight south wind, 73 degree water and swell being pumped from a hurricane offshore. Waves were 3' overhead and crushing. 15 of us paddled out to spread Fitz and adorn the water with flowers and prayers. James "Fitz" would have been proud of us all for the attempt and even making it out that sunny day.
Time . Effort . Passion to Create a great STORY
An ambitious journey to Visualize our SURF Movie
They say in the movie industry making a film is like giving birth. SurfilmLBI is in "INCEPTION." Currently we are in pre-production / research & development with a conceptual idea in which will materialize into an episodic adventure creating this enormous project.
LBI's crushing Beach Break & Chasing World Class Waves
Chuck Barfoot drops in at Iroquois Ave. Beach Haven
Chuck Barfoot drops in at Iroquois Ave. Beach Haven
Chuck Barfoot drops in at Iroquois Ave. Beach Haven
Surfers take risk in the water and out of the water such as artist, innovator, inventor, Chuck Barfoot.
The Mexican Pipeline . Puerto Escondido
Chuck Barfoot drops in at Iroquois Ave. Beach Haven
Chuck Barfoot drops in at Iroquois Ave. Beach Haven
LBI's beach break sandbar collapse-type wave prepared the island breed of watermen to travel to all points of the globe, drop down a huge face and scream down the face with confidence.
Barbados - The Bike Surfboard Rack
Chuck Barfoot drops in at Iroquois Ave. Beach Haven
Barbados - The Bike Surfboard Rack
You need transportation to chase waves. In a third world country renting cars were very expensive and not always reliable. What was most important was the length of the visit and cars hit the pocket quit deeply. In the early 80's thank goodness for the alternative, the bike rack for surfboards. Just another adventure in Paradise doing what we all loved.