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OVERVIEW
Blue Horizon is a surf movie with a new angle. For the last two years Jack McCoy follows the lives of current world surfing champion Andy Irons and 'soul surfer' Dave 'Rasta' Rastovich. The movie looks at cultural differences between the worlds of competition surfing and free surfing. The film has a backdrop of the history of surfing, as well as, visiting some amazing surf locations around the globe.
What do you get when you mix one of the worlds best competitive surfers with one of the worlds best free surfers? You get the exciting new surfing film Blue Horizon.
Starring currently crowned, World # 1 Professional Surfer, Andy Irons and well known "soul surfer" Dave"Rasta" Rastovich. Direction and cinematography will come from award winning filmmaker Jack McCoy. McCoy, a veteran with over 20 surfing films to his credit, Blue Horizon will be his most ambitious production to date. Its release date is planned for Jan 2004 and will be showcased on the big screen around Australia, New Zealand, USA and Europe as part of the Jack McCoy Surf Film Festival
Taking us to new surf territory in exotic locations around the world, Jack McCoy's film will focus on the lives of the two very different surfers, who in many ways are very much alike. Along their journeys they will acknowledge where surfing has come from, where it is today and where it can go in the future
Blue Horizon also follows the close battle for the 2003 world title between six-time world champion Kelly Slater and reigning champion, Andy Irons; culminating in a nail biting finish in Hawaii. McCoy couldn't have planned for a better finale, "When we started production on the film two years ago we would not have believed that Andy Irons was going to win back-to-back world championships.
This is a film that I was really inspired to make because surfing has such a colorful journey from ancient Hawaiian's until today. Through the eyes of Andy and Rasta, we want to acknowledge the icons and milestones of our sport." -Jack McCoy
McCoy has worked with many great surfers in his 30-year career, Wayne Lynch, Mark Richards, Gerry Lopez, Tom Carroll, Mark Occhilupo and Kelly Slater. McCoy said, "For me this is an amazing opportunity to be working with what I consider to be two of the best surfers in the world today. Andy is a totally focused professional who excels in both large and small surf. Dave, on the other hand, is already a wise soul who, at age 22 looks at all aspects of the surfing experience, where it has come from and where it is going. The two together are a powerful balance of pure energy that we have captured".
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