The Momentum Files
Thirty years of surfing evolution, all in one channel.
In 1992, high school senior Taylor Steele released his VHS surf movie, MOMENTUM, featuring an up and coming young crew of professional surfers which included Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Shane Dorian, Taylor Knox, Kalani Robb and more. Slater would go on to become 11-time world champ. Machado, the king of style. Dorian, a big-wave legend. On and on goes the list of accomplishments. The surfers defined by Steele's films (and vice versa), marked the cutting edge of performance surfing.
THE MOMENTUM FILES channel features iconic sections, unreleased edits, behind the scenes interviews and un-released footage from Steele's more than 30 movies. The videos are released daily and in chronological order, starting with the early 90s VHS movies and evolving to better cameras, bigger budgets, epic travel and high concept experiments... but always the focus is on the leading edge of surfing.
The Drifter 15th Anniversary Tour
Momentum Generation Talk Story at 2022 Solento Film Festival
"Alejandro” | Making Proximity | Episode II (The Momentum Files)
Joel Fitzgerald and Harrison Roach Java Sessions from SE7EN SIGNS (The Momentum Files)
"The Director" | Making Proximity | Episode I (The Momentum Files)
"John John & Kelly" | Making Proximity | Episode IV (The Momentum Files)
"Gilmore & Rastovich" | The Making of Proximity | Episode 3 (The Momentum Files)
Behind the Scenes Montage from SE7EN SIGNS (The Momentum Files)
Unseen Innersection: Sandy Ryan and Shipsterns Bluff (The Momentum Files)
Unseen Innersection: The Great Lakes Entry
Unseen Innersection Entry: Jared Mell
Mick Fanning shares Behind the Scenes of MISSING
Making the Here & Now soundtrack with MT Warning, Kelly Slater & Angus Stone (The Momentum Files)
CODE RED TAHITI in This Time Tomorrow (The Momentum Files)
Dave Rastovich in HERE & NOW (The Momentum Files)
Stephanie Gilmore in HERE & NOW (The Momentum Files)
Matt Meola & Albee Layer in HERE & NOW (The Momentum Files)
Alex Knost in HERE & NOW (The Momentum Files)
Peter Devries in HERE & NOW (The Momentum Files)
Filming An Entire Movie in One Day_HERE & NOW the making of... (The Momentum Files)
Should JAMIE O'BRIEN have won INNERSECTION (The Momentum Files)
Meet the incredible Josh Mulcoy in INNERSECTION (The Momentum Files)
Asher Pacey in INNERSECTION (The Momentum Files)
Hunting waves with Raph Bruhwiler in INNERSECTION (The Momentum Files)
Lee Wilson on INNERSECTION (The Momentum Files)
Albee Layer's winning INNERSECTION part (The Momentum Files)
John Florence in INNERSECTION (The Momentum Files)
Matt Meola's INNERSECTION Victory Lap (The Momentum Files)
Andy Irons Tribute from INNERSECTION (The Momentum Files)
Craig Anderson in INNERSECTION (The Momentum Files)