POLYSUN (Full movie)

But sometimes the greatest respect we can pay the wave is a low crouch, or getting on our knees, or lying on our bellies, as evidenced by Joey Bookout in POLYSUN, the new film by Jack Coleman.
Shot over the course of five years at hallowed breaks in So Cal and Baja, POLYSUN follows Joey’s unique lines—in the water and out. Joey works at a surf shop, and shapes here and there, and seems to always have a bit of resin on his hands as he rides all manner of surf craft in all manner of conditions.

You never quite know what he’s going to do next —and, it seems, neither does Joey.

It’s all improv.
And so is the music.

Set to Relatively Clean Rivers’s self-titled 1975 record, the action is plucked from the gloss and gadgetry of the present and placed in simpler, maybe more expressive times.
As described by Richie Unterberger, “Overall, the album almost gives the impression of documenting the dying embers of a band of hippies who’ve found refuge in one of the last safe places for souls of such a mindset, clinging to their credo as their species awaits oncoming extinction,” says Coleman.

“The band never cracked the mainstream but yeah, I thought it had a great feel to it as the driving force of sound for POLYSUN.”
As the surfing world becomes increasingly homogenized, Joey flies the flag for individuality.

POLYSUN carries no message—in fact it kicks against the very notion of messages—but if it did it’d go something like: “Dance like no one’s Instagramming”
“There’s no brand or any real affiliation to the mainstream surf world,” says Coleman.

“I just love Joey as a person and also how fluid he surfs.

We did this project out of pure love of the ocean and each other’s company.” written by: Jamie Brisick

28 boards ridden
32 minute length
featuring: Joey Bookout & friends