100% of proceeds from this purchase go directly to the Sonny Miller Archives preservation campaign at the Nalu Film Foundation.

Presented by Nalu Films, the digitally remastered classic "Searching for Tom Curren" 25th Anniversary Edition — a film by the late, great Sonny Miller. Winner of the 1997 SURFER Poll Awards' Movie of the Year.

Santa Barbara's three-time World Surfing Champion, Tom Curren, discovers new waves, tests the limits of board design, and shares his refreshing and thoughtful outlook on surfing and life.

Tom has influenced a generation of surfers with his humble, kind character and clean, radical approach to riding waves. He continues to play music, surf, and live life to the fullest.

About the Film

Sonny Miller filmed, produced, and edited the first five Search films for Rip Curl, which helped launch the Search campaign in 1992. This movie showcases the best footage of Tom Curren from those search films, along with additional footage.

John John Florence's mother, Alex, used to play this film on repeat when John and his brothers were young. All surfers should watch this movie to learn about surfing with style and flow like Tom Curren.

This exclusive 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition Blu-ray + DVD is available in memory of Sonny Miller. Also streaming on Nalu TV or the mobile app.

Quotes & Film Reviews

"Curren's near-mythic first waves at J-Bay, his paradigm-shifting Fireball Fish session at Bawa, his famous hand-jive exit at Backdoor — all interlaced among 38-minutes of fast, powerful, and technical rail surfing that transcends time."
— Surfers Journal, June 2022

"Searching for Tom Curren is almost certainly the finest surf film ever made. It stars our little sport's most eccentric surfing genius at the height of his powers, and it was made by the late Sonny Miller, another of our maestros, also at his own artistic zenith."
— Surfer Magazine

"Tom Curren's surfing has impacted every surfer in the world over the last 10 years."
— Kelly Slater, 1996

"This is one of the finest surf films ever made. Curren is an artist and a genius. His surfing is fluid, powerful, instinctive and brave."
— The Sun-Herald Sydney, Australia, November 24, 1996

"I've watched Searching for Tom Curren like a kagillion times!"
— Mason Ho

"You know what held it together was Sonny's personality. He had this way of cheering people up when they were not feeling so good."
— Tom Curren

"Sonny was probably one of the best people I've ever traveled with. He had the most upbeat nature. You could be in the most diabolical situation and Sonny is all happy and ready to go."
— Ted Grambeau

Additional Info

• 1997 Surfer Poll Best Film
• Released in 1997 on VHS and digitally remastered in 2022 by Nalu Films & Nalu TV
• Bonus Surfing Footage (30 minutes) — Behind-the-scenes travel on The Search to Indonesia and surf Macaroni's in this segment from The Search 2 film
• Camera: Sonny Miller, Derek Hoffmann, Thomas Desoto and Larry Haynes
• CC Language Options: English, French, Spanish, Japanese and Portuguese