12 Miles North - the full movie

We recently ran a trailer for a film made by sports giant Nike, all about the inspirational black surfer Nick Gabaldon who tragically died surfing at Malibu in 1951.
Gabaldon’s story is incredible in itself – that he, a black dude who loved the beach, was willing to go against the grain and become not just a surfer but a very good surfer; that he was so into it he PADDLED 12 miles north from the Inkwell – LA’s beach ‘for black people’ – to go and surf Malibu; and that his surfing and his character immediately embedded him in the nascent surf scene that spawned a mass movement.
We’re not usually big on sports corporation promo films but this one is beautifully made and really worth 1/2 an hour of your time.