Varois Nicolas Loth has made a documentary on surfing on the Côte d’Azur. A way to pay tribute to this sport, to those who practice it and to share their passion.
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Yes, the Côte d’Azur can be a surf spot! The proof with the release of the documentary by journalist commentator and director Nicolas Loth on the practice of this sport in the Mediterranean. Guest in the news on Sunday November 24 on France 3 Côte d’Azur, he explains why he wanted to pay tribute to this sport often considered to be the prerogative of the west of France and the Atlantic Ocean.
“Tomorrow it comes“, this is the symbolic name that was chosen for this 60-minute documentary, filmed largely in Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes), which focuses on enthusiasts of this board sport. In the language of surfers, this expression has a particular meaning as Nicolas Loth explains: “This means that we always wait for the wave a little the next day, we often break our teeth, we think that we are going to surf on such and such a day and finally the wind comes in, there is not enough swell. That’s why ‘tomorrow, it’s coming’, hoping it fits.“
In the Mediterranean, even more than in other spots, it’s all a question of patience when surfing.
It is an anthem to patience, an anthem to the environment and to the present moment.
Nicolas LothDirector of the documentary
“We have the impression that when the summer period is over, the Mediterranean belongs to us a little“, attests the director. The rarity of the sessions here has a very particular taste. They are expected and “deserved“,”when you’re there, something happens“, he adds.
This “philosophy of surfing in the Mediterranean“, he makes it shine through with the testimony of four enthusiasts, friends of his. Here, no ready-made clichés: “In this documentary, no three-meter waves, no surfers with bleached hair“, mentions the press release. Just the desire to show “poetic and philosophical way” the uniqueness of surfing in the Mediterranean.
He specifies: “when we all end up in the water, we’re like kids and that’s what I also wanted to show, this kid side that our current society has lost…“
The documentary has been released on screens since November 22, it will be broadcast on November 29 at the Antibes cinema le casino and on the 30th in Fréjus, at the Vox cinema.
