The beaches are closed. The beaches are open. A vocal scientist says she "wouldn’t go in the water for a million dollars.” The confusion leaves passionate surfers to confront an ocean of COVID-19 fear and answer the question — to surf, to not surf, or to simply ADAPT? In this haunting short by Kyle Buthman, we get a glimpse of the answer.

DIRECTED / SHOT / EDITED: KYLE BUTHMAN
SURFING: SAM COFFEY
CAMERA OPERATOR: NICK ALHEIT
COLOR: TREVOR DURTSCHI & KILLIAN MULLEN
SOUND: WILLIAM STORKSON
GRAPHICS: REILLY SAUER
MUSIC: MICA LEVI

SPECIAL THANKS: IAN SHILLER, TOBY & ERIC THIERMANN, PERRY GERSHKOW