Brendan Margieson

"The Free Way" is a look into the lives of the surfers/people who choose to spend their time surfing, traveling & exploring, playing music. It will attempt to provide a small glimpse of the state of the world today, exploitation, greed, miscommunication, paranoia, confusion... chaos, and then provide the viewer relief in the form of meaninful music, beautiful imagery and one of the most free-flowing, poetic sports of all... surfing. Featuring trips to remote Tasmania, Perfect far northern sumatra, Tahiti, North and South coasts of Oz.

"Frame Lines" features 45 minutes of Billabong's best including, Parko, Rasta, Occy, Egan, Andy Irons, Taj, Margo, Dorian, Dylan Longbottom, Donavon Frankenreiter, and some special guests. A quality number with great tunes from artists like, Pacifier, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, and Grinspoon. Strickland is a lover of digital effects who's clearly learned some new tricks since his first vid, "Evolv."His editing style gives an original spin to one of the better vids to be released this year.

Top surf photographer Jack McCoy travels to Australia and Indonesia with a new bunch of players in this remastered edition of a Billabong classic. Shane Dorian, Brendan Margieson, Neil Purchase Jr. and Ross Williams shoot the curl to McCoy's personal selection of music by Anthrax, Tillmans Ridge, Def FX and more. McCoy has also included an all-new look at the making of the movie.

The second BILLABONG CHALLENGE continued the pursuit of great surfing waves. Held in massive surf on the last day of the 10 day waiting period at one of the world's most perfect rights, Jeffrey's Bay South Africa. Top international surfers battled the rising swell for US $50,000:00; challenging each other, the awesome forces of the sea and their own personal stamina. Featuring the surfing of Kelly Slater, Mark Occhilupo, Warren Dean, Brenden Margieson, Johnny Boy Gomes and Shane Powell.

The last of the BILLABONG CHALLENGE series; Challenge Four, in Indo, and Challenge Five, in Australia. Indo did not deliver the surf necessary to complete one round so it was cancelled until the following year. Starring Rob Machado, Kalani Robb, Luke Egan, Shane Dorian, Tom Curren, Sunny Garcia, Mark Occhilupo, Taylor Knox, Pancho Sullivan, with appearances by Margo and Kelly Slater. Winner of "Surfer Magazine’s Video of the Year Award" 2000 Best Cinematography Award.

Passion Pop takes its name from the frontside off the lip shouvit, patented by the unpredictable talent of Sunshine Coast surfer Wade Goodall. Check out the never before seen footage of Taj Burrow's ridiculous helicopter acid drops in Indonesia, insane sections of the Billabong team in the Mentawai Islands, Wade Goodall going crazy in the Malaysian wave pool and secret bonus sections of the flow rider session that transpired during the South African leg of the world tour.