Congratulations to Chris Steen of Huntington Beach, California- the winner of the Nike 6.0 48 Hour Film Off at the U.S. Open of Surfing!  Steen wrote, shot, and edited the winning film, Mad Wax, by himself in only 48 hours and will receive a $1,500 cash prize from Nike 6.0.

Each of the competing teams, also including Leaf Productions and Shadowman Productions, had to shoot at least one scene at the Nike 6.0 Motel No Tell in Huntington Beach.  The films also needed to include ‘a Primo moment’ as the overall theme, ‘surf wax’ as a prop, and “720 P-C-H” as the line of dialogue.

A screening of the films was held on Sunday, August 8^th at the Motel No Tell. Films competed via audience voting and jury scoring.  Members of the jury included Antonio Ballatore, HGTV’s Design Star Season 4 winner and designer of the Nike 6.0 Motel No Tell, Joshua Pomer, producer of Newport Beach Film Festival selected surf film, The Westsiders, and other NFFTY and Nike 6.0 representatives.

CONTEST CLUES

1) Line of Dialogue: “P-C-H” (The letters must be explained and must stand for something other than “Pacific Coast Highway”)

2) Prop: SURF WAX

3) Theme: A ‘Primo’ Moment

4) 1 minimum scene must be filmed on-site of the Nike 6.0 Motel No Tell and at the beach.

WATCH THE FILMS AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE:

CHECK OUT BEHIND-THE-SCENES PHOTOS:

Filmmakers James Knapke, Michael Fisher, and Joshua Jacobs of Shadowman Productions

Kody Oppendike of Leaf Productions at the Nike 6.0 Motel No Tell

Nike 6.0 Motel No Tell ("720 PCH")

Local Huntington Beach crowd gathers for the screening at the Motel to pick a winner for the contest.