[1] It held its inaugural event September 26–28, 2008 at Tribeca Cinemas, with 25 films screened from all over the world, including a special 30th Anniversary screening of Warner Brothers' Big Wednesday directed by John Milius and co-written with Denny Aaberg.

[2] The official website shows details of the 2013 festival.

[3] The New York Surf Film Competition is open to independently produced feature-length and short films in the surf genre.

The running time for features must be greater than 30 minutes.

[citation needed] The 2009 program included the following feature films:[20] The 2009 winners were:[22]