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Matt Archbold documentary tours the US

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 26 March, 2008 : - - Billygoat Productions in conjunction with sponsors, RVCA, Surfer Magazine, Santa Cruz Surfboards and Hoven in association with Studio411 is proud to present Archy - a documentary film on Matt 'Archy' Archbold.

Directed by Bill Ballard (The Mystic, Blue Crush), Archy chronicles one of the most fascinating and talented surf icons throughout his career as top-amateur, dynamic and innovative pro, troubled athlete, and most of all a survivor.

Archy is a timeless film that tells the story of three very different generations in surfing. Spanning the 80's, 90's and into today, Archy's amazing story is one of survival thru surf stardom at an early age, fame, drugs and alcohol, sponsorships and the surf rock star lifestyle.

Compelling interviews (including the likes of Martin Potter, Chris Mauro, Art Brewer, Bruce Irons, Christian Fletcher, Dino Andino, Moses Paskowitz, Sunny Garcia, Herbie Fletcher and Garth Tarlow), explosive surf action, timeless photos matched with Narration by Henry Rollins from the legendary band Black Flag and set to an all time soundtrack including The Clash, Social Distortion, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Devo, The Avett Brothers, The Kinks and many others.

Archy finally sheds some light on the true life story of one of the most charismatic and legendary surfers in history. Sure to effect audiences of all walks of life around the world, this is a story that needs to be told.

The world premier for Archy is scheduled for Thursday 10th April in Newport Beach, CA. at the Lido Theater with a national tour, hosted by Director Bill Ballard, set to follow starting in Hermosa Beach on Friday 18th April. The film will be available in both domestic and international surf shops from Tuesday 17th June onwards.

WORLD PREMIER
April 10 Newport Beach, CA Lido Theater

WEST COAST TOUR
April 18 Hermosa Beach, CA Hermosa Beach Theater
April 22 San Luis Obispo, CA Fremont Theater
April 24 Santa Barbara, CA Arlington Theater
April 29 San Francisco, CA Balboa Theater
May 1 Santa Cruz, CA Rio Theater
May 7 Santa Monica, CA Santa Monica 4-Plex
May 8 Laguna Beach, CA South Coast Cinema
May 14 San Diego, CA MCASD
May 15 & 16 Encinitas, CA La Paloma

EAST COAST TOUR
TBA

ABOUT MATT ARCHBOLD
When Matt Archbold started surfing back in 1979, at age 11, the world had no concept that it was about to witness one of the most explosive surfers to ever have set foot on a surfboard. With a career spanning nearly three decades, Archy is today considered to be the most successful free surfer of all time, and one of the originators of high performance surfing.

As Martin Potter was setting the stage globally for high performance surfing in the early 80's, a young crew, led by Archy out of San Clemente was about to blow the roof off of surfing......

From dropping out of High School as a Freshman at age 15 and turning pro, to becoming the poster child for surf clothing giant MCD, Archy's young life had not a dull moment to it. After struggling with competitive surfing for the next five years and having some success winning a handful of Bud Tour events, Archy quickly leant that pro surfings' '3 turns to the beach' format wasn't for him.

Deciding to set out on a fairly new frontier, 'free surfing', Archy got paid simply to go out and get photos, something that had not been done before then. In his early 20's, his name became synonymous with the legendary surf spot known as 'Off the Wall' all the while riding shorter boarders in bigger waves, something that most had never done or even dreamt of doing. Archy's ariel attack in the water and explosive surfing revolutionized what we view as high performance surfing today.

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