User:Surfing Jack McCoy

About Surf Cinematographer Jack McCoy:
Jack E "Jake" McCoy Jr. (born on July 31, 1948) is the internationally recognized award winning surfing photographer, writer, director, producer, and cinematographer.

Growing up in Hawaii on the windward side of Oahu in Kailua, McCoy's father Jack McCoy was a local radio and television personality. The Sr McCoy pushed his 8 year old son on his first wave a Waikiki Beach which began a life long love of the ocean.

It was a Bruce Brown surfing film he saw in his high school auditorium at 12 years old that captured his imagination. He started by putting up posters for surfing films to come to his town.

In 1965 Jim Freeman and Greg McGillivray encouraged McCoy to get into film making and he started by distributing their surfing films in Hawaii with school friend Randy Rarick.

In 1970 McCoy went to Australia as part of the Hawaiian Surfing Team and stayed after being offered a job distributing surfing films. In 1975 he started filming his first film Tubular Swells with good friend Dick Hoole. The rest is history.

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Poster grem for early surfing films by Bruce Brown, Bud Browne, and Val Valentine

1968 to 1970 Promoter for Macgillivray-Freeman Films in Hawaii. Free and Easy, Evolution, Innermost Limits of Pure Fun

1970 to 1975 Promoter, Distributor surfing films Waves Of Change, Sea Of Joy, Seadreams, Five Summer Stories, Salt Water Wine, Crystal Voyager.

1975 first surfing film TUBULAR SWELLS with Dick Hoole David Lourie and Jack McCoy featuring Wayne Rabbit Bartholomew, Shaun Tomson, Peter McCabe and Tony Eltherington.

1976 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF WAYNE LYNCH with Dick Hoole, David Lourie and Jack McCoy featuring Wayne Lynch.

1977 to 1979 distributed in Australia and NZ the surfing films Free Ride, Many Classic Moments and Fantasea.

1982 STORM RIDERS with Dick Hoole David Lourie and Jack McCoy featuring Mark Richards, Peter McCabe, Joe Engle, Thornton Fallender, Gerry Lopez and Wayne Lynch.

1983 KONGS ISLAND with Dick Hoole David Lourie and Jack McCoy featuring Gary "Kong" Elkerton, Chappy Jennings and Rabbit Bartholomew.

1984 TRADE WIND a film by Jack McCoy featuring wavesailors Mike Waltz, Fred Haywood, Peter Cabrina, and Robbie Naish

1987 EDDIE AIKAU BIG WAVE INVITATIONAL a film by Jack McCoy Featuring Clyde Aikau, Mark Foo, and 24 of the worlds best big wave surfers.

1988 SURF HITS with Garth Murphy and Jack McCoy

1989 BUNYIP DREAMING a film by Jack McCoy featuring Munga Barry, Luke Egan, Mark Occhilupo and the late Ronnie Burns.

1991 THE GREEN IGUANA a film by Jack McCoy featuring Munga Barry, Luke Egan, Mark Occhilupo, Peter King and Sunny Garcia.

1993 THE SON'S OF FUN a film by jack McCoy featuring Shane Dorian, Ross Williams, Brendan Margieson and Neil Purchase Jr.

1994 SIK JOY a film by Jack McCoy Featuring Shane Dorian, Mark Occhiolupo, Luke Egan, Munga Barry, Donovan Frakenrider.

1994 RYTHUM OF THE SEA a film by Jack McCoy featuring Gary Elkerton and Laird Hamilton.

1995 THE BILLABONG CHALLENGE Mystery Left a film by Jack McCoy featuring Rob Machado, Kelly Slater, Mark Occhilupo, Jonnie Boy Bomes, Paul Patterson, Brenden Margieson, Jonnie Boy Gomes, and Shane Powell

1995 THE BILLABOJNG CHALLENGE 2 JBAY a film by Jack McCoy featuring Mark Occhilupo, Kelly Slater, Jonnie Boy Gomes, Warren Dean, Brendan Margieson, Shane Powell.

1996 PSYCHEDELIC DESERT GROOVE CH 3 a film by Jack McCoy featuring Shane Dorian, Ross Williams, Luke Egan, Mark Occhilupo, Rob Machado, Kalani Robb, Paul Patterson, Martin Potter

1997 ALLEY OOP BILLABONG JR CHALLENGE a film by Jack McCoy featuring Taj Burrow, Andy Irons, Chris Ward, Michael Lowe, Tim Curran.

!998 WIDE OPEN BILLABONG JR CHALLENGE 2 a film by Jack McCoy featuring Taj Burrow, Andy Irons, CJ Hopgood, Trent Munroe, Michael Lowe.

1998 OCCY, THE OCCUMENTARY a film by Jack McCoy featuring Mark Occhilupo

1999 SABPTAJ a film by Vance Burrow, Jason Muir, and Jack McCoy featuring Taj Burrow

1999 9 LIVES BILLABONG CHALLENG 4 & 5 a film by Jack McCoy featuring Shane Dorian, Luke Egan, Mark Occhilupo, Sunny Garcia, Brendan Margieson, Taylor Knox, Rob Machado, Kalani Robb, and Tom Curren.

2001 TO' DAY OF DAYS a film by Jack McCoy featuring Laird Hamilton

2003 BLUE HORIZON a film by Jack McCoy featuring Andy Irons and Dave Rastovich

2004 SOLID produced by Jack McCoy

2005 IOARANA a film by Ross Taylor and Jack McCoy featuring Hira, Hiare, and Tumatta

2006 FREE AS A DOG a film by Jack McCoy featuring Joel Parkinson, James Wood and Ellis Erickson.

Jack McCoy's Films:
1975 Tubular Swells 90 min feature

1977 A Day in the Life Of Wayne Lynch 15 min short produced for Tubular Swells re release

1982 Storm Riders 90 min feature

1983 Kongs Island 15 min short produced for Storm Riders re release

1984 Trade Wind 60 min feature on wave sailing

1987 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational 30 min TV show

1988 Surf Hits 50 min made for video surfing film

1989 Bunyip Dreaming 45 min feature

1991 The Green Iguana 55 min feature

1993 The Sons of Fun 40 min feature

1994 Sik Joy 47 min feature

1994 Rhythm of the Sea 18 min short

1995 The Billabong Challenge Mystery Left 45 min feature

1995 The Billabong Challenge J Bay 37 min feature

1996 Psychedelic Desert Groove Challenge 3 47 min feature

1997 Alley Oop Billabong Jr. Challenge 45 min feature

1998 Wide Open Billabong Jr Challenge 2 45 min feature

1998 Occy The Occumentary 75 min feature

1999 Sabotaj 40 min feature

1999 9 Lives Billabong Challenge 4 & 5 48 min feature

2001 TO' Day of Days 25 min TV show

2003 Blue Horizon 90 min feature

2004 Solid 30 min Covermount DVD Producer

2005 Iaorana 30 min TV show

2006 Free As A Dog 60 min feature'''

McCoy has also worked as a specialist surfing cinematographer for many documentaries, TV Commercials, rock clips and feature films. Married with two children living in Sydney Australia.

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