Rip Curl recently held the world premiere for its latest flick, Seven Ways to Live the Search, at the Ombak Bali Surf Film Festival. Now in its third year, Ombak Bali just finished up its four-day run in late July. Several hundred people packed the steps in back of Kuta's Discovery Mall to watch Seven Ways for the first time on the big screen set up on the beach.

Garut Widiarta and Koa Smith, two of the stars of the film, showed up to take photos with their adoring fans and introduce the movie along with director Pete Matthews. Before the screening, Koa and Garut were interviewed on stage by the always-flamboyant MC Rani, who flirted with the boys for a bit on stage and then demanded to know why Dean Brady couldn't make it. James Lipton, eat your heart out.

After that, the lights were dimmed and it was time for the show. Seven Ways follows seven of the most talented young surfers from around the world as they journey to the far reaches of the Indonesian archipelago in search of perfection and adventure. The film delves into the minds of each of the unique surfers in the crew, including: Matt Wilkinson, Owen Wright, Alex Smith, Koa Smith, Garut Widiarta, Stuey Kennedy and Dean Brady. The imagery in Seven Ways is undeniably beautiful and definitely captures the spirit of the Search. The action is also top-notch and provides a glimpse into the future of high-performance surfing.

Incredibly, all the footage from the film was shot in a single week. Normally it takes surfers a whole year to compile enough quality footage for a movie segment.

“To have all seven surfers get so many clips from one trip is pretty much unheard of,” Matthews said.