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The Cigarette Surfboard

The Cigarette Surfboard

9.9/ 10

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2024

Release Year

93 min

Runtime

Documentary

Overview

Impassioned surfer Taylor Lane builds a functional surfboard with 10,000 cigarette butts collected from California beaches. The Cigarette Surfboard becomes a platform to learn from professional surfers who are working to protect the ocean, and the symbol of a grassroots campaign to hold Big Tobacco accountable for their toxic, plastic waste. Surfing is the medium, but the message is universal.

Keywords

surfing
ocean
activism
enthusiastic

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Reviews(5)

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maxlandon449

June 8, 2026

The Cigarette surfboard is a passionate documentary style film depicting some of the ugly truths of the tobacco industry, butts. Taylor and Ben bring us through a gorgeous cinematic experience leading us all around the world, introducing us to scientists and athletes, but ultimately driving real pol

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gwenmitch

June 9, 2026

Such an Inspiration! I first saw this film at my MiraCosta college late last year! I got to speak to Ben and see two of the boards featured in the film, which was super cool. I was recommended to go to the showing by my Geology teacher at the time and I am so thankful that I did. This film not only

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Chris2526

June 12, 2026

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10/10

I had the opportunity to view this impactful documentary in San Francisco (October 2025) and since then we dedicate 2 hours every Saturday for beach clean- up as well as ad hoc ciggy butt refuse collections. This beautifully filmed movie has an important message that needs to be seen worldwide!

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jonj7

June 14, 2026

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10/10

This film left me feeling motivated to go out and make changes in the world; so inspiring and incredibly beautiful. The various characters were woven together in a cohesive and thoughtful way, the cinematography was dialed, and the message was powerful. Highly recommended if you're looking for somet

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mamagartz

June 16, 2026

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10/10

Young or old, surfer or not, you will find the story line, film quality, musical score and urgent messages of this documentary to be uplifting and inspirational, even while focusing on a terrible environmental pollution problem: cigarette butts are the most toxic discarded items in the world. The fi

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