Here’s How You Can Watch Thomas Campbell’s New Film ‘Yi-Wo’

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Thomas Campbell has been working on Yi-Wo, in a roundabout way, for nearly a decade. 

“I filmed the Morocco section with Dave [Rastovich], Burch, Trevor Gordon, and Lauren Hill in 2014,” he chuckles. 

In the time since, he became a father and created an entire skateboarding film — Ye Olde Destruction. 

“I guess I was less worried about the surfing I’d filmed feeling old,” he tells me. “I didn’t mind sitting on the footage. Skating evolves quickly, but the surfers in this movie are kinda just timeless.”

Yi-Wo stretches to around 80-minutes. It features Dave Rastovich, Ryan Burch, Craig Anderson, Lauryn Hill, Trevor Gordon, Alex Knost, Joel Tudor, Karina Rozunko, and a handful of others. It does not feature a single clip played in real time.

“If you don’t have an attention span, you’re fucked,” laughs Thomas. “Everything is slow paced. This is our life, and it’s beautiful. If you can’t honor this experience, get the fuck outta here,” he grins. “I’ve always believed in long cuts. Always. I like watching people drop in. I like watching their whole wave.”

“It’s really hard for me to be interested in making short clips for social media, it’s just not how I see things,” continues Thomas. “And I can tell by the metrics that’s slow, long-form cuts aren’t exactly what people are interested in, but that’s the kind of song that I play. And regardless of whether people are interested in those kind of songs, I’m going to still play ‘em. That’s what I like. So I may be phasing myself out, but at least I’ll be doing it the way I want to.

After watching a screening of the film, we highly recommend you take some time out of your September to go watch it live. 

Before becoming available online for purchase, Yi-Wo will be doing a premiere tour over the next few weeks. Read below for all dates, and book tickets at the respective websites.