Newport Beach's Chad Towersey has released his third surf film, Sons of Sickness on DVD through distributor Mutiny Media, Inc. Billed as "A Surf Flick Generating Radness Globally" and featuring Newp's own wunderkind Andrew Doheney on the boxcover, Sons of Sickness clocks in at an astounding (for surf videos) hour-plus of surfing footage.
"Organically created" by Chad Towersey and featuring a rogue cast of surfers filmed on location in Panama, California, Australia, Mexico, Cabo, Hawaii, Indo, Costa Rica and more, Sons of Sickness returns us to the days of epic surf videos like the original ...Lost movies (What's Really Goin' On, What's Really Goin' Wrong, The Decline) and the fabled Snapping Turtle Productions' releases Voluptuous and Voluptous 2 (currently out of circulation).
Towersey is no stranger to stuffing as many minutes of high-performance surfing into a video as possible. His prior releases, SNAPT and SNAPT 2: The Next Hit, co-produced with former Potent Productions partner Logan Dulien were both on the order of an hour or so, plus bonus footage.
Chad is a high-profile figure, both in his hometown and internationally. The 28 year-old N.B. native has spent time on both sides of the camera. A graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in TV production, Towersey hosted Fox Sports Net's popular "54321". His brother, Punker Pat Towersey was a longtime Volcom team rider who recently hung up his Billabong sponsorship to join forces with RVCA as their team manager (ironically, replacing Chad's old Potent Productions partner Logan Dulien in this position).
Sons of Sickness premiered March 29th, 2008 at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano and featured hipster Alex Knost's band, The Japanese Motors along with Orange County favorite The Pricks. While I spent a lot of time behind a bottle at this event, the energy in the room was killer and the kids (I think I can get away with that now that I'm 38) were stoked.
Sons of Sickness features many of the surfers that Chad loves to point a camera at--and who seem to respond by taking their performance in the water up a notch--including Australia's Asher Pacy and Josh Kerr, Andy and Bruce Irons, Dustin Barca, Chad's bro Pat Towersey, Gorkin, Fanning, Parko and Dean Morrison. Also featured are some newer faces, including James Lovett, Bol, Alex Knost (a little longboard twist and N.B. shout-out) and possibly most significantly Andrew "Droid" Doheney, making his video debut and a big statement. This kid's got quite a career ahead of him; smooth style, tech moves and clean carves--the whole package.
Australia, Panama, Maui, California, Tavarua, Indo, 
East Coast talent, Chris Ward, Danny Fuller and a grip more locations and talent make this surf video a classic Chad Towersey production that will keep you couched, possibly over several sessions. Dump two hours(!) worth of bonus footage on a DVD-9, including a behind-the-scenes look at Andrew Doheney, NorCal segment with Anthony Tashnick, Teddy Navarro and Ryan Carlson flying Huntington Beach's friendly skies, Robby Gordon going mad off-road truck racing, "Brenno" getting stitches in his lower lip (Extreme Close-Ups--ouch!) and Dusty Payne and the boys lighting up Honlua Bay--it's enough to make your head explode.
Suffice it to say that Chad Towersey's done the boys--and his hometown--proud yet again. Sons of Sickness is an apropos title for a feature of this length.
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