Tiffany Campbell & Andria Lessler
celebration of freedom and it’s really empowering—how did you branch out beyond just showing the actual surfing footage?
Tiffany: All that’s out there is shortboarding movies about women, and I think [shortboarding] is really intimidating. Not many women are going to pursue it if they want to get in the water. There is more than one way to experience the ocean, so we wanted to open up different avenues and show these women who have a very normal side. They’re not superheroes, but at the same time they are extraordinary people, so you can really relate to them. First, we want you to be able to relate to them as people, then, “Wow, they’re doing that and they’re not that different from me! I can be a bodysurfer, or I can sail, or I can be a longboarder or a shortboarder.”
Andria: We wanted girls to see the all the possibilities.
Julie: How did Villa Villa Cola’s focus shift from skate to surf?
Photo: Tiffany Campbell
