Held between Thursday 23rd and Sunday 26th February, with the inauguration at Muxikebarri Getxo in a grand opening gala that reinforced our presence on the Biscayan coast, with the rest of the sessions and activities being held at the Itsasmuseum Bilbao as the permanent and main venue, placing the event in the Biscayan capital, with all that this entails in terms of international projection.

Once again, it was much more than an international surf film festival. The edition has created industrial and economic synergies, bringing surfing closer to the public, as well as facilitating access to culture and sport, promoting female presence and accessibility and raising awareness of sustainability and the environment.

There were online surfing championships, skateboarding championships and exhibitions, an international surfing photography competition with a wide participation and high level, free activities such as surf-skate, viewing of Virtual Reality (VR) or skate films, round tables (on sustainability and adapted sports), audiovisual industry networking, talks and participative workshops, presentation of products and services in the Surf Market and a solidarity fundraiser for the Izurdeak Association of adapted surfing, a member of FEKOOR.

We are consolidating our position as a European and international benchmark, both for professionals in the audiovisual and surfing industry, as well as for fans and the general public. Adding the support of new sponsors and collaborators such as Bilbao City Council, Surf Channel, O’neill, Autonervión… and institutional support through grants from the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, the Basque Government and the NextGenerationEU of the European Union, helping to consolidate the projection and growing impact.