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Contact:
Mike Doyle
Director of Outreach
Walking On Water
mike@walkingonwater.com

Phone: 858-509-7977
11772 Sorrento Valley Rd.
Suite 234
San Diego, CA 92121
www.walkingonwater.com


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Powerful new surf film to tour up the East Coast!

San Diego, CA. – San Diego based Christian surf film company Walking On Water (W.O.W) will be premiering its much anticipated new surf film "Walking On Water" up the East Coast on fourteen stop tour. Walking On Water’s previous East Coast tour with its last release "Noah's Arc" was a tremendous success and W.O.W is excited to tour the East Coast again with its latest release.

On the tour will be special guest pro surfers Jesse Hines, Cheyne Cottrell, and Bryan Jennings and at select venues Fuel TV host and pro surfer Matt Beacham and World Campion CJ Hobgood. and Damien Hobgood. There will also be a free concert with guest musicians Josh Garrells, Brad Corrigan, and Jes Mclean. All the premieres will be free and there will be a free prize giveaway.

Walking On Water, the producers of the award winning surf films The Outsiders and Noah’s Arc, invites you to come along on their newest film project and see the world through the eyes of two kids as they embark on the trip of a lifetime. The films two main characters, up and coming surf stars Luke Davis and Tyler Hallen are given the opportunity that most young surfers only dream about. When Bryan Jennings (Founder/Director of Walking On Water) was fourteen years old he was taken on his first surf trip by a local professional surfer. This trip had a lasting effect on his life. In Walking On Water Bryan returns the favor as he takes Tyler and Luke literally around the world in hopes that they too will forever be changed. Along the way they meet up with three-time world champion surfer Tom Curren, teen shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton, top professional surfers C.J. and Damien Hobgood, and many others. Join Luke and Tyler as they travel to Hawaii, Peru, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, and France. In this beautiful and inspiring film, the world becomes their classroom.

In this latest film from Walking On Water, we feel what it's like to be young again, seeing the world for the first time, feeling the excitement the boys feel as they experience a world far different from what they've known. The idea for the film has been in Bryan Jennings' mind for a long time. Jennings explains, "When I was fourteen I was taken on my first surf trip, and it had a huge impact on my life. Since then I have always wanted to return the favor." Shot on various locations, Walking On Water captures the spirit of the kids as they travel the world for the first time and ride waves every surfer dreams about. "Working with Bryan, Tyler and Luke has been so refreshing because I get to become a kid all over again; they have spontaneity for life that is infectious and a simple faith that I hope to portray on the big screen," states Nic McLean, director and videographer of the film.

Walking On Water's previous film, Noah's Arc, was toured internationally in 18 countries. Shown in over 150 cities, it was seen by more than 150,000 people in live attendance. This latest release will be toured internationally as well. Following the U.S. tour, the film will be premiered throughout Australia, New Zealand, Central and South America, South Africa, and Europe. To learn more, visit www.walkingonwaterthemovie.com.

Walking on Water is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization that was founded in 1995 by professional surfer Bryan Jennings. His vision for the organization was to hold overnight Christian surf camps and has since expanded to include film production, as well as world wide film tours and outreaches. The Walking On Water offices are located in San Diego, California. For more information please visit www.walkingonwater.com.

Contact:
Ashley Ratcliff, public relations manager
(858) 245-4373
ashleymratcliff@yahoo.com

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"Walking On Water" Hits the Big Screens Across San Diego: a New, inspirational film walks into the hearts of many.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. From the insightful mind of professional surfer Bryan Jennings comes "Walking On Water", a film that about finding faith on the journey of a lifetime. "Walking On Water" will be shown on Thursday, February 21st at La Paloma Theatre, 471 S. Pacific Coast Highway in Encinitas, at 7 p.m. A screening of the film on Friday, February 22nd takes place at La Jolla High School’s Auditorium, 750 Nautilus St. in La Jolla at 7 p.m.

After a successful East Coast tour of "Walking On Water", the home premiere of the film on Jan. 24 at the Rock Church in San Diego was a huge success, with more than 2,000 people in attendance.

"The response has been incredible from surfers and non-surfers, from young and old ... and everyone loves it. Everyone has said that they really enjoy watching Luke and Tyler [who are the focus of "Walking On Water"], and getting to know them in the movie," he says. "I think everyone just loves watching the surfers. The main response that we get is that it’s a beautiful film and it’s fun to look at the beautiful waves and the beautiful creation throughout the world."

The story behind the story is as powerful as the film itself. Jennings, who himself went on a life-changing trip at 14, pays the lessons he learned forward, taking young surfers Luke and Tyler around the world. "Walking On Water" documents the pair, who experience life while witnessing the ups and downs throughout the world in places like Hawaii, Peru, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa and France.

"I thought it would be so great now that I've grown up and gone through my own challenges in life to bring a couple of kids around the world, and to then make a movie about seeing life through their perspective as they’re going and seeing this world for their first time," Jennings says.

In the process, Jennings says, viewers also gain tremendously from seeing the film, which was released in September 2007.

"I hope the adults in the audience would maybe come away with remembering what it was like to be child," he says. "For the children in the audience, I would hope they would come away with some more mature perspectives on life."

In addition to the larger-than-life presence of Luke and Tyler, World-renowned surfers like three-time World Champion Tom Curren, twin brothers CJ and Damien Hobgood, "soul surfer" Bethany Hamilton and many others star in the film.

Hamilton, who at the age of 13 lost her left arm in a shark attack, overcame adversity, even earning a national title and building upon her success in the pro- ranks. “Through ‘Walking On Water,’” Jennings says, “viewers will gain inspiration from seeing how the courageous 17-year-old turned a negative into a positive.”

"I think it’s great that Bethany is in the movie because she’s been a huge encouragement to the entire world," Jennings says. "Even when things that you don’t understand happen to you in life, you have two choices. One is to get bitter and walk away from God, walk away from your heart's desire to life. [The other] is to walk toward God and say, I don't understand why this happened, but I’m going to trust you and I’m going to keep moving toward my dreams. That’s what Bethany has done ... She’s such a living testimony to hope, even in the midst of dark times."

Having introduced "Walking On Water’s" message to audiences on both coasts across America, Jennings says he’s overwhelmed by the viewers’ support. The film gives all who see it a refreshing perspective on life and religion.

"My favorite part is to see life go on in people's hearts and minds. I think through this movie, people start to understand who God is and how much He loves them in a non-religious way," Jennings says. "I don’t think that God wants us to have this religious relationship with him, He wants us to just have a relationship with him. This movie is kind of a way for people to see who God is in a really special way, through the sport of surfing, through meeting up with people throughout the world in the movie. Just seeing people understand in a new, fresh way who God is and how much he loves them."

For more information about the nonprofit organization Walking On Water and the film with its namesake, log on to www.walkingonwater.com. To view the "Walking On Water" trailer, visit www.walkingonwater.com/themovie.