Jack McCoy presents the 20th anniversary of Blue Horizon – remastered and on the road

Following the major success of The Occumentary tour, Jack McCoy is heading back on the road this April / May with his film Blue Horizon.

Dave ‘Rasta’ Rastovich and an all start cast to help celebrate the film, and honour the memory of one of the greatest surfers of all time, Andy Irons.

The cult classic film follows the journeys of two of the world’s best surfers of the time, both whom chose a different path to the pinnacle of surfing – Rasta chose to escape the spotlight in as a free surfer in search for perfect waves across every corner of the globe, whilst Irons became the most famous surfer on the planet by plying his trade on the ASP World Tour. 

Incredibly, McCoy began shooting the feature film in 2002 and captured Irons’ treble of World Titles and the incredibly intense rivalry he shared with Kelly Slater which reached boiling point when Irons took down Slater in the final event of the year at Pipeline to claim the 2003 World Title.

The anniversary of the film couldn’t come at a more relevant time with recent world champions John John Florence and Stephanie Gilmore stepping away from professional surfing to focus on free surfing and cultural exploration.

“When I came up with the concept of the film, I wanted to show the audience the two distinct paths in professional surfing. It was ultimately the ying and yang of surfing and I not only had two of the best surfers to ever do it, but two of the most unique characters I’ve come across in my life. The end result was magic, I couldn’t of scripted it better.” Says McCoy

“Andy has always held a special place in my heart and I wanted to do something to honour his legacy and what better way than to showcase the amazing drive and determination it took to become world champion. Not once, not twice, but three times in a row.” Says McCoy

The film won many awards including the 2004 Surfer Movie of The Year and became one of the highest grossing films of all time after McCoy, Rasta and Irons toured 10 countries, 156 screenings in front of over 88 000 people.

“I’m stoked to have the opportunity to get back on the road with Jack and re live some of the great times that we shared. That was truly one of the best periods of my life and it’s going to be amazing to share the experience on the big screen with everyone.” says Rastovich

McCoy will be doing his trademark talk story presentation prior to the movie where he’ll shows unseen footage and stories from throughout the production and their career working together.

They’ll be joined by some of Andy’s closest friends and fellow ASP competitors such as Mark Occhilupo, Taj Burrow, Jake Paterson, Nathan Hedge, Phil McDonald, Paul ‘Antman’ Paterson with more to be announced. 

11 x World Champions Kelly Slater has also confirmed he’ll also make an appearance at the shows that his schedule allows to share an insight into what will go down as one of the biggest rivalries in surfing history!

To purchase tickets, head to www.jackmccoy.com

 -  News from Luke Campbell

TOUR SCHDULE:

Wed, April 23: Luna Palace Leederville

Thurs, April 24: Gage Roads Freo, Fremantle

Sat, April 26: Arts Margaret River

Wed, May 7: The Astor, St Kilda

Fri, May 9: Reading Cinema Waurn Ponds, Geelong

Sat, May 10: Lorne Theatre

Wed, May 14:  Avoca Theatre

Thurs, May 15: The Ritz, Randwick

Fri, May 16:  Hayden Orpheum, Cremorne

Sat, May 17: Gala Cinema, Wollongong 

Thurs, May 22: Balter Brewery, Currumbin

Fri, May 23:  Lennox Head Community Centre

Sat, May 24: Nambour Cinema, Sunshine Coast