Ocean Beach Surf Film Festival presents:
An Evening of Music, Conversation, and Film with Ray Barbee and Thomas Campbell
Skateboarder and musician Ray Barbee joins filmmaker and artist Thomas Campbell for a spirited night celebrating their creative relationship, featuring a live musical performance alongside selected film excerpts. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how the two have collaborated across multiple projects and continue to find inspiration as standouts among their peers.
Ray Barbee
Ray Barbee has been known to comment on his life’s endeavors as a sort of “Jack of all trades, master of none.” For those closest to him, this couldn’t be farther from the truth. With a professional skateboarding career that has spanned 36 years, a music career dating back to the release of Triumphant Procession in 2001, and his work over the last decade with his Leica M6 camera, he has continued to curate and create, always with his trademark smile.
Barbee began his skateboarding career in the late 80s, and as he tells it, Stacy Peralta bought him his first guitar after an amateur event. Ray’s guitar playing ability has continued to evolve and develop with a wide breadth of influences. Whether it’s his own solo albums: In Full View and Tiara For Computer, his collaboration with fellow skaters Chuck Treece, Tommy Guerrero, and Matt Rodriguez in the BlkTop Project, his suit wearing days with the Mattson 2, or simply cranking out music for a skate video with John Herndon and his son Nolan, Ray is always down to create great music.
Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with everything Ray’s got cooking. Whether he’s at the skatepark, in the dark room, or at home jamming in his garage, dude is always finding joy in the moment. Little Postcards from Home encapsulates the history, the journey, and the art of being Ray Barbee.