Red Bull’s Now Days follows six elite young female surfers across the globe — a breakthrough film redefining the future of women’s surfing. Photo: Arto Saari//Red Bull Content Pool
When surf historians of the future study the post-COVID era of surfing in the 2020s, wondering when the floodgates opened for women’s progression, they’ll point to Now Days as a key timestamp. Red Bull’s new release, starring a young, up-and-coming generation of female surfers, sets a new trajectory for where the women’s pursuit is headed in the years ahead.
In the film, Caroline Marks, Caity Simmers, Molly Picklum, Sierra Kerr, Erin Brooks, and Sky Brown travel the world to surf perfect waves in idyllic locations like Indonesia, Tahiti, South Africa, and Mexico. Not a new concept by any means, but this film ups the ante where Leave a Message left off. The surfing truly is next level.
Women’s surfing has been discovered and Now Days delves deeper into these surfers’ relationships, and how they navigate a new form of stardom together, despite competing against one another on tour, sometimes heatedly.
Marks told us that the original idea was to make a film about her, but she challenged Red Bull to recruit the most exciting young surfers to join her.
“I pushed really hard for it,” Marks said. “My biggest things were having the best surfers, really good music, and really good people behind it.”
The film is an instant classic in the pantheon of high-performance films — new combinations of airs, criminally smooth style, and consequential tubes. It’s a blueprint for young girls, and boys, around the world to use as a baseline and template for their surfing.
“Hopefully, it makes a huge impact on the next generation and everyone that watches it, guys, girls, whatever,” Marks said.
