Searching for Dillon Perillo by Chapter 11
Dillon Perillo was always a reluctant pro surfer. Uncertain of why he was chosen to be talented enough to travel the world surfing. Guess it was all for us — those who enjoyed his style and skeptical demeanor. He was also always one of the most interesting conversations you could have on a long car ride — pro surfer or not. Sounds like Dane agrees. Searching for Dillon Perillo is a rad ode to one of our favorite former pro surfers and what happened when he took off the Rip Curl and Monster stickers and went back to school to study economics…at UCLA. He still has one of my Italo Calvino books I loaned him and I love that. You can keep it, Dillon. Read Dane’s prologue to the film and enjoy some really good regularfoot surfing.—Travis
From Dane: Dillon’s one of my favorite surfers of all time, but he wouldn’t believe me if I told him that. We travelled together extensively filming for various projects right up to when his sponsors pulled the pin. I was kind of a jerk, when he asked me if Former would sponsor him I said we could use an accountant as a joke. The truth was we were just in no position to sponsor someone as a barely fledging business. Dillon flipped the script and went back to school to study economics. I didn’t see much of him for a few years and when we did see each other I’d make frat boy jokes and I still don’t know if he hated my guts but he says he never hated me when I ask. Hunter and I have been talking about making a ‘Searching for Dillon Perillo’ film for a few years cause he vanished suddenly from the spotlight and obviously it's a parody of one of my favorite films ‘Searching for Tom Curren’ but we’re both huge fans of his surfing and wanted to do a chapter 11 vid on him to update the surf world. Then he came on this trip with us and here we are. I didn’t see Dillon on many waves in person on this trip, I cut my dome during best part of swell and I rarely saw his waves from the front when we did surf together. When I saw the footage I was blown away, not many people surf like this. His style and technical ability are an insane combination. Stoked to showcase his surfing and tell his story, hope you enjoy! - Dane
