Chad Campbell

"A Common Thread" is an action documentary showcasing the lives and talents of a diverse group of surfers throughout the world. From the perfect rights at jeffery's bay to the shifty pits at pipeline, it follows various characters ranging from top professionals to the surfing stockbroker. "A Common Thread" is an artful production that captures the powerful allure and passion of surfing as a lifestyle. Starring: Rob Machado, Taylor Easley, Simon Nicholson, Keli Campbell, Ian Walsh, Maz Quinn, CJ Kanuha, and Shane Dorian. Also featuring: Chad Campbell, Cully Chestnut, Darieus Legg, Peter Nicholson, Travis Logi, Sean Holmes, Taj Burrow, Kelly Slater, Mick Fanning, Conan Hayes, Jordy Brough, Casey Brown, Tonino Benson, Jared Willaford, Andy Irons, Tory Barron, Tamayo Perry, Branden Dias and Bruce Irons.

Chad Campbell, an expert surfer discovers a mysterious surfboard on the big island of Hawaii. The retro board provides only a phone number and an email address as clues to its origin, leading Chad to accidentally uncover a central-coast California surf legend. The man they call, "Stoker".

The Billabong surf movie based on the life of Shane Dorian and titled "The Blueprint" is an action documentary, 45 minutes in length, directed by Chad Campbell, showcasing Dorian's unique explosive brand of surfing in Hawaii, Tahiti, Indonesia, Australia, and Fiji. "The movie has really, really current stuff from the past six months. I started filming right before I went on the Billabong Odyssey training camp up on the Oregon Washington border", stated Shane Dorian. Along with Dorian, the movie features surfing by Conan Hayes, Kelly Slater, the Irons brothers, Taj Burrow, Pat O'Connell, Dan Malloy, Sunny Garcia, Taylor Knox, Ross Williams, Rob Machado, Brian Pacheco, Mick Fanning, Kalani Robb, Benji Weatherley, and Donavon, plus interviews with Dorian and others. "The Blueprint" is Campbell's second time in the director's chair. His first effort, titled "the 5th Symphony Document," won the 2001 Surfer Magazine "Video of the Year" award.