John Lynch

Since he shot his first film in the ninth grade, John Lynch has lived by one motto: go surfing and enjoy life. That love of the ocean — and of exploration — has carried him around the world, and it’s the same spirit he pours into every Glas film. He’s spent a lifetime chasing waves and the stories that surround them, always inviting the rest of us to live a little further beyond the lines society draws.

Today he lives a tri-coastal life, splitting his time between the North Shore of O’ahu, Los Angeles, and Melbourne, Florida.

In 1995, just two years out of high school, John and David Genchi made Flail — a movie they were sure no one would take seriously. Back then, the East Coast got zero respect. Yet its fickle, gutless surf was quietly sharpening some of the best surfers on earth. With a blistering ’90s soundtrack, the VHS sold in Japan, Europe, and Tower Records from New York to L.A. The sequel, You Flail Two, leaned all the way into the sarcasm — a wink at a moment when everyone took themselves far too seriously.

Thirty years later, both films are remastered and back. This fall, John and longtime collaborator Joel Cohen are taking the double feature on an East Coast tour from Florida to Maine, tracing the migration path of the endangered North Atlantic right whale.