ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Arsen filming at Pavones, Costa Rica. Photo: Keith Novosel.

Arsen Brzostek has been surfing since his early teenage years. His love for the sport grew, meanwhile the surfing lifestyle naturally became an essential element of his soul. Arsen’s residence on the "wave-scarce" west coast of Florida fueled his surf-hungry craving. Consequently, traveling was the only gratifying alternative during the wave famines normally associated with the Gulf of Mexico. Arsen traveled extensively throughout Costa Rica, California, Caribbean and Florida scoring some incredible surf sessions along the way. He dreamed of combining his life of surfing together with his passion for story telling.

Born in Poland in 1973, Arsen escaped communist rule with his parents when he was a young child. Moving through Austria in search of a political asylum camp, they sought refuge under the country’s amnesty. The United States awarded him and his family political asylum and they moved to New York City in 1977. After two trying years his parents moved the family to Florida's Tampa Bay area where he resides today.

His formal studies on Commercial Art brought him to establish Green Dot Design, a creative firm, to provide an outlet for his talents allowing businesses to benefit from his style of designing classic advertising and marketing tools. His love for graphic design has led Arsen to produce some remarkable projects for such world class clients as Motorola, Disney, Esso Oil, Burger King, just to name a few. Traveling the road of graphic art has lead him to his most impassioned pursuit yet.

Arsen has studied art in its many forms all through his life. Recent creative journeys have taken him deep into the remote jungles of Costa Rica's Southern Zone to document a group of friends and family traveling and surfing together while experiencing an extraordinary adventure. This was featured in Arsen's debut film "Jungle Juice: Surfing Adventure In Costa Rica's Southern Zone". "Going With The Flow: Classic California Soul Surfing" is his second film and takes you along an incredible journey into the rich surfing heritage of Southern California with Jesse Timm and Kevin Connelly as well as Legends Linda Benson, Lance Carson, LJ Richards, Henry Ford, Hank Warner as well as the son of Dewey Weber, Cory Weber. "Going With The Flow: Surfing Costa Rica's Breaks" Arsen's third film and second in the Going With The Flow series takes you on an adventure featuring some of the best longboarding ever captured in a surf film. Both Kevin and Jesse meet and surf with Author/Screenwritter/Author, Allan Weisbecker and experience all the adventure and misadventure one would expect on such an epic surf trip.

Arsen has spent most of his life searching for a creative outlet which would allow all of his talents to be utilized. His passion for the art of story telling has driven him to produce this fine example of cinematic art – Going With The Flow. Arsen’s continual research into surfing’s history and his experience with surf cultures from around the world combined with his love for adventure helped him identify the universal elements unique to both surfers and travelers in search of substance and soul.

Arsen plans to produce future Going With The Flow surf film projects featuring the combined style and grace of Jesse Timm and Kevin Connelly.