Former Cardiff lifeguard brings Encinitas bodysurfing legend to the big screen

Former Cardiff lifeguard brings Encinitas bodysurfing legend to the big screen

When filmmaker Ian Moore first spotted Mark Drewelow in the lineup at Blacks Beach, the sight was unforgettable. “It was a pretty sizable day,” Moore recalls in a news release. “Mark was taking off on at least a 10-foot wave, holding this beautiful high line and riding the wave to the fullest. Before that, I really only knew bodysurfing at places like Sandys or the Wedge—quick barrel, quick slam. But Mark was surfing. The way he moved, the way h…