{"id":1519,"date":"2026-06-18T08:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:35:07","slug":"adaptive-surfer-spotlighted-at-inaugural-wailuku-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1519","title":{"rendered":"Adaptive surfer spotlighted at inaugural Wailuku Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; A short film about Josh Bogle, a quadruple amputee who was the first to surf and stand on prosthetic legs, will be screened at the first Wailuku Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1517\">Thieves target temporary water meters across Oahu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinding True North\u201d explores how surfing changed his life and his perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurfing saved my life,\u201d Bogle said in the film. \u201cBeing a quad amputee, I lost all that muscle and balance, and it took a few years to get it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery doctor said he was going to die,\u201d director Matty Schweitzer told Hawaii News Now. \u201cHis heart has stopped multiple times and he truly feels like the ocean has saved him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Schweitzer said he was immediately drawn to Bogle\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest thing that you notice is he\u2019s got a bigger smile than anybody else, and that\u2019s the biggest thing that captivated me,\u201d Schweitzer said. \u201cThe second I started talking to him, there was just this infectious energy and gratitude for life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schweitzer spent months with Bogle, capturing his journey on and off the water, including moments Schweitzer said took time for Bogle to open up about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, most of us know when a camera gets on us, it\u2019s easy to get sheltered and it took a few months for all of a sudden him to really open up about his story, open about his life and be honest with some of the things he\u2019s gone through,\u201d Schweitzer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s just this true golden light is when somebody\u2019s soul steps up and says, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m gonna help you out,\u2019\u201d Bogle said. \u201cI can see that things aren\u2019t quite working well for you, but we\u2019re gonna make some dreams happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1515\">Kona coffee proving popular \u2014 with shoplifters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schweitzer has two films in the festival. He also worked on the award-winning documentary \u201cLahaina Rising,\u201d which is being spotlighted as a jury selected feature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinding True North\u201d falls in the Watersports Shorts category, and Schweitzer said he\u2019s glad Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s watersports scene is getting the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that they\u2019re putting up this platform for athletes, for people that practice it every day and for filmmakers,\u201d Schweitzer said. \u201cI\u2019m really grateful that Wailuku Film Festival put in this category to really showcase the talent that we have here in Maui, not just with filmmakers and artists, but with athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Bogle\u2019s story is one of resilience, and Schweitzer said he hopes the film helps anyone struggling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGratitude is the biggest thing in the world that creates joy and happiness and once you find your gratitude in life, I think, your entire life changes and Josh is a really great example of that,\u201d Schweitzer said.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch \u201cFinding True North,\u201d along with \u201cSweet Spots\u201d and \u201cThe Sea &amp; She,\u201d Saturday at noon at Iao Theater.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1513\">City provides update on years-long Kuhio Beach Park bathroom closure<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFinding True North,\u201d a short film about surfer and quadruple amputee Josh Bogle, screens Saturday as part of the Wailuku Film Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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