From surfing pioneer Jeff Hakman carving up Honolua Bay in Hal Jepsen's 1969 film "Cosmic Children" to Kelly Slater and Rob Machado shredding Lance's Right in Indo in Jack Johnson's 1999 "September Sessions," the world of surf films boast more than a few highlights.

So surf documentarian Ira Opper and writer Matt Warshaw put together prime footage from the best sessions caught on film over the last 30 years to create "Ultimate Sessions," which premieres today at NextDoor in Chinatown.

The screening is part of the 10th anniversary of the O'ahu Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, a grass-roots, nonprofit environmental organization that works to protect our oceans, waves and beaches.

The event, which costs $10, features a silent auction and raffle with such prizes as an 'ukulele signed by Johnson and a new T&C surfboard. But it's the movie that will take center stage.

Witness the first session at Uluwatu on Bali, courtesy of Albert Falzon's 1972 "Morning of the Earth" and the epic Pipeline tube duel between Shaun Tomson and Mark Richards in Bill Delaney's 1975 "Free Ride."

The movie "is an anthology of the evolution of both the surf film and surfing itself," Opper said in a statement. "I would like the audience to leave the theater experiencing the sport's more incredible sessions."

If "Ultimate Sessions" doesn't leave you sated, surf movie fans have another option tomorrow, when Billabong surf movie "Free as a Dog" screens as a fundraiser for Keep the North Shore Country at the Hawai'i Theatre. This one also ends up with an after-party at NextDoor.

Reach Catherine E. Toth at ctoth@honoluluadvertiser.com.