Edward Norton, Ian Cairns, Mark Richards, Michael Tomson, Peter Townend ...( see more  see more... ) , Shaun Tomson , Wayne Bartholomew

During the Winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a cult...( read more  read more... )ure, and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. With a radical new approach and brash colonial attitude, these surfers crashed headlong into a culture that was not ready for revolution.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Jeremy Gosch

Release Date: July 25, 2008

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DVD Release Date: January 13, 2009

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  • March 16, 2009
    Outstanding new surf documentary narrated by Edward Norton featuring great surfing footage and an awesome soundtrack. The film chronicles the the mid-70's rise of the first pro-surfers, Bartholomew, Tomson, Cairns, Townend, Richards & Tomson and how they brought their aggresive A...( read more)ustralian & South African surfing styles to a still much very laid back Hawaii only to eventually clash tragically with the local Native Soul Surfing legends of the day. The documentary produced and written by Shaun Tomson features interviews with legendary surfers from yesterday and today and blends an entertaining mix of surf footage, music, and editing. Outstanding movie for fans and non-fans of surfing.
  • January 28, 2009
    Hawaiians will kill yo ass
  • January 18, 2009
    This movie is a surfing documentary about the time the concept of professional surfing was coming in to its own. The story centers on a group of Australian surfers who brought their 3 foot wave surfing techniques to the killer waves of North Shore, Hawaii with spectacular results...( read more). This era is documented by short surfing films with interviews of the Australian surfers. Some of the comments made during the interviews struck me as extremely genuine and moving. In particular, when ?Rabbit? describes his family?s desperate poverty, he says so much by saying so little. I was very impressed. I loved this movie and you will too.

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September 4, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Once or twice - making it all worthwhile - an interviewee touchingly chokes up at his own memories, and brims with sudden tears. full review

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