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Plot: SURFWISE follows the odyssey of 85-year-old, legendary surfer Dr. Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, his wife Juliette, and their nine children—all of whom were home-schooled on the beaches of Southern Californi...( read more  )a, Hawaii, Mexico and Israel; they surfed every day of their lives, and were forced to adhere to a strict diet and lifestyle by their passionate and demanding, health-conscious father.

In the mid-1950s Dorian Paskowitz was a successful doctor living the good life in the territory of Hawaii, until two devastating divorces and the realization that he had no interest in money or status caused him to completely upend his life. Dorian dropped his practice and traveled to Israel for a year where he lived among the Bedouins and developed a lifelong obsession with a healthy diet. He introduced surfing to Israel and became a hero in the burgeoning Tel Aviv beach scene. Returning to the States, he met his wife Juliette, and the rest was history. They fell madly in love, steered clear of society, lived out of a tiny camper on the beach, and had 7 sons in rapid succession: David, Jonathan, Abraham, Israel, Moses, Adam, and Salvador Daniel. Then they had one daughter, Navah, and their ninth child, Joshua.

The children were raised in the Jewish tradition, complete with Shabbat on the beach every Friday night. But that’s where similarities with a normal societal upbringing end. Doc’s absolute determination was to raise his children according to the strictest standards of nature. They ate only organic and/or raw foods with no sugar or fat. Their community was their family. They didn’t need money or have to pay bills or taxes. Their home was anywhere the crowded camper was parked.

What happens to eight brothers and a sister that are raised under such extraordinary circumstances? SURFWISE is the story of a man who pursued his dreams and dragged his family along for the wild ride.

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  May 7, 2008

  SURFWISE tells the story of Dorian Paskowitz, a Stanford medical grad who threw a life of material wealth and fame in the medical field away for his family and for the chance to surf every day for the rest of his life. Imagine selling all your belongings and cramming your nine kids and your wife into a camper, and then setting out to live a life on the road, stopping only to surf the open seas wth your eight sons and daughter at your side. What would happen along the way, what challenges would arise, and what would the consequences be of living such a life as that? The film does not gloss over the drama that would undoubtlingly befall a family under such unordinary circumstanctes, and it mostly holds back in its worship of such a lifestyle by showing how the Paskowitz children have faired in life now that they are all grown up, and trying to make a living without any formal education. The most amazing special effect in the film is definatley the crashing waves and those who would dare risk to ride them. It is there that the gracefullness and ferocity of nature is revealed and courageous people try to escape for only a moment, the life of responsibility and consequence that we all must face at one point in our lives or another. The heart of this film is fashioned in a father's enduring love for his family, and though he is by no means perfect, some might even say he's crazy, his motivation for leading his family on such an adventure, with its fair share routed in selfishness and control, is founded in some true senses of love and carying. Any surfer should find this film both interesting and enjoyable.

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  May 5, 2008

  I really enjoy this one surprsingly, And if you take the chance you will be surprised too. Surfwise is more Surfwise is much more than a surfing movie. It chronicles the amazing journey of "Doc" Paskowitz, his nine kids and his beautiful and understanding wife Juliette. After two failed marriages, the doc packs up his "normal" life and goes Bohemian, living off the earth while teaching people how to surf. The highly religious man meets his life partner in Juliette and they immediately start having kids - one after the other. But that's where the normalcy ends. They travel around the country in a 24' cramped trailer ? all eleven of them, eating healthy, the kids getting home schooled, surfing everyday, and staying below the radar from truant officers. To make money, the Paskowitz' start a surf school and "Doc" would occasionally take low-level medical positions. Surfwise was just great because it was a amazing movie about family and the belief of staying together and living as one. The best thing about this one is that you really start to fall in love and enjoy this unusual but funny family and you really stop looking at this as a documentary but as a great story of people close to you.

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  Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz M.D.
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  Juliette Paskowitz
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  David Paskowitz
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  Jonathan Paskowitz
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  Abraham Paskowitz
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  Israel “Izzy” Paskowitz

• Rated: (R)
• Directed by: Doug Pray
• Genres: Documentary
• Released: May 9, 2008
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