
OK so I just came across this film by scowering Netflix instant streaming movies for anything surf related. I didn't think much of it just added it to my queue and got around to watching it a week later (today)
I was BLOWN AWAY by this movie! Why didn't anyone tell me? I called my dad up whos a surfer too and he said he remembers going to see it in theaters in '78. I was pissed he never told me about it and it took me this long to discover. Mind you I'm only 29 and this movie came out 4 years before I was born. The acting, the emotional connection you get from watching these three friends growing up and dealing with things like alcoholism and the draft and growing old to the younger more flashy short boarders like Gerry Lopez on his radical new Lightning Bolt boards. And of course Gary Busey is just as crazy as he always is!
Man I even teared up a few times. And you can tell its made by real surfers not some hoakie hollywood slap in the face cheap movie either. If you haven't seen this movie (which I'm sure most of you have damnit!) then find it on netflix instant streaming or on amazon or somewhere and check it out.....GREAT MOVIE!!!
Endless Summer 1 & 2 and Point Break (ya ya whatever I'll always like point break) were always my favs growing up but I gotta say this is my new favorite movie that's an actual movie involving surfing....
-Tim