Best Surf Movies (i searched but got nothing useful)

[cito]

Aside from Endless Summer if that's ur thing, the rest is ala Fair Bits. But you mentioned visuals, you looking for HD-DVD/Blu?

[cito]

Is happen to catch the documentary on HDT? Didn't read entire thread, but was stoked when I caught it. JClark at Mavs with Foo tragedy, sick. Check it out, Dogtown/Peralta...sick.

[cito]

Riding Giants was the title...but sick yo and fun as shiz seeing Titus, JLope, Brock etc.

[downarmy]

Endless summer 2 is a great movie

after my fav is

The bruce movie

[Cliff Huckable]

Great list guys - thanks so much.

I got Endless Summer II but found out that it and Endless Summer (and a couple others from the same company) are cut down to "Full Screen" size, as opposed to "Widescreen" - so you get to see, well, some of the movie but far from all.
Even the VHS versions were in widescreen, ffs. Grr.

Why do companies even make "full screen" versions? And why would this one have ONLY a full screen version - especially considering waves are wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide.

[watanabee]

I thought Absolute Mexico was a great film as well. This one and Shades of Bali provided great info on "other" surf scenes in the world and both of them had a really chill feeling, like being in those locations while watching.

[boltonoutlaw]

Morning of the Earth, by Albert Falzon
Framelines, The Free Way, Stepping Stones, by Bali Strickland
Bunyip Dreaming, Occumentary, Blue Horizon, by Jack McCoy
September Sessions, by Jack Johnson
Surfers, by Gotcha
Captain Surf and the Tube Dudes
The Bruce Movie

Falzon's MOTE is cited as the best surf film of all time in many lists. It features debut footage of the Bukit Peninsula (Bali), and the surfing of Michael Petersen. Endless Summer by Bruce Brown is right up there as well and is easily the most popular surf film ever. Brown's son made Step Into Liquid, and Endless Summer II, both pretty good but formulaic, and more goofy storytelling than most can tolerate (unless you are a Warren Miller fan).

McCoy is generally regarded as THE best water cinamatographer in the business and that, combined with a Billabong budget, allows him to make great films. There is a great compilation of his early work here at Surfer Magazine. He may be the inspiration for Bali Strickland, who held an additional camera on McCoy's Blue Horizon and Free As A Dog. However, Strickland takes the work to the next level. Stepping Stones is pure stoke, a must-see for any jaded surf snob, and has a sick soundtrack too. His show reel is here on YouTube. All of his work is highly recommended.

Surfers by Gotcha is a flat-out great history lesson without trying to be. A great film but good luck finding it - it's out of distribution. Captain Surf is not well-known but its claymation, homemade soundtrack, and footage of a young Tom Curren at Rincon makes it a keeper. Video production is horrible!

A great place to buy DVD's is Action Sports Video because they stock hard-to-get items like Falzon's MOTE.

Re: Great visuals + mellow vibe - drop any McCoy or Strickland in the DVD as background and even your non-surfing friends will be fascinated. I play The Free Way muted on the flat screen when interviewing renters for the vacation house and it usually closes the deal.

[cito]

Sweet post yo...where u surf at predominately (i cant spell for shit)? not questioning ur stripes, rather a breath of fresh air, thanks. Did u happen to catch "Riding Giants". Once again thanks for informational post.

[boltonoutlaw]

After a few decades of crappy New England summer surf (MA, RI, NH) I bought a house in Panama near the beach. Riding Giants is good too, but I prefer vids with surf I can visualize myself getting into, not conditions where I would be sh*tting myself on the beach!

[reidando]

First Chapter - The Dane Reynold's Story......every wave of his in this video would be a highlight in other videos

Second Thoughts - Timmy Turner and friends in indo. camping, older and cheap.

Separate Volume - Different, film angles and 16 mm

Free Ride

Tom Curren Documentary - don't remember the name, not "trials to title"

[tuffy109]

Tom Curren Documentary - don't remember the name, not "trials to title"

searching for tom curren?

[Sparky]

I thought the following were pretty fuckin good:

Campaign 2
Step into Liquid
Performing Monkeys

[boltonoutlaw]

Quiksilver's Young Guns titles are good also:
Young Guns II
Young Guns III

[willywhit]

how about the one with Turtle in it ?
yeah , no ?????
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...d.php?t=108429

[boltonoutlaw]

how about the one with Turtle in it ?
yeah , no ?????
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...d.php?t=108429

Maybe?
Rick Kane!
North Shore

[willywhit]

Maybe?
Rick Kane!
North Shore

da kine movie !

After the Hui, led by Vince (surfing legend Gerry Lopez), take his stuff, he fortuitously runs into Turtle (John Philbin). Turtle introduces him to Chandler (Gregory Harrison), a shaper and soul surfer

[boltonoutlaw]

Mo' betta you go now!

[boltonoutlaw]

"When the wave breaks here, don't be there, or you're gonna get drilled..."

[Lakes]

Peel: The Peru Project i thought was pretty decent. Its by Wes Brown the grandson of the original Bruce Brown (endless summer, etc.)

[seanhav]

Osiris's Out of Order is a good flick.

[glax]

BIG Wednesday

[SJP]

My kids started with "Surf's Up".

I've now got them onto what they call The-Real-Surf's-Up...

You know:

Cody = Rick
Chicken Joe = Turtle
Big Z = Chandler
Lani = Liana
Tank = Burkhart

A few dozen more times through The-Real-Surf's-Up and they will be ready for The September Sessions.

[Dudley]

5'9'' by 19 1/4 was sick... lots of "shiny" moves being thrown down... September Sessions was money as well. A favorite was also a movie with K.Slater and crew on the quicksilver boat in the South Pacific... slightly older but probably my favorite. Ill try and dig it out tonight...

[stayalert]

Aside from Endless Summer if that's ur thing, the rest is ala Fair Bits. But you mentioned visuals, you looking for HD-DVD/Blu?

another vote for siestas & olas as the best of the 3 I've seen in the last week....the other 2 being zen & zero and shelter.

[L7]

Surf's up!! Bar none, the best.