Jeremy Gosch's documentary about the origins of professional surfing shines a light on four wave riders – three Australians and a South African – who helped transform a counter-culture life style into a billion-dollar industry.
The film takes its title from a 1976 Surfer magazine article by Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew who, with fellow Australians Peter Townend, Ian Cairns and Mark Richard and South African brothers Michael and Shaun Tomson -- exploded onto a then-lazy surfing scene like a trash-talking whirlwind, showing up native Hawaiian surfers and ushering in a new era of mediagenic, bad board boys. In the process they created a vicious rift betwee...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
95 mins