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Tasty waves and a cool buzz and an Oil Tanker!

posted 20 years ago by Bob__Loblaw
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Pretty cool movie with some great off-beat locations. The scenes in Ireland, Wisconsin and the Oil tanker surfing were fun. The one about surfing 100 miles off the coast of San Diego on the Cortez Bank was jaw dropping.
I liked how the makers approached the idea of surfing being about the people having fun. Big waves not needed, just a big heart on for the waves no matter how big, small, choppy or smooth.

"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing at all"

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[–] golfguy-1 19 years ago

Hey catfight-1 or whatever name you gots up there whats the deal bro? I mean to say whats with u saying- Yeah there is a brotherhood in surfing, but why pretend it's something it's not? Are you tryin to say something so little cant bring a difference of religon to a close for grade-schoolers? If you are i think your wrong bro most of those little kids were probably so happy to get out of the house where their parents are teaching them to hate their people n ot even 50 miles away so surfing does have brotherhood weather it be SURFING its self, like the lifestyle, or wether it be surfing the pastime where people alike and different can enjoy the surf, but whatever everyone is entitled to their own opinion i just dont know why negative ones gotta be so widespread!

[–] generalleoff 19 years ago

We do freighter surfing near Detroit. The heavy great lakes iron ore freighters create nice presure waves when they come into the channel in Lake St Clair heading twords the Detroit River. The ship captains that know people surf there wake when they hit the channel will sometimes bend the rules and hit the channel a bit faster then they should to create a bigger wave.

If yer lucky enough and the conditions are right you can ride a 4 - 6 foot wave for 1/4 mile on a damn lake. It's awsome :)

[–] spookyrat1 10 years ago

We do freighter surfing near Detroit.

That is so hard core dude! Keep powering!

[–] mgofriends 19 years ago

I loved the part with Dale Webster in NorCal...That guy has been surfing EVERY DAY for 30 years. Intense.

[–] MovieBro 19 years ago

I love this movie cus it shows no matter who you are or where you are in surfing you can have fun and feel stoke. I live in Santa Cruz and know some of the Pro's in this film. This movie shows everything that is great about the sport and certainly has brought more respect to the sport and those in it.

Not to mention bring more people into the water.But I guess surfing becoming mainstream isnt absolutely a positive thing.

Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God.

[–] MrBigglesworth999 12 years ago

I agree, having fun is everything.

Also surfing has that egalitarian quality to it. Occasionally I'll meet Layne Beachley surfing one of my local breaks in Sydney. Other than for the fact that she can extract more out of a wave than us commoners she's really just one of the crew with a natural friendliness and with no airs or graces.

Compare that to any other ex-world champion like say Tiger Woods who requires an entourage wherever he goes.