Favorite surf movie

nice, have to say searching for Tom Curren, one of the best flicks made to date

his one legged top turn / tail bust out?....soooooo ahead of its time

 

here's Tom Curren's bit from 5'5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQO9DLLyybw
so good

 

You gotta figure this is one of the most influential surf movies ever made. How many guys ditched their long boards for a sweet 7'6" single fin "shortboard"? I sported a puka shell necklace at the age of 12 ( circa 1972), and lusted for long haired hippy chicks in french bikinis ( who didn't?). How bout Reno! He was The Man at the '75 Smirnoff held in huge surf. Totally "primo" footage with that Uncle Cid kinda feeling. Thanks for the trip bro!

 

North Shore all the way! He so Haole he don't even know he's Haole! Nah for real I would say either 5 Summer Stories or Ride a White Horse, Last Hope or maybe Bustin Down the Door.

 

shelter & litmus were both pretty influential for me...both helped me break out of the chippy thruster mold & look at other designs.
searching for tom curren is right up there as well.

 

You guys know I love North Shore. Cheesy as it is. What do you expect from the mid-80's? Nia Peeples, so hot for 1987. I'm headed back to AZ next weekend and would love the GPS coordinates of Rick's comp wave pool. I swear I saw Chandler killing it at Little Compton RI in July on a LB, and he seems to have not aged in nearly 30 years!

Bustin Down the Door is so good. How the Aussies talk about surfing 8+ hours a day with the intent to be the best there was, that just pumps you up. Then when it gets gnarl how they were held captive in the hotel and only allowed to surf certain times and breaks. B.A.

The middle 3 that rcarter mentions, haven't seen those but I'll have to because I'll watch any surf film. No matter how long or short, good or bad. I will watch any surf film. Even Blue Crush 2, no homo. Gotta watch them all. Every last one of them. Those 3 he notes are probably far better than low-end though.

All the stand-by flicks are great like Big Wednesday. Point Break we all know is immortal. Riding Giants and Step Into Liquid are of course keepers and great documentaries. LOD is at least part surf film and has to be included in any respectable video anthology. In God's Hands gets a lot of crap but I think it's great, especially all the DOH walls young Shane tears up.

Drift is a new one that everyone should see and for the critics of Chasing Mavs, I'd love to see them have the same criticism of Drift. Had a great plot, acting, and solid budget to support all facets of production and quality. Chasing Mavs I will watch any day, if nothing else than to see a 49-year ripe Elisabeth Shue still look smoking and in a Leaving Las Vegas type of way.

For shorts, No Filter is my favorite, especially since it's hard to find top notch goofy footage. Any Taylor Steele is good in my book and Stranger Than Fiction is his best. It's a superb mix of satirical comedy, epic footage of so many top dudes, and dope soundtrack. Fair Bits is a keeper as we know. Need more AI in flicks.

Thicker Than Water and September Sessions are on my list of need to watch. Gonna have to buy them since I can't find them on the web or On-Demand.

Storm Chaser series is great and those frothing brahs are something else.

Several of the others mentioned in this thread are ones I've not seen and sound to be on the documentary end with specific angles on surfing that are well worth watching.

Gotta see the Curran flick!

 

Curren, not Curran, goddammit!

Tim Curran is a douchey hipster while Tom Curren is the mysto man, riding a board without your sponsor (or any) logo in the Haleiwaa contest?! what a mad c*nt!

Ive also seen lost at sea over 300 times, but who is counting

 

Two completely different era's, but Morning of the Earth has some awesome surfing and footage, and RunMan 69 take me right back to my youth, all punk rock, insane surfing and skating hijinx.

 

Shelter, the seedling and sprout, siestas and olas are my favorites. Riding giants and step into liquid are both cool but are more documentary like. The endless summer is a classic. Also has anyone seen surfs up? That Disney movie with surfing penguins. For a child's movie it's pretty on point from a surfing point of view.

 

Damn I forgot about In God's Hands! Young Shane and Kalani rippin it up, then Kalani goes all mental from malaria at the beach party! Good movie for sure! Oh and speaking of beach parties how about Frankie and Anette in Back to the Beach, now there is some hot surfing plus you get to see Lori Loughlin (Uncle Jesse's wife in Full House and the chick in the BMX movie RAD) in a nighty!

 

That's how I feel about SI. For a child's forum it's pretty on point from a surfing point of view.

Ho brah, you don't gots to be explaining who Lori Loughlin is. C'mon now. Have mercy.

 

Some of the young'ns here might not know here. I had the biggest crush on her in Rad!

 

Bali High. Peter McCabe, Tommy Carroll, Larry Blair, Produced by Stephen Spaulding. 1981. Classic flick.
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Stephen Spaulding surfs monterey area, hes the man!

 

Man.... I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Surfers the Movie Take 2". There are so many good surf flicks but this one always stands out to me. I have watched it damn near a hundred times! I don't care who you are, when Neil Young starts siingin "long may you run" at the end, it'll make a grown man cry! That movie really is comprised of all the elements. It is older but still holds.

Of course "Beyond Blazing Boards"! I think the opening seen where young Tommy Curren does a two air is just classic! He was only a teen in that movie!

I'm also a big fan of the Momentum series. The Momentum videos were really ground breaking vids at the time. Surfing was really advancing during that time.

I love all surf movies though. If there's a wave or beach etc... I'll watch it.

 

I gotta disagree rcarter, in gods hands might have been the worst surf movie made in the last 20 years, but then again opinions are like armpits and most em stink

 

and here is LL in her autumn years and milfey glory

 

"In God's Hands" hands down..... one of the worst! Sorry guys. What's his face surely wasn't winning a Emmy for that performance!

They should have just stuck to the normal surf flick format and it would have been better.

 

The North Shore. Hands-down brah. So many quotes from that film, it's redonk. Mia Peebles was a f***king box in that movie too. Aww shoots, brah, how about Turtle? Nobody listened to Turtle. Plus, that fight scene on the beach when Rick gets into it with that punk Hui kid. That sand in the face trick actually works in a pinch. Gooooood ah? I make this pig jerky myself.