Step into a beautiful world.
I never truly appeciated the beauty and art of surfing until Dana Brown and the Maverick crew showed how awesome it can be. This film presents the surfing world as a place of fun and harmony, where people take things just seriously enough to be respected, but not so seriously that they become a clique. These are athletic artists, who, while they may not all have a way with words, certainly have a way on the water. Dana Brown certainly has a way with words and pictures, weaving story after story together to present a lifestyle filled with smiles.
The images are breathtaking, one after another, and even I, who have a fear of water and the things with big teeth that live there, can feel the lure of the board. Unlike other sports, where the next guy down the run can basically follow your tracks or run in your footsteps, surfing involves acts that can never truly be duplicated. Each wave that rolls overhead or crashes to the shore is unique, and while each surfer may do something similar, they will never experience the same wave. Nature keeps remaking the surface, so everyone has an individual experience.
The soundtrack is outstanding - both the original music and the compilations are fun and catchy. This is a film you can have playing at a party, and people will enjoy just listening or watching a bit here and there.
This has become one of my favourite movies, and I love sharing it with people who have never seen it. Even the skeptics end up glued to the screen, and often want to borrow it to watch it again. Like surfing itself, this film is addictive.
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