Last weekend being as the surf was dead flat, i caught a couple surf films. Both of them were documentary style–Surf Wise and Bra Boys. One is about crazy jewish surfers and the other about crazy aussie surfers. Surfers are crazy!
Surf Wise was easily one of the better movies i’ve seen in a while. It’s about a doctor that pretty much says ‘fuck it’ and bails on his career and life–packs his family into a mobile home, travel and surfs. Its a great story and full of humor that catches you off guard. Something about 90 year old guys cussing just cracks me up. It’s playing at the Varsity on the Ave in the U District till this coming thursday (6/5). Check it out. Varsity Theater. Here’s a trailer: LINK
Bra Boys is about a family of Australian surfers and the “heavy shit” that goes down where they grew up in Maroubra . Good story, but Surf Wise blew this on outta the water. Bra Boys is playing at the Regal 16 downtown. Here’s a trailer: LINK
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June 2nd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
you would be crazy too if you were forced to live in a 24ft motor home with 11 family members and had to listen to your mom and dad humping right next to you…your entire childhood. the movie was definitely as entertaining as it gets. 2 thumbs waaay up.
…i think i may of surfed with ‘grandpa’ in santa cruz, maybe 5+ ago..? long time ago but i’ll never forget how this SUPER old, SUPER sun baked, wrinkled guy with no wetsuit paddled right up next to me. it was a small sunny summer day, so i peddled the cruiser with my 9″4′ single fin beast on the rack down to cals. i was the only one out in cals trunken it (probably anywhere in the area) with around 30 other tourist/beginners. then came grandpa. he just smiled as everyone’s jaws dropped, including mine when they saw him charging it. him and i just traded waves. i was so blown away by the guy. he was telling me about solid redwood boards he use to ride in the 1940’s and thats pretty much all i can remember about our conversation. never saw him again.
now that i’m thinking about it, its all starting to come back. it friggin was him. awesome.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
going to go see this tonight!
do to the kids still surf?