Set between 1962 and 1974 this traces the story of three buddies from adolescent surfing champs to post-Vietnam trauma. As the times change they find their youth is lost until one vital Wednesday in 1974 when there is a Big Swell and they hit the waves again, superb. find out more...

A veritable history of surf, its culture and its derring-doers. Surfers Greg Noll, Jeff Clark, Kelly Slater, Laird Hamilton et al, discuss the thrills, the dangers, the waves, the boards, the irresistable need to conquer nature and each other. The waves we're talking about are predominately in Hawaii, The North Shore, Makaha, Peahi and California, especially the extremely dangerous Mavericks near San Francisco. We learn about the history of riding big waves all the way thru' to the modern tow-in find out more...