1969912 0 #1 December 8, 2009 Stacy Peralta's "Riding Giants" was a really good movie about the history of big wave surfing. Seen it? Just saw another good one last night called "Waveriders." The first half or so of Waveriders covers the very early introduction of surfing to California by an Irish/Hawaiian named George Freeth in ~1900. Freeth was an amazing guy, but tragically died during the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1918. The second half is about the amazing surfing being done in the Atlantic off the coast of Ireland with commentary by world-class Irish professional surfers who started surfing as kids there. Anyone seen it? Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQjaXE7oqAs "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #2 December 8, 2009 Great: "Endless Summer" Not: "Surf Nazis Must Die" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #3 December 8, 2009 Big Wednesday was a good flick.you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PolluxSJ 0 #4 December 8, 2009 Quote Great: "Endless Summer" Not: "Surf Nazis Must Die" Surf Nazis Must Die is an AWESOME flick! Better: Step Into Liquid Also: some spots on the California Central Coast may see 50+ footers tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BDashe 0 #5 December 8, 2009 +1 for step into liquid, freaking top notch.So there I was... Making friends and playing nice since 1983 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #6 December 8, 2009 "Busting down the Door" rates as the best surfing film i saw last year. It's not on DVD yet and only showed in limited runs in cinemas but if you can see it, do so. It's about surfing legends Shaun Thompson and Rabbit Bartholomew starting the movement for what would become professional surfing as we know it today. really, really good. Here's a link to the trailers etc http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=busting+down+the+door&search_type=&aq=f Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 December 8, 2009 Billabong Odyssey - the most amazingist ever Clicky (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #8 December 8, 2009 "Point Break" of course! some would say it was a great skydiving-flick, tough.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GogglesnTeeth 6 #9 December 8, 2009 Quote "Point Break" of course! some would say it was a great skydiving-flick, tough.. Love that 2 1/2 minute freefall where you can talk to each other!!! "How ya like it Johnny?!?!?"Goggles and Teeth "You fall like a greased safe!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #10 December 8, 2009 Quote Quote "Point Break" of course! some would say it was a great skydiving-flick, tough.. Love that 2 1/2 minute freefall where you can talk to each other!!! "How ya like it Johnny?!?!?" wasnt it more like 5 minute freefalls!? i'd lie if that wasnt some sort of motivation to get into this whole skyjumping-thingy.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #11 December 8, 2009 Any movie with a Dick Dale soundtrack. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #12 December 8, 2009 QuoteGreat: "Endless Summer" Not: "Surf Nazis Must Die" I was hoping there were other living people who remembered "Endless Summer". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FreeFlyer2100 0 #13 December 8, 2009 Extreme Summer is an IMAX movie that has some amazing shots of being towed into 50+ footers when they closed out the Eddie Aikau surf competition. Well worth it!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #14 December 8, 2009 Quote Quote Quote "Point Break" of course! some would say it was a great skydiving-flick, tough.. Love that 2 1/2 minute freefall where you can talk to each other!!! "How ya like it Johnny?!?!?" wasnt it more like 5 minute freefalls!? i'd lie if that wasnt some sort of motivation to get into this whole skyjumping-thingy.. Oh God, here we go all over again . I was hoping nobody would bring up Point Break. Fat chance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #15 December 8, 2009 Quote Quote Great: "Endless Summer" Not: "Surf Nazis Must Die" I was hoping there were other living people who remembered "Endless Summer". Just us old farts, I guess. I've always loved the idea of traveling around the world, in tune with the rotation of the earth around the sun, so that you are always in the summer season. I'd like to do a year-long skydiving vacation like that sometime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grimmie 186 #16 December 8, 2009 North Shore...hmmmm...Nia..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #17 December 8, 2009 Quote Quote Quote Quote "Point Break" of course! some would say it was a great skydiving-flick, tough.. Love that 2 1/2 minute freefall where you can talk to each other!!! "How ya like it Johnny?!?!?" wasnt it more like 5 minute freefalls!? i'd lie if that wasnt some sort of motivation to get into this whole skyjumping-thingy.. Oh God, here we go all over again . I was hoping nobody would bring up Point Break. Fat chance. what do you expect? it's a skyjumpers site after all.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #18 December 8, 2009 "Apocalypse Now"!!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcSDyaoQn0 "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #19 December 8, 2009 Quote Quote Quote Great: "Endless Summer" Not: "Surf Nazis Must Die" I was hoping there were other living people who remembered "Endless Summer". Just us old farts, I guess. I've always loved the idea of traveling around the world, in tune with the rotation of the earth around the sun, so that you are always in the summer season. I'd like to do a year-long skydiving vacation like that sometime. I can't believe no one has mentioned "Beach Blanket Bingo". Complete with surfing AND skydiving, waaaay before "Point Break". DZO in the movie was Don "Big Drop" Rickles. Oh, Yeah! Only the old farts would remember this one, too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
llloyd 0 #20 December 8, 2009 ...and from the UK i offer you... Blue Juice http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1505427737/ A brit flick comedy based around surfing, not so much a coming of age movie, more a refusing to grow up movie (kinda like most skydivers) Not sure if the comedy will transpose the atlantic but I reckon it's worth a download if you can find it. it's got a young Obi Wan Kenobi in it, and Catherine Zeta Douglas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #21 December 9, 2009 Hi #528, No kidding!! The movie (Beach Blanket Bingo) was at the Ritz Theater and after jumping on Saturday, we (Southland Skydivers) all went to the flick! First canopy opening and it was a "Cheapo!!" Leon Riche yells out,"What No P-C's!!!" (Para Commander) I think the year was 1965. Frankie and Annette hitting the surf and silk!!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #22 December 9, 2009 QuoteA brit flick comedy based around surfing, not so much a coming of age movie, more a refusing to grow up movie (kinda like most skydivers That reminds me of the Sam Elliot movie "Lifeguard", who is in his 30's and still wants to be a lifeguard for the rest of his life, while everyone else moves on to other careers. It's not so much a surf film, but it is a beach film. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,422 #23 December 9, 2009 Hi John, Quote I was hoping there were other living people who remembered "Endless Summer". Just us old farts, I guess. Yup that's me. In mid-'65 there was this very small ad for this surfing movie being shown at a local high school. I thought 'What the heck' & found one of the most amazing films I have ever seen. IMO, it is the ONLY surfing movie. So what's stopping you from grabbing your rig & following the sun? Quote That reminds me of the Sam Elliot movie "Lifeguard", who is in his 30's and still wants to be a lifeguard for the rest of his life, 'Lifeguard' was one of those film you just do NOT forget. And with the very lovely Anne Archer at her very best. BTW, Sam is originally from Portland; just a little name-dropping. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #24 December 9, 2009 Quote ............................. Yup that's me. In mid-'65 there was this very small ad for this surfing movie being shown at a local high school. I thought 'What the heck' & found one of the most amazing films I have ever seen. IMO, it is the ONLY surfing movie....................................... Yep, all the rest are just movies with surfing scenes in them. "Endless Summer" really was a great flick but I'm not going to go find it and watch it in case my memory is making it a better flick than it really was. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #25 December 9, 2009 Quote Hi #528, No kidding!! The movie (Beach Blanket Bingo) was at the Ritz Theater and after jumping on Saturday, we (Southland Skydivers) all went to the flick! First canopy opening and it was a "Cheapo!!" Leon Riche yells out,"What No P-C's!!!" (Para Commander) I think the year was 1965. Frankie and Annette hitting the surf and silk!!! You mean this past Saturday!?..... or some Saturday way back in 1965? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
