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This true classic from 1980 features the incredible surfing performances of Australia's Simon Anderson, Chris Byrne, Terry Fitzgerald, Wayne Lynch, Mark Warren, Col Smith and Mark Richards. Plus heavyweight Hawaii talent Dane Kealoha, Bobby Owens, Larry Bertlemann, Mark Liddell, Mark Foo, Buzzy Kerbox, Rory Russell, Reno Abellira and South Africa's Shaun Tomson. Fantasea opens with a powerful animated sequence that dissolves into one of Greenough's tube shots filmed from a camera mounted on his back and sets the mood for a full-on surfing epic covering Australia, South Africa and Hawaii.
Uncharted Waters is a feature-length documentary about Australian surfing legend, Wayne Lynch. It traces his upbringing in the seaside town of Lorne on Victoria's South-Western coast and his turbulent experiences as a 'conscientious objector' on the run from conscription and the Vietnam war. Ultimately it is about an extremely gifted individual with an intense connection to the Southern Ocean, whose approach to surfing has been a spiritual journey, often putting him at odds with the surfing sub-culture and society in general.
A young man is surprised by what he discovers in his first trip to the baths.
Litmus: A Surfing Odyssey (1996) "I wish that when they asked us: 'What is surfing?' I would have said it's a spiritual activity, and not just a sport, because that's what put us on the wrong track..." ~ Nat Young "The Riders, the boards, the places, the ruminations... Litmus was easily the finest surf film of it's decade." ~ Scott Hulet, The Surfer's Journal Features: Derek Hynd, Wayne Lynch, Tom Curren, Joel Fitzgerald Animation by Mark Sutherland "Dream" Directed by Andrew Kidman, Jon Frank & Mark Sutherland Soundtrack by The Val Dusty Experiment, Yothu Yindi, The Screaming Orphans, Galaxy 500
The first truly international surf movie in years. Beautifully photographed by surfers in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Hawaii, compares the surfing styles of 50 of the world's top surfers in 90 minutes of pure surfing energy.
Australian surfing documentary directed by Bruce Dowse
