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Royce posted 11-05-2003 02:02 PM ET (US)
Go see "Step into Liquid". It is an amazing film about surfing. The cinemetography is awesome. Waves up to 66 ft. You will like the scenes of a classic Outrage towing the surfers to catch the wakes of super tankers in the Gulf. Two hands up!
Royce
logjamslam posted 11-05-2003 02:46 PM ET (US)
Royce- I think "two hands up" is reserved for any movie after watching you feel you have been robbed at the box office.
andygere posted 11-05-2003 04:26 PM ET (US)
Royce,
I saw Step Into Liquid in Santa Cruz (a real surf town) a month or so ago, and agree that it's a top notch film. The Whaler scenes are great, and it's no surprise that BW's were the boats that were chosen. Although I've never used my Outrage to tow into waves (natural or tanker-made) I did use my old 13 for what we called skurfing (surfing on the boat wake) years before the sport of wakeboarding was formally invented. We used both longboards and shortboards, and on the longboards you could reel yourself in on the rope and just surf the wake, no tow required once you pulled yourself into position.
For anyone interested in seeing the film (and I fully recommend it), info is available at
Hyperlink to Website
cjd posted 11-05-2003 04:39 PM ET (US)
Was done by the son of the guy who did Endless Summer. Dana Brown I think. Nice legacy there.
My Daughter was born on opening night and I missed it, but it will make the DVD Purchase Category. There is a Laird Hamilton DVD that will blow you away if you like this kind of flick. Forget the name, but I think its his latest. Dedicated to Tow In.
Tom2697 posted 11-05-2003 04:39 PM ET (US)
Andy,
Unfortunately, the original wakeboard was called the Skurfer. So, many of today's youth think of this when you talk about skurfing. They will then throw in some derogatory remark about being "old school". "Dude, a non bi-directional board? How lame is that?!?!?"
RJM posted 11-05-2003 06:39 PM ET (US)
I saw it on opening night and it was better than great! I am looking forward to seeing it again. Anyone who loves the ocean and surfing will be "STOKED" Does anyone know what kind of center console those kids had out there on the Cortez Bank? I do not think it was a whaler. Whatever it was, I was impressed! That is a long way offshore for even a big boat during such a huge swell.
cjd posted 11-05-2003 06:44 PM ET (US)
Most footage I have seen of the sea of cortez usually involves a mother ship towing or carrying out the tow in boats.
Can't help on the boat as I am still waiting for the DVD.
RJM posted 11-05-2003 07:23 PM ET (US)
cjd, Never thought of that, I guess they could have towed the center console behind the mother ship. (but, if I remember, it looked too big to come off the mother ship). I believe that they were towing the surfers into the waves with a jet ski. But every once in a while you would see this center console with I think two young kids coming into the picture. I could not enjoy the surfing scenes because I was thinking about what in the hell are these two kids doing out there and if the wind comes up what kind of ride home are they going to have. The Cortez Bank (if I remember) is almost straight off San Diego and they might not even get to go with the seas on the way home. Also, that is one DVD I would buy. Can you purchase it yet?
cjd posted 11-05-2003 07:30 PM ET (US)
I doubt its out yet, as the movie is still in the theater. only a boat geeks (myself incuded) would worry about the conditions for the ride in while these dudes are surfing skyscrapers.
That place breaks only on the right big swell. Its cool, cause this tow in stuff has literally opened up the ocean to surfing.
I actually have a plum colored skurfer in my shed right now. we still use it and love it.
jimh posted 11-05-2003 11:18 PM ET (US)
There have been an amazing number of motion pictures which have included Boston Whaler boats. Thanks for notification of this recent sighting.
Tom W Clark posted 11-05-2003 11:31 PM ET (US)
Andy,
I thought of you when I saw this film last month. I also thought of starting a thread about it as it does contain some Boston Whalers, though not a lot of footage.
While this does seem a poor place to discuss movies, I will say that Step Into Liquid is amazing. It was made by Dana Brown, son of Bruce Brown who made the classic 1964 surf movie. Endless Summer. But with all due respect to Bruce Brown, this film is an incredible piece of work utilizing what must have been a good sized budget and the some incredible cinematography. I just couldn't get over how good the footage is.
Even those who don't normally enjoy documentaries will be WOWed by this film. Just unbelievable! Go see it.
SuburbanBoy posted 11-06-2003 12:09 AM ET (US)
It is nice to see a family lineage with this film. It looks spectacular. I notice that it is not available in Wisconsin, one of the sights. Perhaps it soon arrives to HDnet. Films with limited distribution usually transition to video quickly. It would make a great Thanksgiving treat. Thanks for the heads-up.
sub
andygere posted 11-06-2003 12:34 AM ET (US)
TWC, The Endless Summer remains one of my favorite movies of all time, and Dana Brown lives up to his father's legacy with Step Into Liquid. Watermen of all types will enjoy this film, and not just for the great Whaler footage.
If any of you have a chance to see it on the big screen, do it. The hooting of the crowd really adds to the experience, as does the killer sound and larger than life images.
Tom2697, The Skurfer was invented around 1985, and we were doing it long before that. We didn't coin the term, nor did we "invent" the activity. Wake surfing has been mentioned in surfing magazines and films since the mid 60's. When I first saw a production Skurfer with footstraps, I thought it was cheating. All we ever used for traction was surf wax.
Bigshot posted 11-06-2003 11:05 AM ET (US)
We used to skurf behind our whalers. Good way to learn how to surf and stand up quick. Problem was regulating the speed. You have to go pretty slow to skurf.
I also had a skurfer, yellow with a white stripe. Never got up on it in 10 years. I even took it on my honeymoon because we had free waterskiing and I was determined to master it. I would go out every day and try for 10 minutes and then grab the ski and slalom for another 10 minutes. If I could have sat on something and dry started, I would have been able to. I dragged the damn thing half way around the world to sell it at a garage sale for $20.
I was one of the first to own a Hydro-slide in the late 70's. That I mastered but I still blame my bad knees on that invention. Better than the slide(no matter what one I owned) was the O'Brien Black Magic, still own it.
On LBI they used to show surf movies at the fire house a couple times a year, funny to see them in theatres now.
jimh posted 11-07-2003 12:02 AM ET (US)
[Edited thread to correct movie title and attribution--jimh.]
jimh posted 11-07-2003 12:18 AM ET (US)
I just watched the High bandwidth (1000 KBPS) trailer in QUICKTIME format: Wow!
I saw Endless Summer in theatrical distribution in 1964. This would be cool to see on the large screen. Its closest approach to me is Cleveland, probably too far. I guess I wait for the DVD.
Florida15 posted 11-07-2003 09:26 AM ET (US)
Around 20 years ago, I was watching a surf contest from Hawaii on TV. Everything was going fine when the commentator yelled "THE CAMERA CREW IS IN TROUBLE !"
The camera on the beach pointed toward a Boston Whaler Outrage, an early 70s model with the ribbed sides. It had a 3 person camera crew plus the captain. It had gotten inside the break and turned sideways. Everybody in the boat
dove for it as about a 12 foot wave bowled it over. Of course it didn't sink but I doubt that thrashing did it any good. It would be interesting to know what it looked like when they finally fished it out. I don't even know how they would be able to until the seas calmed down.

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Royce	posted 11-05-2003 02:02 PM ET (US) Go see "Step into Liquid". It is an amazing film about surfing. The cinemetography is awesome. Waves up to 66 ft. You will like the scenes of a classic Outrage towing the surfers to catch the wakes of super tankers in the Gulf. Two hands up! Royce
logjamslam	posted 11-05-2003 02:46 PM ET (US) Royce- I think "two hands up" is reserved for any movie after watching you feel you have been robbed at the box office.
andygere	posted 11-05-2003 04:26 PM ET (US) Royce, I saw Step Into Liquid in Santa Cruz (a real surf town) a month or so ago, and agree that it's a top notch film. The Whaler scenes are great, and it's no surprise that BW's were the boats that were chosen. Although I've never used my Outrage to tow into waves (natural or tanker-made) I did use my old 13 for what we called skurfing (surfing on the boat wake) years before the sport of wakeboarding was formally invented. We used both longboards and shortboards, and on the longboards you could reel yourself in on the rope and just surf the wake, no tow required once you pulled yourself into position. For anyone interested in seeing the film (and I fully recommend it), info is available at Hyperlink to Website
cjd	posted 11-05-2003 04:39 PM ET (US) Was done by the son of the guy who did Endless Summer. Dana Brown I think. Nice legacy there. My Daughter was born on opening night and I missed it, but it will make the DVD Purchase Category. There is a Laird Hamilton DVD that will blow you away if you like this kind of flick. Forget the name, but I think its his latest. Dedicated to Tow In.
Tom2697	posted 11-05-2003 04:39 PM ET (US) Andy, Unfortunately, the original wakeboard was called the Skurfer. So, many of today's youth think of this when you talk about skurfing. They will then throw in some derogatory remark about being "old school". "Dude, a non bi-directional board? How lame is that?!?!?"
RJM	posted 11-05-2003 06:39 PM ET (US) I saw it on opening night and it was better than great! I am looking forward to seeing it again. Anyone who loves the ocean and surfing will be "STOKED" Does anyone know what kind of center console those kids had out there on the Cortez Bank? I do not think it was a whaler. Whatever it was, I was impressed! That is a long way offshore for even a big boat during such a huge swell.
cjd	posted 11-05-2003 06:44 PM ET (US) Most footage I have seen of the sea of cortez usually involves a mother ship towing or carrying out the tow in boats. Can't help on the boat as I am still waiting for the DVD.
RJM	posted 11-05-2003 07:23 PM ET (US) cjd, Never thought of that, I guess they could have towed the center console behind the mother ship. (but, if I remember, it looked too big to come off the mother ship). I believe that they were towing the surfers into the waves with a jet ski. But every once in a while you would see this center console with I think two young kids coming into the picture. I could not enjoy the surfing scenes because I was thinking about what in the hell are these two kids doing out there and if the wind comes up what kind of ride home are they going to have. The Cortez Bank (if I remember) is almost straight off San Diego and they might not even get to go with the seas on the way home. Also, that is one DVD I would buy. Can you purchase it yet?
cjd	posted 11-05-2003 07:30 PM ET (US) I doubt its out yet, as the movie is still in the theater. only a boat geeks (myself incuded) would worry about the conditions for the ride in while these dudes are surfing skyscrapers. That place breaks only on the right big swell. Its cool, cause this tow in stuff has literally opened up the ocean to surfing. I actually have a plum colored skurfer in my shed right now. we still use it and love it.
jimh	posted 11-05-2003 11:18 PM ET (US) There have been an amazing number of motion pictures which have included Boston Whaler boats. Thanks for notification of this recent sighting.
Tom W Clark	posted 11-05-2003 11:31 PM ET (US) Andy, I thought of you when I saw this film last month. I also thought of starting a thread about it as it does contain some Boston Whalers, though not a lot of footage. While this does seem a poor place to discuss movies, I will say that Step Into Liquid is amazing. It was made by Dana Brown, son of Bruce Brown who made the classic 1964 surf movie. Endless Summer. But with all due respect to Bruce Brown, this film is an incredible piece of work utilizing what must have been a good sized budget and the some incredible cinematography. I just couldn't get over how good the footage is. Even those who don't normally enjoy documentaries will be WOWed by this film. Just unbelievable! Go see it.
SuburbanBoy	posted 11-06-2003 12:09 AM ET (US) It is nice to see a family lineage with this film. It looks spectacular. I notice that it is not available in Wisconsin, one of the sights. Perhaps it soon arrives to HDnet. Films with limited distribution usually transition to video quickly. It would make a great Thanksgiving treat. Thanks for the heads-up. sub
andygere	posted 11-06-2003 12:34 AM ET (US) TWC, The Endless Summer remains one of my favorite movies of all time, and Dana Brown lives up to his father's legacy with Step Into Liquid. Watermen of all types will enjoy this film, and not just for the great Whaler footage. If any of you have a chance to see it on the big screen, do it. The hooting of the crowd really adds to the experience, as does the killer sound and larger than life images. Tom2697, The Skurfer was invented around 1985, and we were doing it long before that. We didn't coin the term, nor did we "invent" the activity. Wake surfing has been mentioned in surfing magazines and films since the mid 60's. When I first saw a production Skurfer with footstraps, I thought it was cheating. All we ever used for traction was surf wax.
Bigshot	posted 11-06-2003 11:05 AM ET (US) We used to skurf behind our whalers. Good way to learn how to surf and stand up quick. Problem was regulating the speed. You have to go pretty slow to skurf. I also had a skurfer, yellow with a white stripe. Never got up on it in 10 years. I even took it on my honeymoon because we had free waterskiing and I was determined to master it. I would go out every day and try for 10 minutes and then grab the ski and slalom for another 10 minutes. If I could have sat on something and dry started, I would have been able to. I dragged the damn thing half way around the world to sell it at a garage sale for $20. I was one of the first to own a Hydro-slide in the late 70's. That I mastered but I still blame my bad knees on that invention. Better than the slide(no matter what one I owned) was the O'Brien Black Magic, still own it. On LBI they used to show surf movies at the fire house a couple times a year, funny to see them in theatres now.
jimh	posted 11-07-2003 12:02 AM ET (US) [Edited thread to correct movie title and attribution--jimh.]
jimh	posted 11-07-2003 12:18 AM ET (US) I just watched the High bandwidth (1000 KBPS) trailer in QUICKTIME format: Wow! I saw Endless Summer in theatrical distribution in 1964. This would be cool to see on the large screen. Its closest approach to me is Cleveland, probably too far. I guess I wait for the DVD.
Florida15	posted 11-07-2003 09:26 AM ET (US) Around 20 years ago, I was watching a surf contest from Hawaii on TV. Everything was going fine when the commentator yelled "THE CAMERA CREW IS IN TROUBLE !" The camera on the beach pointed toward a Boston Whaler Outrage, an early 70s model with the ribbed sides. It had a 3 person camera crew plus the captain. It had gotten inside the break and turned sideways. Everybody in the boat dove for it as about a 12 foot wave bowled it over. Of course it didn't sink but I doubt that thrashing did it any good. It would be interesting to know what it looked like when they finally fished it out. I don't even know how they would be able to until the seas calmed down.