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I have always enjoyed surfing movies. First because I could look at the handsome men with not so many clothes on. It was the sixties. Not much eye candy in film.

But then I learned a lot about the sport and became entranced with it.

Today's film was

Storm Surfers (2102).

An Australian film, it has the insiders view of the big waves of the Great Southern Ocean. This is where they go way out to hidden reefs where the waves are huge and, brrr, cold.

No skin in this film. A lot of wet suits.

But the surfing is dramatic. Scary. Suspenseful. Quite an experience to watch.

There is a back story here. The two key surfers in the film are old guys. Nearing fifty. That is very old for surfing. But they have a lot of experience. They go looking for the big ocean waves that can get a hundred feet high. Winter waves. We watch the three months when there is a season. These guys have to use jet skis to motor out to the wave. Not cheating. Once you look at the waves you will see this is the only way they can get near the huge crests.

I liked this film a lot. It moved along. No boring stuff. There is something about the prep where they sand and work their boards but it is all in the service of beefing up the suspense and the understanding of the feats involved.

I would be happy to see it again sometime.

The extensive use of the GoPro camera is a new factor in films like this. The riders can hold it out from their bodies and we can see the whole thing. Especially those waves coming in on them. The curl.

A 4 out of Netflix5.

Labels: films