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The Endless Summer

You can't tellhow good a wave istill you actually ride it. On Mike's first ride,the first...

You can't tell
how good a wave is
till you actually ride it. On Mike's first ride,
the first five seconds, he knew he'd finally found
that perfect wave

Full Transcript

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You can't tell how good a wave is till you actually ride it.
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On Mike's first ride, the first five seconds,
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he knew he'd finally found that perfect wave.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
136
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:12
Uploaded
Jan 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, sport
Production
Bruce Brown Films

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Movie Summary

The crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.
The waves looked like they'd been made by some kind of a machine. - The Endless Summer 00:16
The waves looked like they'd been made by some kind of ...
On some of the rides, I timed them in the curl for 45 seconds. - The Endless Summer 00:07
On some of the rides, I timed them in the curl for 45 second...
Outside, really driving about halfway through the wave already, Robert August. - The Endless Summer 00:12
Outside, really driving about halfway through the wave alrea...
Seven miles further out and rolled all the way in to where we were surfing - The Endless Summer 00:07
Seven miles further out and rolled all the way in to where...
Can you imagine riding a 15 foot wave shaped like this for seven miles - The Endless Summer 00:07
Can you imagine riding a 15 foot wave shaped like this for...
The thing you can't show is the fantastic speed - The Endless Summer 00:37
The thing you can't show is the fantastic speed
Robert came over the top of the wave... - The Endless Summer 00:31
Robert came over the top of the wave...
Lots of girls surf in Hawaii and many of them are very good - The Endless Summer 00:18
Lots of girls surf in Hawaii and many of them are very good
Taking off outside in the green... - The Endless Summer 00:23
Taking off outside in the green...
Although by the calendar it's wintertime in Hawaii - The Endless Summer 00:21
Although by the calendar it's wintertime in Hawaii
A Hawaiian surfer who's really fantastic is Conrad Cunha. - The Endless Summer 00:18
A Hawaiian surfer who's really fantastic is Conrad Cunh...
Out in front of Conrad, Australian Mick McManus, really getting covered up. - The Endless Summer 00:06
Out in front of Conrad, Australian Mick McManus, really gett...
There was a young fellow out surfing that day - The Endless Summer 00:18
There was a young fellow out surfing that day
Whether you like to surf or sail, - The Endless Summer 00:25
Whether you like to surf or sail,
Everywhere they went they were greeted with a familiar cry - The Endless Summer 00:13
Everywhere they went they were greeted with a familiar cry
When they saw an all too familiar Australian site - The Endless Summer 00:13
When they saw an all too familiar Australian site
Rodney said the surf isn't the same either. - The Endless Summer 00:07
Rodney said the surf isn't the same either.
Here goes Rodney Sumpter, our storyteller, and also a great young Australian surfer. - The Endless Summer 00:09
Here goes Rodney Sumpter, our storyteller, and also a great ...
The Australians are very competitive surfers - The Endless Summer 00:14
The Australians are very competitive surfers
"Yeah," said Rodney. "It was a good trip. - The Endless Summer 00:24
"Yeah," said Rodney. "It was a good trip.