The feature film starring Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey
California, 1962: Matt, Jack and Leroy are loyal friends united by the beach lifestyle - muscles, girls, parties, cars, rock music. But above all they share a great obsession - surfing. Despite the draft, the hippie era and the inevitable transition to adulthood, they remain true to their craze until finally, in 1974, they are reunited for the Great Swell, a giant wave such as they have never ridden before.....
John Milius's film, conceived like an intimate epic, features some unparalleled sequences of virtuoso surfing.
Films: page 14
(First showing on British television)