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During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a culture, and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. With a radical new approach and a brash colonial attitude, these surfers crashed headlong into a culture that was not ready for revolution. Surfing was never to be the same again...
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Bustin Down The Door DVD
Iconic surf movie
The Story of the surfing revolution
Featuring Mark Richards, Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew, Shaun Tomson and Jeremy Gosch
Great movie for both surfers and non surfers
During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a culture , and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. With a radical new approach, and a brash colonial
Bustin Down The Door DVD
Iconic surf movie
The Story of the surfing revolution
Featuring Mark Richards, Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew, Shaun Tomson and Jeremy Gosch
Great movie for both surfers and non surfers
During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a culture , and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. With a radical new approach, and a brash colonial
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A must see film for anybody interested in Big-wave and professional surfing.
The incredible events and fundamental paradigm shift of the sport that unfolded in 1974, on Hawaii's North Shore, are captured in this amazing and gritty documentary. The young Australian rabble rousers in the form Ian Cairns, Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew, Peter Townend, Mark Richards, and one South African, Shaun Tomson, all tell their very personal and emotional stories of the dream to become Pro-Surfers.
Their (literally) do or die attitudes to surfing the colossal waves, and brazen attack on the Hawaiin surfing establishment and cultural traditions, proved too much for the Islanders and even for the immense spirit of Aloha.
With the formation of the notorious Da Hui and the Black Shorts, the islanders begin a vicious fight-back that leaves the Antipodeans in no doubt that `Bustin down the door' could cost them their lives.
From an extremely comprehensive cast of witnesses made up of surfers and industry stalwarts such as David Gilovich, Dan Merkel, Jeff Hakman, Greg Noll, Eddie Rothman, Barry Kanaiaupuni, Bob McKnight, Phil Jarrat and interviews with modern icons; Kelly Slater, Rob Machado and Andy Irons, the story and background of the monumental developing events and the consequences of those changes are eloquently related.
But, by far the most riveting and emotional pieces to camera are those given by the legends themselves, especially Rabbit Bertholomew, Ian Cairns and Shaun Tomson - interviews that are truly honest (even brutally so) and poignant, with insights into their early careers and how they started surfing in the first place.
The final segment of footage provides an excellent finale to the story, one that shows the now middle-aged Mark Richards, "Rabbit" Bartholomew and Shaun Tomson in a session together, ripping up the surf and looking as stoked as they were when they were young, brazen and Bustin' down the door!
The incredible events and fundamental paradigm shift of the sport that unfolded in 1974, on Hawaii's North Shore, are captured in this amazing and gritty documentary. The young Australian rabble rousers in the form Ian Cairns, Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew, Peter Townend, Mark Richards, and one South African, Shaun Tomson, all tell their very personal and emotional stories of the dream to become Pro-Surfers.
Their (literally) do or die attitudes to surfing the colossal waves, and brazen attack on the Hawaiin surfing establishment and cultural traditions, proved too much for the Islanders and even for the immense spirit of Aloha.
With the formation of the notorious Da Hui and the Black Shorts, the islanders begin a vicious fight-back that leaves the Antipodeans in no doubt that `Bustin down the door' could cost them their lives.
From an extremely comprehensive cast of witnesses made up of surfers and industry stalwarts such as David Gilovich, Dan Merkel, Jeff Hakman, Greg Noll, Eddie Rothman, Barry Kanaiaupuni, Bob McKnight, Phil Jarrat and interviews with modern icons; Kelly Slater, Rob Machado and Andy Irons, the story and background of the monumental developing events and the consequences of those changes are eloquently related.
But, by far the most riveting and emotional pieces to camera are those given by the legends themselves, especially Rabbit Bertholomew, Ian Cairns and Shaun Tomson - interviews that are truly honest (even brutally so) and poignant, with insights into their early careers and how they started surfing in the first place.
The final segment of footage provides an excellent finale to the story, one that shows the now middle-aged Mark Richards, "Rabbit" Bartholomew and Shaun Tomson in a session together, ripping up the surf and looking as stoked as they were when they were young, brazen and Bustin' down the door!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is an amazing account of how the Hawaii wild west surf scene was busted open ! The Australian guys who took on the scene and won and how thrilling the story is ! Great footage, stills and an amazing story thrown in. Well worth watching and leaves me in awe of what the guys had to do and how far they went in order to succeed.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is the best surf movie I have ever seen. In fact it is one of the best films I have ever seen. Brilliant!
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