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 Endless Summer, The
| What famous surf movie director is responsible for "The Endless Summer"? | The Endless Summer
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Bruce Brown . Bruce Brown directed six other surf films before "The Endless Summer". He also writes, edits and photographs most of his films. He is also an avid surfer himself.
Africa. The two surfers visited both Northern and Southern Africa. They found a perfect wave at a place called Cape St. Francis, on the west coast of Africa. They also were able to see some interesting animals and introduce surfing to people that had never seen it before.
Rhinos. At least, they didn't show any rhinos in the film. Robert and Mike tried to pet zebras, but they ran away.
| What line did many of the Australians keep repeating when they couldn't find great surf? | The Endless Summer
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"You should have been here yesterday.". According to Bruce's narration, all surfers say this, that the surf was better yesterday. Robert and Mike finally counter with stories of the great surf in Hawaii, specifically Waiamea Bay.
no. Everywhere they went, Robert and Mike were told there was no place to surf in Tahiti. Yet they found three great places, "El Stumpo", "Ins and Outs" and "The Other Spot".
South America. At the time of "The Endless Summer", there were few places to surf, and South America was not one of them. Today, there are great surfing spots in South America, such as Costa Rica and Rapa Nui, to name a couple.
The Sandals. The Sandals were originally known as the Twangs, a group formed by Walter Georgis and his brother Gaston. They were joined by John Blakeley, John Gibson and Danny Brawner and became The Sandells. The changed their name to The Sandals to better fit the mood of "The Endless Summer". They were the first surf-rock group to score a surf film.
Bruce Brown . Bruce Brown also writes, directs and edits the film, with the help of his son Dana, who went on to make his own surfing film, "Step Into Liquid" (2004).
Costa Rica. Wingnut and Pat went to Robert August's surf shop to pick up a new board for Wingnut. While there, Robert August invited them to come along with him on a surf trip to Costa Rica. Robert August was one of the stars of the first "Endless Summer" movie.
France. While visiting France to check out the surf scene, Wingnut and Pat hook up with Tommy Curren, a famous French surfer, and even hang with him, playing guitar.
lions. Pat and Wingnut drive out among lions and are attacked when the buggy "breaks down". Actually, Bruce sent them out among the lions at a preserve, thinking it would be cool for the film. They deliberately stopped, but the lions freaked them out, so they got out as soon as they could.
Indonesia. Also joining them was Laird Hamilton, a Big Wave Surfer and pioneer of tow-in surfing. Tow-in surfing is where a jet-ski is used to pull the rider into really big waves (60 footers) that are impossible to paddle surf. The jet-ski gives the surfer the speed necessary to catch big, fast waves. On Fiji, Pat and Wingnut surfed with Kelly Slater, Jeff Booth and Tom Carroll. In Costa Rica, of course, they were with Robert August and they did not go to Hawaii.
| How many years after the first "Endless Summer" movie was filmed had passed before "The Endless Summer 2" was released? | The Endless Summer 2
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30. At the beginning, Pat and Wingnut are watching the 30th Anniversary showing of "The Endless Summer". They say it is their hundredth time seeing the movie and they decide that they could do that too. They use money Pat won in some surf contests and plan to follow the summer of surf until they run out of funds.
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