The Endless Summer

00:00:20 ♪♪ [Surf Rock]

00:07:24 The ultimate thing to do in surfing is to be actually covered up by the wave.

00:11:11 occasionally it gets big, and biggest during the wintertime.

00:14:26 You find out where the rocks are, how the waves are breaking over the rocks or reef.

00:17:45 Can you imagine driving down the highway in the U.S. like that?

00:21:03 when they go stroking out to sea in their big dug-out canoe

00:24:33 First thing the kids had to learn was to rough up the wax on the deck of the board...

00:28:23 Figured he'd give 'em a little thrill.

00:32:02 On one side of the peninsula is the Atlantic Ocean.

00:36:09 with heavy kelp beds outside.

00:39:58 and saw the first car coming their way...

00:43:25 It weighs almost a ton.

00:46:35 In America, we call this thing a G-string.

00:50:39 Here's Mike further along, still riding the same wave at Cape St. Francis.

00:54:40 Let's see what it looks like now when you're actually in the water riding...

00:59:07 so if he fell off he'd float...

01:02:12 The place didn't look that red-hot anyway.

01:06:02 It's very difficult to get good waves when you're traveling around.

01:10:03 It takes a tremendous amount of power to hold one underwater.

01:14:02 Pearl had to go home. Mike was one of the last of the good guys

01:17:43 They camped out that night in the mountains of New Zealand...

01:21:16 This is about six feet of water we're flying over with coral and sand on the bottom.

01:25:05 It was a pretty good spot too.

01:29:23 It seemed like Butch was invincible