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The Endless Summer
Hawaii, New Zealand, Ghana and South Africa
Most surfers fall into the “experimental traveller” category.
They’re the type who continuously seek out new beaches, virgin
waves and secret coves unknown by others. We look to them to find
the islands that we’ll soon nickname “the new Bali” and follow
their lead when it comes to setting up lo-fi communities on
undisturbed shores. Celebrating the beachniks and bums of the 60s,
documentary film director Bruce Brown followed surfers Robert
August and Mike Hynson on a globe-trotting surfing quest to
discover new surfing spots and introduce the sport to inquisitive
locals. The trio rode waves in South
Africa,
Ghana,
New Zealand and Hawaii and, thanks to Brown’s playful
documentary style, we became captivated by the surfers’ mystique.
Sixty years on, we’re still obsessing over Brown’s cinematography
and taking cue from the film’s energetic spirit to fuel our quest
in chasing the sun.