The Endless Summer
Directed by	Bruce Brown
Produced by	Bruce Brown
Written by	Bruce Brown
Starring	Mike Hynson Robert August Miki Dora
Music by	The Sandals
Distributed by	Image Entertainment
Released	15 June 1966
Running time	95 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential films of the surf movie genre, creating and defining an entire category of cinema which has endured and evolved for the past 40 years since its release in 1966. Bruce Brown (born December 1, 1937) is the father of filmmaker Dana Brown and is an early pioneer of surf films. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Beach Party movies were an American 1960s genre of feature films which often starred Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

The film is a documentary about American surfers who travel overseas to the southern hemisphere in order to pursue their hobby during the California off season. Its title comes from the last line in the film, which expresses the idea that if one had enough time and money it would be possible to follow the summer around the world, making it endless.

When the movie was first shown, it encouraged many surfers to go abroad, giving birth to the "surf-and-travel" culture, which prizes finding "uncrowded surf", meeting new people, and finding the perfect wave. It also introduced the sport, which had become popular outside of Hawaii and the Polynesian Islands in places like California and Australia, to a broader audience. In addition, it set the style for later surf-and-travel movies, including Momentum, (These Are) Better Days, and Thicker Than Water. Official language(s) Hawaiian and English Capital Largest city Honolulu Honolulu Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 43rd 10,941 sq mi  28,337 km² n/a miles  n/a km 1,522 miles  2,450 km 41. ... Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the triangle Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Sacramento Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq. ...

The film has virtually no storyline. Director Bruce Brown follows two surfers, Mike Hynson and Robert August, on a surf trip around the world. Despite the balmy climate of their native California, cold ocean currents make local beaches inhospitable during the winter. They travel to the coasts of Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, and Hawaii in a quest for new surf spots and introduce locals to the sport. Other important surfers of the time, such as Miki Dora, Phil Edwards and Butch Van Artsdalen also appear. The narrative presentation eases from the stiff and formal documentary of the 1950s and early 1960s to a more casual and fun loving personal style filled with sly humor. Bruce Brown (born December 1, 1937) is the father of filmmaker Dana Brown and is an early pioneer of surf films. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... Map of French Polynesia Map of Tahiti and Moorea View of Raiatea Mountain. ... Official language(s) Hawaiian and English Capital Largest city Honolulu Honolulu Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 43rd 10,941 sq mi  28,337 km² n/a miles  n/a km 1,522 miles  2,450 km 41. ... Butch Van Artsdalen (1942–1979) was a talented surfer from La Jolla, California who pioneered the art of tube riding on longboards in the early 1960s. ...

Sequels

In 1994, Brown released a sequel, The Endless Summer 2, in which surfers Pat O'Connell and Robert "Wingnut" Weaver retrace the steps of Hynson and August. It shows the growth and evolution of the surfing scene since the first film, which presented only classic longboard surfing. O'Conell rides a shortboard, which was developed in the time between the two movies, and there are scenes of windsurfing and bodyboarding. The film illustrates how far surfing had spread, with footage of surf sessions in France, South Africa, Costa Rica, Bali, Java, and even Alaska. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Robert Wingnut Weaver is an American Surfer who has played in Bruce Brown movies. ... Surfing outside Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. ... Surfing outside Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. ... The first boardsport was surfing, followed by skateboarding. ... A bodyboard is an instrument of wave riding consisting of a small roughly rectangular piece of foam, shaped to a hydrodynamic form. ... Bali is an Indonesian island located at , , one of the Lesser Sunda Islands. ... Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Juneau Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi  (1,717,854 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ...

In 2003, Dana Brown, Bruce's son, made what is seen as the "third movie", Step Into Liquid. It follows the evolution of surfing over the last 10-15 years from shortboarding to tow-in surfing. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dana Brown, son of Bruce Brown is a surfer and a filmmaker. ... Step into Liquid (2003) is a documentary about surfing directed by Dana Brown, son of famed surfer and film maker Bruce Brown. ... Tow-in surfing is a surfing technique pioneered by Laird Hamilton, Buzzy Kerbox, Dave Kalama and others in the late 1990s where a surfer is towed into a breaking wave by a partner driving a personal watercraft. ...

Trivia

There is a restaurant in Santa Barbara, California named after this film. Mission Santa Barbara, known as the queen of the missions. Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. ...

External links

• The Endless Summer website
• The Endless Summer at The Internet Movie Database
• The Endless Summer 2 at The Internet Movie Database