The Endless Summer (1966)
Bruce Brown: Narrator
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Quotes
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Narrator : Many of us ride winter and summer, but the ultimate thing for us would be to have an endless summer. The only way to do this is to travel around the world.
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Narrator : [while surfing in Durban, South Africa] They call their bathing suits 'costumes' - in America we'd call that thing a g-string!
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Narrator : [Entering Ghana] Were they really doing the right thing? Had the UN been there before or not?
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Narrator : What every surfer dreams of finding is a small wave with perfect shape. What we call a perfect wave. The odds against finding that are 10 million to one.
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Narrator : You can go right or left, but you can't very well do both at once -- if you do, it leads to something commonly known in the surfing world as a "Wipeout".
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Narrator : Summer means many things to many different people. For us, it's surfing!
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Narrator : It's kind of weird when it rains. The rain was 75°, the water was 75°, the air temperature was 75°. It's so pleasant, it almost made you sick to your stomach.
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Narrator : We call them sharks, the Australians call them 'the Men in the Gray Suits.' Whatever you call them, they like your body.
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Narrator : Everywhere they went, they were greeted with a familiar cry surfers have heard 1,000 times each. Quote: You guys REALLY missed it, you should've been here yesterday!
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Narrator : Waimea Bay has only been ridden since 1958, when the first group of surfers challenged it. Surfers watched it break for 10 years before going out. Can you imagine the courage it took to be the first?
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Narrator : If you could harness the power of one of these waves, you can light a city for a week.
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Narrator : With enough time and enough money, you could spend the rest of your life following the Summer around the world.
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Narrator : Packing for the journey was important. Six pairs of trunks, two boxes of wax, some modern sounds, and in case of injury, one band-aid.
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Narrator : Any wipeout at the Pipeline in Hawaii is a bad one.
