The Banzai Pipeline is a surf reef break located off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on Oahu's North Shore. A reef break is an area where waves start to break as they reach the shallows of a reef. Pipeline is known for huge waves that break in shallow water just above a sharp and cavernous reef forming large, hollow, thick curls of water that surfers can tube ride. The name combines the names of the surf break (Pipeline) with the beach fronting it (Banzai Beach). Surfing documentary producer Bruce Brown visited this then-unnamed site to film in 1961. At the time, there was a construction project on an underground pipeline on the adjacent Kamehameha Highway, and someone with Brown made the suggestion to name the break "Pipeline".
Early credit card technology is shown, including a machine which signals a green light to indicate approval and a manual imprinting device called the Addressograph Electric Recorder.
Rick's driver's license is shown in detail with a birth date of 4/30/48 and height of 6 feet which is the same as the actor who played the role, Perry King.
First of nine roles for Elissa Dulce Hoopai on the original series Hawaii Five-O (1968). She also had one guest role on the reboot series Hawaii Five-0 (2010).
This was the only film credit for John Lennon, the actor who played the role of Huffman.