I understand the technicals of filmmaking. Assuming you are former USN as I am, it was disconcerting to see Spruance class destroyers and Knox class frigates being bombed by the Japanese during “Pearl Harbor” as well.
That is what I am talking about. I know each one of those waves as do most surfers, even if they have only studied them in magazines. Each wave breaks in a certain way, has it’s own character and personality. Most surfers can do “flashcards” of the top 10 breaks in the world and get 100% correct.
Same complaint goes for Point Break, Blue Crush, Big Wednesday, etc. Goes all the way back to “Ride the Wild Surf” and “Beach Blanket Bingo”
Still, I LOVED the movie and the message.
I didn’t realize how unique the waves were from beach to beach, and how avid surfers can name the location by the wave. That is very interesting. One could say the same about the 200+ day a year skiers, who could name the mountain and the run, by watching just a few seconds of a Warren Miller film. We have a friend that can do that.
Got to challenge you though on the movie “Beach Blanket Bingo”. If the waves were wrong, and we were being fooled, then there is a darn good chance that Bonehead didn’t catch a real Mermaid, and that would just dash to pieces hopes and dreams created in a young boys mind long ago. And I’m hanging up my fishing pole.