Review of Step Into Liquid (2003) by Tero H — 17 Oct 2012

Cool documentary on surfing as a worldwide phenomenon. The film takes the action from Tahiti to Ireland, from Hawaii to the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The second half of the movie has more surfing and introduces pro-surfers as well. The first half wasn't exactly boring, but concentrated on showing the people who weren't professional surfers, yet who surfed. Those people and their lives were touched, but there could have been a bit more of surfing during the first half of the film in my opinion. I would have liked to see surfing in the place of some of the interviews.

This film works best as an all-around introduction into surfing. It has really cool moments, my favorite were the tahiti-scene and the extreme surfing at the open sea. The guys are just stoked when they get to surf down 30 meter high waves, that looked crazy. The picture and sound quality are great and as a movie this is very well directed. I've seen this movie at least twice, the DVD came with a computer version of the movie and a game called Kelly Slater Pro Surfing. Despite its slow pace, this is among my favorite films.