Birth of the Endless Summer
Birth of the Endless Summer (Preview)
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Dick Metz vagabonds the globe in 1958 and inspires the greatest surf film of all time.
Journey with surf pioneer Dick Metz on his vagabond adventures around the globe from 1958-1961. His wild, steamship-hopping tour landed him at “the perfect wave” in Cape St. Francis, South Africa, and inspired The Endless Summer, one of the most watched and beloved films of all time. Birth of the Endless Summer follows 90-year-old Metz as he retraces the steps of his original travels.
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Birth of the Endless Summer is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal
Birth of the Endless Summer
Birth of the Endless Summer (Preview)
Preview: Season 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Journey with surf pioneer Dick Metz on his vagabond adventures around the globe from 1958-1961. His wild, steamship-hopping tour landed him at “the perfect wave” in Cape St. Francis, South Africa, and inspired The Endless Summer, one of the most watched and beloved films of all time. Birth of the Endless Summer follows 90-year-old Metz as he retraces the steps of his original travels.
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The Endless Summer is probably the greatest surf film ever made, the most watched documentary of all time.
-It was completely earth shattering.
-The backstory is sometimes more intriguing than the actual story itself.
-Is that Dick Smith?
-He's the most underrated surf legend.
-Dick was a leader in the surfing world.
His adventures inspired Bruce and inspired The Endless Summer.
-I was living a dream.
I was living a movie.
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