Bustin' Down the Door

The rowdy, cocky and ultra-talented Australian and South African surfers who invaded Hawaii's big wave mecca the North Shore and upended the zenlike aristocracy of the sport in the mid-'70s are the subject of the documentary "Bustin' Down the Door," a mostly enjoyable wave of nostalgia in which these now wrinkled, a little heavier and mostly gray or bald legends recall their game-changing ways with [...] Vai alla recensione »

“Bustin’ Down the Door,” a documentary about the rise of professional surfing, hits all the standard notes of the awestruck historical sports saga. There is the golden age of the scene, rhapsodized as a countercultural paradise on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii, blessed with an endless supply of good vibes and huge waves. Enter, in the mid-1970s, the Rebels, a clutch of daredevil super-dudes from [...] Vai alla recensione »