Billabong Odyssey (DVD)

BILLABONG ODYSSEY To start off with I would like to say that I am not normally Billagongs biggest fan. I fell the are making a lot of money selling over priced clothing by using surfings image. However I would have to admit they make a good film. There are some people in this country who think surfing is a bit sissy, (normally skaters). This film will make them realise that there is a lot more to surfing than they think and even on a general scale ...
...This film is about Billabong gathering together some of the biggest names in big wave surfing and setting out to find the biggest wave they can. Being a large company, Billabong throw a lot of money into this "quest" and supply lt jet ski's and helicopters ect. The DVD goes through the stages of searching the worlds largest breaks and training their surfers to use the jet ski's to tow them into waves which would otherwise be too big to paddle onto. ...

tomseear 26.04.2005 · Read full review
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Billabong Odyssey is a film about a group of the best big wave surfers of the world gathered on a mission, to search for the world's biggest wave and ride it. The team is composed of the well known best surfers from best surfing spots with the experience and expertise in big wave riding. Mike Parsons and Brad Gerlach from Southern California. Santa Cruz's wild riders "flea" Virostko, "skindog" Collins, "barney" Baron and Josh Loya. They went for ...
...wave all over the world holding back their fears as they conquer and ride waves as high as 80 feet. It was filmed on an expedition to some of the most exotic, remotest surfing locations of the world. Some of the places they discovered by the team themselves. Locations like the Maverick in Northern California, outskirts of the Hawaiian islands, Maui, Todos Santos "dead saints" of Mexico and the locations they discovered in France, Australia and Spain. ...

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Billabong Odyssey is a surf documentary directed by Philip Boston. There mission is to find the biggest waves from all over the world over 3 years. This team can get anywhere in the world in 48 hours, they uses the lastest equipment. This film includes surf footage from the Hawaii (North Shore & Maui), North California (Maverics) etc. there ultimate goal is to find a 100 foot wave. This film take tow-in surfing to its edge and push the boundaries ...
...footage from the first ever tow-in world cup from Maui (On of the Hawaiian Islands) in these competion you will see so of the biggest wave ever surfer. You will see the new and the old when it comes from big wave surfing from all over the world. They show you what people are currently going to push the boundaries in the sport. With footage from the world best big wave riders like Mike Parson and the Santa Cruz boys, this is an inspiration, jaw dropping ...

Hawk_Eye 14.06.2005 · Read full review
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