Step Into Liquid [Blu-ray]

I love the footage! The photography is amazing, and the famous surfers in the documentary were very disarming and modest. There's a real sense of camaraderie, and no one seemed to have a big head.

My only criticisms are that the music is awful, and it would've been cool to hear the waves crashing instead of the cheesy music in some parts. Overall, it's very enjoyable. Even my sister loved it (and she is not at all interested in surfing! Well, she wasn't before Step Into Liquid!)

This is only one of three surfing movies I have ever paid to see in a movie theater.

Surfing is more than shredding a wave. How much "more" and how can you describe it? You can't. It comes from within. It's unlikely surfers in unlikely places. The best description is watching the guys on Lake Michigan getting stoked drinking beer and surfing muddy wind chop.

When the surf is flat, watching this DVD is almost as good as being in the water... I said "almost".

For anyone who appreciates the majesty of the oceans,this is the video for you! Dana Brown is the son of Bruce Brown of the two "Endless Summer" movies. He obviously acquired his father's love and "eye" for being able to express his love of the oceans...and the people who surf them...for this video will actually "Move" you. The cinematography is unparalleled and the music is chosen to perfection. There are stories of current, previous and up-and-coming surfers...including females..and the oceans they surf. The stories range from the comical to the touching all interconnect and many are narrated by some of the best known surfers(Gerry Lopez,Laird Hamilton,Kelly Slater,Elaine Beachley,Robert August,who was in the "Endless Summer",and his son,Sam.Just to mention a few.He takes you around the world to some of the most breathtaking locations.They show surfing in the Great lakes and surfing behind tankers in the Gulf of Mexico.At the end, a group surfs 60'+ waves 100 miles off the California coast.
It is obvious that this is a labor of love by someone who deeply appreciates the beauty and the power of our oceans. I don't have the Blu-ray edition...yet...and I still experience Dana's respect and admiration for it's beauty and am humbled by it's power.Experiencing this majesty through his eyes is,not to sound "trite",...TOTALLY AWESOME !
Highest recommendation!

Like his Father Bruce, Dana Brown has made his mark in Documentary Filmmaking! "Step Into Liquid" in many regards surpasses Bruce's work in both "Endless Summer"'s I and II. In this film, we go all over the world, following Surfers of all ages and experience, to prime locales where waves are big and not so big. This film is not just about Mother Nature, however.

The Surfers depicted in this film give us their philosophies on life and living, and you just can't help but feel a bit jealous. These people have found a passion so strong, that encompasses almost all of their daily lives, that it makes you want to quit your job and go surfing! No, these folk aren't bums. They have made a life of Surfing. It is a multi-BILLION dollar business!

Some DO have "regular" jobs, though. There is even a young man who, after being paralyzed from the waist down (from a surfing accident), STILL surfs! There is a segment that is, at first glance, impossible to believe. There are a few really passionate surfers that look for waves that occur far out at sea, with no beach to be seen anywhere! These aren't little six-footers, these waves are Massive!! There is a small contingent in Texas, that surf the wakes of freighters! Lake Michigan? Oh, yes, there are waves even there!!

"Step Into Liquid" is an extremely enjoyable film. There are a couple of spots where epithets are spoken, but said so quickly that they are hard to decipher, otherwise, a great film! Dana Brown does it again!

This is the best way I can describe the surfing experience. I have been surfing for about half of my life. I live in New Jersey and do not get the best waves on a consistent basis. Yet every single day, my heart is immersed in the activitiy, the lifestyle, the tenents of surfing. The reason being is that I have yet to find an activity that more metaphorically manifests the life-force I feel inside.

That is why surfing is so surreally enjoyable; it connects you with something so much bigger than yourself. The divine, the cosmic energy as old as the universe, the rhythms of nature, the pulse of the human spirit. It is only in these reverential, humble admissions that one can truly appreciate the surfing experience... better yet, that one can truly appreciate life.

That is what surfing is to me. surfing is a manifestation of a life well lived. It is a metaphor for life. After all, what else can you do but ride along?

I think Dana Brown does a good job of capturing this essence in the surfing experience.

Stay stoked. Stay humble. Keep listening. Trust your rail. In the end, we can be humbled to tears by the profound truth that this is all it is and yet it is more than we could ever handle.