Customer Reviews
Ok video, but not as great as Endless Summer II 
2008-07-10
If you get both Endless Summer 1 and 2, be sure to watch 1 first and its a little of a letdown if you want 2 first (because the videography is so much better, and narration alot more humorous in 2)
Endless Summer For Bruce Brown - Endless Winter For Me 
2008-06-07
This is only one of three surfing movies I have ever paid to see in a movie theater.
I can honestly say that this movie changed my life. I started surfing, and that was the beginning of the end. It directly resulted in my being sent away to military school in Texas. No surfing for 4 years. Good thing I wasn't a senior in high school. (It would be interesting to see how badly California college enrollment dropped in the fall of 1966.)
I have owned this movie in every format since it came out. I can watch it today with the same pleasure that I did when it was first released 40 years ago. It is a timeless classic.
It also started US Surfing Imperialism; so now, no matter where in the world you go to catch waves, someone has already been there.
A Piece of Sports History 2008-06-01
The coolest thing about this video has got to be the fact that it is both timeless as well as informative about a specific time period. As many reviewers have said the narrator is extremely funny. The comments he makes about the time period are, in retrospect, really interesting and telling about a very specific time period and how the surfers featured perceive international cultures at the time.
If you're remotely interested in surfing or the time period, please do your self a favor and check out this video. It's really cool and you'll develop a deeper love for timeless sports and summer activities. Simply terrific!
Awesome surfer classic - love life! 2008-05-17
A classic surfer bum adventure. If you ever wanted to chuck it all and live life to the fullest, you should enjoy this movie. It follows some young guys bumming around the world and surfing remote spots around the globe.
I originally saw this movie as a young teen girl in southern california in the 70s and the memory of this movie has always stuck with me.
It's a classic as is the pipeline sequence soundtrack that accompanies it.
Enjoy...
The Best of the Best 2008-03-15
I started surfing 30 years ago and seeing this movie back when I was a kid started it for me. Even today this movie is a classic and if you ask any surfer whats the top 3 surf movies of all time this one would be on the list if not #1.
fantastic entertainment and insight into a time long gone 2008-03-11
The greatest surf movie ever made. "On any day of the year it is summer somewhere in the world..." Go with Robert August and Mike Hynson as they follow the summer season to Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii and California in search of the perfect wave. Still the ultimate surf film of all time!
One of the best ever! 2008-01-26
I fell in love with this flick at age 10 when I saw it on television. At that time, it was the coolest thing this Midwestern girl had ever seen! You could not pay me enough money to surf, but I love watching others do it. And these guys are fabulous surfers!
Flash forward 38 years. I received it for Christmas, but didn't get around to see it again until yesterday. Okay, it's not the big deal it was when I was 10. I have since left the Midwest, and the world has changed in many ways, not all for the best. But this flick still rocks, just in a slightly different way. I'll be playing it again, I'm sure!
Endless Summer 2008-01-23
I bought this dvd for my partner who is a surfer and had remembered watching this movie when he was a teenager and thought it would make a great gift as it did.
Size doesn't matter! 2008-01-11
Have watched 3 surf movies in the past week, and this is the best--by far. Forget "Step into liquid." Forget "Billabong Odyssey" (which is better than Step into Liquid). Endless summer has the cinematography and the humour that puts it over the top. Amazing that it's the best too, considering that the other movies featured bigger wave surfing. Just goes to show size doesn't matter!
Did they really travel to all those surfing locations? 2007-09-30
I love this movie....I've heard several times that all of the surfing sections were filmed in Cali. Now whether or not this is true, doesn't even matter to me....because the film captures the feeling of surfing better than any other film I've ever seen. If you buy only one DVD about surfing, THIS has to be the one!
