Bruce Brown credited as playing...
Narrator
- Narrator: When you go looking for surf, you don't look for a really big wave. If you found one, you'd never ride it in strange waters. It would be much too dangerous. What every surfer dreams of riding is a small wave with perfect shape - what we call a perfect wave. The odds against finding that are a ten million to one.
- Narrator: You can go right or left, but you can't very well do both at once -- if you do, it leads to something commonly known in the surfing world as a "Wipeout".
- Narrator: Everywhere they went, they were greeted with a familiar cry surfers have heard 1,000 times each. Quote: You guys REALLY missed it, you should've been here yesterday!
- Narrator: [while surfing in Durban, South Africa] They call their bathing suits down there 'costumes' - in America we call this thing a g-string!
- Narrator: It's kind of weird when it rains. The rain was 75°, the water was 75°, the air temperature was 75°. It's so pleasant, it almost made you sick to your stomach.
- Narrator: We call them sharks, the Australians call them 'the Men in the Gray Suits.' Whatever you call them, they like your body.
- Narrator: Waimea Bay has only been ridden since 1958, when the first group of surfers challenged it. Surfers watched it break for 10 years before going out. Can you imagine the courage it took to be the first?
- Narrator: With enough time and enough money, you could spend the rest of your life following the Summer around the world.
- Narrator: Packing for the journey was important. Six pairs of trunks, two boxes of wax, some modern sounds, and in case of injury, one band-aid.
- Narrator: The sport of *surfing*! The thrill and the fun of the sport of surfing. Some people like to - body surf. Others like to ride a short belly board and get a short ride. Still others like a short belly board and a long ride... Most surfers like to ride a regular board and perform on medium-sized waves... Some surfers prefer the hairy thrill - of a big wave.
- Narrator: The only way to avoid a wipeout is to take this wide stunk bug stance. Spread your legs and hang on till your trunks rip - right up the back.
- Narrator: California has a lot of places that represent summer to a lot of people. No place more than this secret spot. Malibu beach, California, famous for its Malibu outriggers, surfing, and girls. This is a girl.
- Narrator: Friendly surfers in Hawaii. Hi there, Charlie. Conditions are idea. Water temperature averaging 75 degrees, the air temperature, 75 degrees.
- Narrator: Many surfers ride summer and winter; but, the ultimate thing for most of us would be to have an endless summer: the warm water and waves, without the summer crowds of California. The only way to do this is by traveling around the world, following the summer season as it moves around the world.
- Narrator: They didn't know what to expect in Dakar and at dawn at the airport they were anxious to get underway and find an inexpensive place to stay. They were a bit perturbed when a government official informed them they didn't have any choice. They had to stay at a certain government owned hotel or leave the country. So, they had their introduction to primitive Africa at one of these primitive little hotels along the seashore. The rates here were unbelievable: $30 a day each. As you walk through the front door they stamp "Sucker" on your forehead.