A dollop of Big Wednesday folk epic (the surfers' oral tradition) and a dash of West Side Story sociology (the Vals vs. the Lokes; i.e., Valley Boys vs. Locals). The filmmakers have some fun with indecipherable surf-ese; the viewer might have more of it with their concept of an epic and romantic hero: a sensitive, Stanford-bound, Kerouac-idolizing soulmate for the "artistic" heroine (she paints murals, Sistine Ceiling-style, on the underside of the pier). With Danielle Von Zerneck, Richard Joseph Paul, Keith Coogan, and Roxana Zal; directed by Fritz Kiersch. (1989) — Duncan Shepherd
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