Bustin' Down the Door (2008)

Bustin’ Down the Door: Directed by Jeremy Gosch. With Reno Abellira, Clyde Aikau, Eddie Aikau, Ben Aipa. This documentary tells the story of a group of Australian and South African surfers who revolutionized their sport in Hawaii during the winter of 1975.

“I have never been on a surfboard in my life, but thanks to surf documentaries like u0026quot;Endless Summeru0026quot;, I do think the sport of surfing is pretty cool and something I would like to try before I kick the bucket. So I was interested in watching u0026quot;Bustinu0026#39; Down the Dooru0026quot; when I found a copy, especially since it promised to discuss something about the sport I didnu0026#39;t know about before – how surfing became a multi-million dollar industry. While I did find the end results sometimes interesting, I donu0026#39;t think the documentary is as strong as it could be. There is some cool surfing footage, but when it comes to the human angle the movie is really lacking. Itu0026#39;s mostly a collection of talking heads, and more often what is said by the participants doesnu0026#39;t add much insight or advance things terribly much. It tells the story in a real slow fashion, and once it gets to interesting topics like the resentment of Hawaiian surfers to the outsiders coming in and shaking things up, it doesnu0026#39;t go into great detail and instead speeds towards the end. Another problem is that the movie often seems to be preaching to the choir, assuming its audience knows a lot about the featured surfers and what they experienced. The documentary is not without interest, but I think the only audience that could really appreciate it would be surfing aficionados.”