Sunday, April 26, 2009

Bustin' Down the Door...

Just finished watching Bustin' Down the Door, a surfing movie that follows a group of young Australian and South African surfers, including Shaun Tomson, Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew, Ian Cairns, Mark Richards, Michael Tomson and Peter Townend, as they relocate to the outskirts of Hawaii where they find themselves challenged to new heights when controversy stirs with the locals, whom find the newcomers' bravado to be insulting to that of Hawaiian culture, eventually culminate in death threats and assault regarding the very subject of the film.
Interesting to say the least, as I surfed with Shaun and Michael in the late 60s in Durban and remember the “Tomson’s go home” attitude at the Gunston 500. Really worth watching!

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