Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: June 26, 1995
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1891716026
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #353,577 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Enter the heart and soul of the centuries-old sport of surfing. Told by the people who have shaped and changed the sport, Liquid Stage: The Lure of Surfing takes you on a spiritual journey from surfing's evolution on the shores of Hawaii to the beaches of Southern California and the world.

Take an insider's glimpse into the surfers' lifestyles, innovations, and beliefs through archival footage and interviews with surfing legends such as Woody Brown, Greg Noll, Mickey Munoz, Carl Ekstrom, Rell Sunn, Skip Frye, and Rusty Preisendorfer.

If you have always wanted to capture the true roots of this "Sport of Kings", this documentary will take you there. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get for loved ones, July 30, 2001

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Brandon Keating "Poo Patrol" (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liquid Stage : The Lure of Surfing [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a really great movie. I suggest you buy it for loved ones, just anybody that missed it on PBS. I happened to see it on PBS and am sure it will play again as a re-run but if you want an all around complete history of surfing, this is the best you will find. Nothing better to do than watch a surf video about the history of surfing. If you love old school surfing (Longboarding) or have been swept into the summer lul use this video to get you amped before a session. Cause we all know to surf often you have to longboard most of the summer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars surfing history, February 26, 2004

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This review is from: Liquid Stage : The Lure of Surfing [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This review gets 4 stars for the surfing enthusiast. A documentary about the history and birth of surfing. Focusing much of the film on the older days of surfing & the evolution of the surfboard. Does include some contemporary surfing but not enough for 5 stars. I found that the history told in this film is enlightening. Only a surfer or surfing enthusiast would give this film 4 stars otherwise the rating is about 2 or 3 stars. Don't expect to see a lot of contempoary footage because there isn't much of it.

5.0 out of 5 stars The endless ride, August 19, 2008

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J. C. Fraga (Faial isl, Azores) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liquid Stage : The Lure of Surfing (DVD)

After a little more than 45 years trying to find my way through surfing, its history, evolution, etc here is a really didactic film that would have saved me a lot of time, though I don't regret every of the many hours spent on this research. In Boston Museum of Fine Arts, I think, there is a painting by Gauguin (1897) that says: "D'où venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous?". For the real surfers many of the answers to these questions can be found on this film.