The Shape Of Things - The Dick Brewer Story
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| Synopsis | The Shape of Things - The Dick Brewer Story chronicles the colorful and controversial, legendary surfboard designer Dick Brewer. Winner of the Maui Film Festival and the Honolua Surf Film Festival "Audience Choice Awards." Arguably the most influential surfboard shaper of in the 1960's and 1970's, Dick Brewer has often been called the father of the modern-day surfboard. He changed the design of surfing equipment not once, not twice, but three times in his 50 year career as a trailblazer, with all the notorious tales that have until now remained just rumored legends. Brewer's designs have been interpreted, modified, and often copied through the gifted hands of shapers on every coast and in every decade since the 1960's. He mentored, taught, and inspired dozens the world's top shapers. Today, his rails, his rockers, and bottom are intrinsic to surfboard design. Directed and edited with the skill of a lifelong cinematographer Bob Campi, this biopic captures the rise, fall, and ultimate redemption of visionary who changed the world of surfing forever. that was a trailblazer throughout his career. The filmmakers tell his story with phenomenal cinematography and archival footage coupled with this retro soundtrack, will take you back to the era where surfers and board designers redefined what riding a wave could be. |
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| Athletes | Reno Abellira, Scott Mijares, Laird Hamilton, Billy Hamilton, Jock Sutherland, Buzzy Kerbox, Anna Trent, Ron Moore, Sherry Brewer, Jim Kempton, Matt Warshaw, Jim “Hail Yeah” Yarborough, Lyle Carlson, Garrett McNamara, Titus Kinimaka, Al Merrick, Jeff Hakman, Kimo Greene, Eric Arakawa, Steve Morgan, Myles Padaca, Gary Linden, Bob McTavish, Brenda Scott, Joey Cabell, Sam Hawk, Priscila Guedes, Brian Tudor, SharLyn Foo, Ben Lyons, Greg Lui Kwan, Eric “Bones” Fergerson, Chris Christenson, Ricardo Pomar, Jon Pyzel, Dennis Pang, Mark Richards, Allen Sarlo, Jericho Poppler, Pat Rawson, Randy Rarick, Darrick Doerner, Fred Hemmings, Jack Reeves, Lani Brewer, Lisa Brewer, Felipe Pomar, Jamilah Starr, Emily Erickson, Roger Erickson, Makua Rothman |
| Genres | Surfing Documentaries, Surfboard Shaping |
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| Director | Bob Campi |
| Writer | Jim Kempton, Bob Campi |
| Studio | Legend Lane Films |
| Rating | not rated |
| Runtime | 1 hr 9 mins |
| Language | English | Stereo |
| Stream | HD | 1920x1080 |