Step into Liquid
This documentary profiles surfers and surfing locations all over the world, including the monstrous waves of Oahu's North Shore, the Gulf shores of Texas (where waves are created by oil supertankers), the ice-cold waters of Ireland, Santa Cruz, Costa Rica, the Cortez Banks, Da Nang in Vietnam, the tiny waves of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin and the tropics of Rapa Nui. More important than the diverse and often spectacular locations and waves, however, are the wide range of surfers that are profiled, challenging the stereotypes about the surfing counterculture. Running Time: 90 minutes. Release Date: 04/20/2004.
Thanks to Dana Brown's delightful Step Into Liquid, the surfing scene in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, should get a healthy boost. That's because Brown, in the tradition of his father, filmmaker Bruce Brown (The Endless Summer), has captured dazzling images of surfers riding curls in some of the world's most exotic--and sometimes unlikely--places. Besides the action on Lake Michigan, Brown leads us to Costa Rica, where the sport's senior elite (including Summer star Robert August) prove they still have the moves, and Oahu's North Shore, where the legendary Pipeline inspires this quote: "It's so scary, maybe you die a little." Most entertaining is a segment in County Donegal, where the American Malloy brothers startle the locals and meet their Irish counterparts on the grayest ocean imaginable. Great personal stories here, including the tale of Northern California's Dale Webster, who has never missed a day on the waves in 30 years. --Tom Keogh
Step into Liquid Accessories
 Billabong Odyssey
The Endless Summer
Thicker Than Water
Riding Giants (Special Edition)
The Endless Summer II
Jack Johnson - September Sessions
Big Wednesday
Singlefin: Yellow
The Endless Summer Collection
Blue Crush (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
Step into Liquid Reviews
If you love daytime soaps and reality TV, pass on this one. If you like surfing movies, you'll like this one. If you love the ocean and outdoor activities, you'll like this movie.
This is such a good surfing documentary, anyone would enjoy it, surfer or not. Really well done.
And, thanks to the DTS soundtrack, room- shaking, monster waves. Beautiful, breathtaking, and educational. Step Into Liquid is a "must have" for your collection.
If it's a movie to watch with the kiddies, then yeah. If it's a beautiful surf movie with incredible action and sick big wave surfing, this is not it. I guess it depends on what you are looking for. Too much time spent on heart warming tales than sick late drops into blue wonderful.
No. Are you a surfer. Ok well just admire the beauty then of high definition water and a rather compelling documentary that will have you wow'ed in no time at all.
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