Chasing The Swell
Tuesday 19 June 2011 Divided into three segments, Chasing the Swell is a project commissioned – unusually – by the newspaper Los Angeles Times to focus on big wave riding and some of the personalities who dominate the sport.
CHASING THE SWELL
Hawaii, California, Mexico, HD Video, 2010, 32 min
Director: Sachi Cunningham
Cast: Carlos Burle, Shane Dorian, Mark Healey, Greg Long, Ramon Navarro, Mike Schlebach, James Taylor, Chris Bertish, and Grant Baker
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The film chases giant swells across the Pacific while giving a straight up insight into what drives the surfers, and how they deal with the stress, emotional and physical. The group who star in the film are dominated by South Africans Mike Schlebach, James Taylor, Chris Bertish, and Grant Baker. You can cut the dramatic tension with a knife when Dorian disappears for a two-wave hold-down at Mavericks – the on-screen clock counts past 60 seconds, and he’s still underwater.