North Shore: w/ Systematic Geekology on Surfin’ 101

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Will Rose of Systematic Geekology joins Melvin for a second time to summarize North Shore, a little-seen surfer flick in the vein of Karate Kid! Will shares a ton about the dynamics of surfing culture, and Melvin celebrates the layers of North Shore’s coming-of-age story. Plus, they can’t get enough of those glorious Hawaiian waves, and neither will you!

Topics:

• Will Rose catches us up with where he’s at and what Systematic Geekology’s been up to since our Spawn Party Pleaser episode.
• There was hype behind North Shore for Will Rose as a kid, and he recounts his experience seeing the film in theaters.
• The music, visuals, and pacing are all pretty solid, and that’s made apparent within the first 15 minutes.
• Surfing etiquette 101.
• North Shore features a ton of classic surfing legends, and Will shares all the cool trivia about them.
• Surfing is dangerous and it demands wave/ocean literacy, and North Shore asserts the importance of understanding this as a “coming of age” drama.
• The brisk pace of the film allows the film to explore various “coming of age” tropes.

Recommendations:

• World Surf League (Instagram)
• Surf’s Up (2007) (Movie)
• Big Wednesday (1978) (Movie)
• Riding Giants (2004) (Documentary)
• Primer (2004) (Movie)

North Shore is Rated PG. It features Matt Adler, Nia Peeples, Gregory Harrison, John Philbin, Gerry Lopez, and Laird Hamilton. Directed by William Phelps. North Shore is available here.

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