North Shore (the movie)
This movie.
Look at how Kiani’s hair becomes the wave: Bitchin’. But then if Rick pulled into the bowl and it closed out, would he get all tangled and would Kiani have to comb him out? Or is every wave a blend of Kiani hair and ocean? And if so, does her hair get a little fried with all that salt water? Also: Lance seems unconcerned at getting burned on this one. He’s like, “I’m just going to carve behind this Arizonan kook. Check my lines, bro.” Also-also: I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the island under Kiani isn’t Hawaii and is actually the Marquesas or somewhere, which leads me to ask if this is a foreshadowing of a sequel where Rick, Lance, and Kiani comedically get stuck on a boat trip together, bonding over how the Aussie chef kinda sucks, but Rick still burns Lance even though they literally have the whole spot to themselves?
UPDATE: If set today and Rick was a wave pool champ, he might actually shred way harder when he arrives on the North Shore, dependent on his “home” “break”. Would this undermine the movie’s story (that an Arizonan fluffed-up, chlorinated surfer could arrive, be humbled, and somehow find glory at Pipe)? Would the modern-day Rick test our shore’s waters and realize that the comforts of his alloted-time wave pool are too great a privilege to abandon? Or, conversely, would it make his journey a more believable jump from a Southwestern US shredder to Pipe charger and, therefore, boring. Because it’s so magic to think that you can fly in from Phoenix as a certified kook, almost get beat in a Moiliili hostess bar, and over the course of a few months become a world-class surfer just by listening to an embittered shaper and inspecting the reef between swells. I look forward to the sequel that’s been promised for the last forty years.
