Bustin' Down the Door
26/04/09 12:56 Filed in:
Surfing
Just finished watching
Bustin' Down the
Door,
a surfing movie that follows a group of young
Australian and South African surfers, including
Shaun Tomson, Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew, Ian
Cairns, Mark Richards, Michael Tomson and Peter
Townend, as they relocate to the outskirts of
Hawaii where they find themselves challenged to
new heights when controversy stirs with the
locals, whom find the newcomers' bravado to be
insulting to that of Hawaiian culture, eventually
culminate in death threats and assault regarding
the very subject of the film.
Interesting
to say the least, as I surfed with Shaun and Michael
in the late 60s in Durban and remember the “Tomson’s
go home” attitude at the Gunston 500. Really worth
watching!
