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Highwater

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Surfers are followed as they compete in the Triple Crown competitions in Oahu.

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Peter Hartlaub San Francisco Chronicle 09/02/2010
2/4
Everyone is a saint in Brown's eyes, and few are especially interesting as a result. Go to Full Review
Jeff Shannon Seattle Times 09/02/2010
3/4
Serving as director, co- editor and narrator, Brown turns the obsession of top-ranking surfers into a universally appealing celebration of excellence on the treacherous North Shore of Oahu. Go to Full Review
Joseph Jon Lanthier Slant Magazine 08/30/2010
1.5/4
Brown's work here evinces the technically deficient and emotionless curiosity of a sellout. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 09/08/2010
C-
The big waves of Bruce Brown's famous '60s surfer movies like "Endless Summer" recede in son Dana Brown's piecemeal documentary about the 2005 Oahu North Shore Triple Crown surfing competition. Go to Full Review
Beth Accomando KPBS.org 09/06/2010
In a way, Highwater is the antithesis of The Endless Summer, the film made by Brown's father, Bruce Brown, more than four decades ago. Go to Full Review
David Noh Film Journal International 08/31/2010
This surfing documentary plays like a more intimate, folksy companion piece to its superior predecessor, Step into Liquid. Go to Full Review
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06/08/2012 From the director of 'Step Into Liquid' (and son of the legendary director of 'Endless Summer'), comes a movie that doesn't quite make it up to par with the others. Yes, it has some great surf footage from the top pro-surfers (guys & ladies), but the movie can't decide if it's a documentary on 2009's Triple Crown contest or a documentary about life and the history of the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. If you love surfing, you'll like it. If you don't, you'll at least 'get it' with this movie. It explains itself well to the novice viewer. I'd choose a few other surf movies to watch first though. Rating: 6/10 See more 03/13/2012 MAKES ME WANNA GO TO THE BEACH See more 03/08/2012 Makes you feel like you are there. Great cinematography too. See more 09/04/2011 Looking forward to seeing this again on DVD. www.steamroom-movie.com See more 08/31/2011 I love surfing documentaries, and this one is pretty dang good. It's all about the triple-crown competition on the Big Island's North Shore. It was cool to see the places that I visited (I didn't surf) a few years ago. I was there a few weeks before the competition, and never in my life had I witness such strong, powerful waves. It's intense. The film moves a little too fast, and fails to deliver a compelling narrative. However, the surfing footage is awesome. See more 08/29/2011 One of the better surf movies I've seen lately. It features the athletes, community and families at the North Shore during The Van's Triple Crown of Surfing. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Surfers are followed as they compete in the Triple Crown competitions in Oahu.
Director
Dana Brown
Producer
C. Rich Wilson
Screenwriter
Dana Brown
Distributor
Outsider Pictures
Production Co
ATO Pictures, Apostrophe Films
Genre
Documentary, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 27, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 30, 2017
Runtime
1h 30m
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