On The Wave - 2013 - 7/10
AKA - На Bолне
One of the better, and more unusual, documentaries on surfing.
Typically with surf docs, the photography is spectacular.
The focus here is not on the masters of the extreme, the professional big wave riders.
These are ordinary people. Balinese, French, Spanish, German, and Russians, a lot of Russians.
All discuss the attraction of the sport, the mysticism they feel when navigating the ocean on a small board.
A few venture into hyperbole, but most have a sense of joy and communion with Nature.
Bookended with footage of professional Kelly Slater, probably for the 2018 USA release of this doc.