Biarritz Surf Gang - 2017 - 6/10
In 1980, the French gang owns the waves at La Grande Plage. The waves, the girls, the trophies, the drugs.
With tournaments, comes competition: Americans, South Africans, Australians.
For whatever reason, they really had a problem with the latter. Probably because the Aussies took the girls.
At home or away, the French were a destructive bunch, smashing property, brawling, getting loaded.
Six members are interviewed and profiled. Drugs and crime claimed half.
While some went pro and surfed in Bali, Hawaii, the world, others lived behind bars.
Documentary suffers from excessive, rapid cutting.
Character studies are fine, though viewers desiring a traditional surf doc should seek elsewhere.