North Shore - w/ Systematic Geekology on Surfin' 101

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Will Rose of Systematic Geekology joins Melvin for a second time to summarize North Shore, a little-seen surfer flick in the vein of Karate Kid! Will shares a ton about the dynamics of surfing culture, and Melvin celebrates the layers of North Shore's coming-of-age story. Plus, they can't get enough of those glorious Hawaiian waves, and neither will you!

Topics:

• Will Rose catches us up with where he's at and what Systematic Geekology's been up to since our Spawn Party Pleaser episode.
• There was hype behind North Shore for Will Rose as a kid, and he recounts his experience seeing the film in theaters.
• The music, visuals, and pacing are all pretty solid, and that's made apparent within the first 15 minutes.
• Surfing etiquette 101.
• North Shore features a ton of classic surfing legends, and Will shares all the cool trivia about them.
• Surfing is dangerous and it demands wave/ocean literacy, and North Shore asserts the importance of understanding this as a "coming of age" drama.
• The brisk pace of the film allows the film to explore various "coming of age" tropes.

Recommendations:

• World Surf League (Instagram)
• Surf's Up (2007) (Movie)
• Big Wednesday (1978) (Movie)
• Riding Giants (2004) (Documentary)
• Primer (2004) (Movie)

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