Catch a wave

Title

Catch a wave

Date

1984

Description

A documentary about surfing. The ultimate trip through the tube - the feel of sun, sea and surf as we see how the surfing craze of the sixties still flourishes in the high-tech eighties. Hear a surfer go through the hollow part of the wave kwnown as ‘the tube’...and describe the action as he does so; learn about the complex process of making a modern surf-board; join a jolly windsurfing lesson; hear how gender equality is reaching the beach...and of course, re-live that great surfing music!

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Duration

00:52:03

Genre

Documentary

Keywords

Surfing

Radio station

County Sound Radio

Place of publication

Guildford

Language

English

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Technical information

Stereo

Credits

Cast

Mike Powell

presenter/producer