{"product_id":"billabong-odyssey-1","title":"Billabong Odyssey","description":"Product description\n\nNo Description Available.\nGenre: Sports Highlights\nRating: NR\nRelease Date: 20-APR-2004\nMedia Type: DVD\n\nAmazon.com\n\nIn addition to boasting one of the most astonishing opening sequences in the history of extreme-sports filmmaking, Billabong Odyssey offers a breathtaking survey of big-wave surfing at a pivotal stage in its evolution. With the advent of Jet-Ski Waverunners used for \"tow-in\" access to gigantic waves that paddle-surfers could never reach, this three-year, globe-trotting quest for the world's biggest waves is nothing less than spectacular. As documentaries go it's a bit cruder than 2003's other surfing movie, Step Into Liquid, and many of the same world-class surfers appear in both films (including 49-year-old Ken Bradshaw, still going strong). But Billabong is unrivaled in its abundance of jaw-dropping footage--most of it shot from helicopters hovering in close proximity--showing the sheer, terrifying scale of breaking \"tubes\"--some reaching 100 feet--at the most challenging big-wave locations on the planet, including Maverick's at Santa Cruz, California; Cortes Bank off the Pacific Coast; \"Cyclops\" in Australia; Mundaka, Spain; and the treacherous \"Jaws\" reef on the coast of Maui, Hawaii.\nWhile touching on various hot topics such as safety training, serious wipe-outs, swell-tracking technology, female surfers (like the great Layne Beachley), and hydrofoil surfboards (billed as \"the future of the sport\"), director Philip Boston applies a casual, competitive structure that's too diffuse and lightweight to have much impact. But when the film focuses on the climactic \"Jaws\" showdown between Carlos Burle and Mike Parsons, Billabong Odyssey achieves a state of raw power and spiritual intensity, culminating in Parsons' best-ever 10-point ride on a massive tube that constantly threatens to consume him. As dozens of adrenaline-junkie surfers strive for new horizons of unprecedented skill, Billabong Odyssey chronicles their efforts with amazing bird's-eye cinematography. For surfers and non-surfers alike, this movie must be seen to be believed. --Jeff Shannon\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0000WN1PE\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0000WN1PE.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ken Bradshaw|Ken Collins|Brad Gerlach|Shawn Barron|Philip Boston\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41361682038842,"sku":"DBV.B0000WN1PE.A","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0000WN1PE-0_4b363730-4d66-4b75-9f3b-8e86b193a1d8.jpg?v=1775928949","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/billabong-odyssey-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}