Billabong Odyssey

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Synopsis

An extreme sports spectacle, BILLABONG ODYSSEY is a documentary from director Philip Boston that tracks the progress of a season-long contest that challenged some of the world's most daring surfers to ride the biggest waves they could find. Their ultimate goal was to seek out and conquer a 100-foot crest. These athletes used any means available to find the biggest waves, tracking them with scientific equipment and using boats or helicopters to get to the right starting spot. The resulting footage provides a wild adrenaline rush.

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Release:

2005

Running Time:

88 min

Certificate:

Contains mild language, nudity and sporting peril

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Genre:

Sport

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Major Toht
Awesome rides, no-nonsense approach
06 December 2008
'Riding Giants' and 'Billabong Odyssey' are two amazing, recently released big wave movies. "Billabong" is more matter-of-fact and less about a "culture" than Peralta's 'Riding Giants'. Still, it is awesome to behold. In particular, the footage captured at Mauai's "Jaws" is mind-boggling, as is the Tahitian and Australian material. The cinematography is breathtaking and the sound design is very effective. The odyssey itself was a two year enterprise in which a group of ace surfers chased the sun all over the world to ride the perfect mountain of water. The film's initial focus on the group falls away as the narrative progresses. Finally, we're left with almost suicidal wave riding that drops one's jaw to the floor. Australian director Philip Boston adds some interviews and typical doco-style snippets to the whole, but the wave's are the juice and they're pretty damn electrifying.
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