Surf nation.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bogert, Jeremiah, director.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surfers--China--Hainan Sheng--Biography.

Surfers.

Surfing--China--History.

Surfing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (01:27:48)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2022.

Language Note:

Closed-captions in English.

Summary:

With unprecedented access, Surf Nation is a feature-length observational documentary that tells a story beginning in Hainan, China's southernmost province where hundreds of athletes as young as 9 years old train as part of the Chinese National Surf team. These young recruits have left their families around the country and are paid to become surfers with Olympic aspirations. Shot in a tropical paradise with miles of empty beaches, aspiring athletes and their international coaches live in an old hotel that has become the hub of surfing in China. Over a period of two years, we follow two of China's top surfers, Alex, 17, who dreams of competing at the highest levels of pro surfing but has contempt for training, and Lolo, 22, who rejects a traditional life for a Chinese woman and surfs despite her parents' disapproval. We follow them as they train with the team, compete — and most of all, discover what they want their lives to be.

Participant:

Director, Jeremiah M. Bogert Jr.

Notes:

Description based on XML content.

ISBN:

1-03-625008-3

9781036250089

OCLC:

1584443882

Publisher Number:

302369