5 Movies That Totally Made You Want To Surf

The thrill of the waves, the exotic beach lifestyle, the pumping soundtracks. We all remember the days when shark tooth necklaces and surf branded everything was dominating the fashion scene and all we thought about was being cool enough to own a surfboard and know how to use it.

1. Blue Crush

Pretty sure every girl wanted to be Kate Bosworth living in a beach shack in Blue Crush, surfing waves at Hawaii’s famous Pipeline with bikini wearing besties and conquering fears to compete in pro surfing competitions at some point.

2. Soul Surfer

Inspiring as well as thrilling, bring out the tissues and prepare to cheer as you watch the real life story of Bethany learning to surf the waves again after losing an arm in a horrific shark attack.

3. Point Break

Point Break was to surfing what Fast and Furious was to car racing. Undercover cops, the attraction of the adrenalin-charged surfing style, a gang of surfers stealing money to fund their surfing careers….

4. Chasing Mavericks

A friendship forged between a once famous surfer and a fresh faced newbie looking to tame the mythical Mavericks wave, and some of the best real-footage wave action ever captured on film will make you feel like you’re out there chasing mavericks too. From the comfort of your lounge room.

5. Surf’s Up

Ok, this one may not have made you want to be a surfing penguin, but the fact that real life pro surfers Kelly Slater and Rob Machado have cameos as penguin versions of themselves is just too good.