“SURF NATION” spans 2019 and 2020 following the trials and tribulations of young Chinese surfers at the Chinese National Surfing Academy in Hainan, China. China, in the true spirit of the “National Plan”, launches a massive effort for China to qualify for the surfing competition at the 2020 summer Olympics. China did not qualify. InContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “SURF NATION”: Imposed Serfdom and Mediocre Surfers”
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RKS 2024 Film: “Wild Goat Surf”: Joanna Andrade Dreams but Down and Out in Penticton
Rell “Goat” Anderson (Shaylea Martin) is a thirteen-year-old surfer chick obsessed with becoming a great surfer although her summer of 2003 trailer park life in Penticton, British Columbia’s beautiful Okanagan is not progressing well for her. Goat has the look, the garb and attitude of a skateboarder a la Avril Lavigne’s “Skater Boy”. One problemContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Wild Goat Surf”: Joanna Andrade Dreams but Down and Out in Penticton”
Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23July1970: Pag Island, Yugoslavia: He Fell Like a Ton of Bricks
Dear Louise, George, Diane and Gerald: This is a far cry from Spain in every way but everyone goes to Spain so I have to be different. We have been away for such a long time and every once and awhile I long to be back with Andy and all of you. I have hadContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 23July1970: Pag Island, Yugoslavia: He Fell Like a Ton of Bricks”
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