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The music, the images of this film short are like visual/aural prozac for me. It's hard to explain, but I actually paid $79.00 dollars to Pyramid Video to buy this little 16-minute gem that I saw as a child on a 16mm machine at school. Our P.E. teacher would show it to us occasionally when the weather was too bad outside and nobody felt like square-dancing. It evokes the carefree feeling I had as a kid, waking up on a summer morning and knowing that the whole day, the whole world, was my oyster and that June, and being young, would last forever. Even the theme music haunted me all these years. Sunset on the beach at Waikiki. What lovely, warm and calming images these are. If you remember this film as fondly as I do, go ahead and buy a copy. You'll be glad you did!

Honestly, one of the most iconic vintage surf movies ever. If you liked "The Endless Summer", you'll love " The Moods of Surfing". As a teenager my woodshop teacher in Newport 1977, would show this movie as it was an approved movie to show by the district and teachers had to reserve it. In those days, movies were really movies shown on 16mm film. In fact, he along with other teachers would show this movie on the last day of school before summer vacation and I really couldn't wait for summer to start after seeing " The Moods of Surfing". Greg MacGillivray, the film maker, went to Newport Harbor High School when he made this movie so the impact of big swells showcased really hit home as a local. Fast forward, I became a P.E. teacher and followed in the footsteps of former teachers who also showed " The Moods of Surfing" to my students the last week of school to kick off summer. This movie will leave you feeling like June is here and summer is ready to start in Newport Beach or Hawai'i, so wax up you board.