Even landlocked as we are, in the middle of North America, it’s still easy to understand the allure of surfing the Big Wave. Pounding breakers, especially of the heights generated by ocean coastlines, are an awesome sight, and though we might think the daredevils who attempt to ride wooden sticks on top of them are crazy, you’ve gotta admit it looks pretty cool.
Jay Moriarity was a teenage surfing prodigy who became world famous when his spectacular wipeout on the Mavericks break was captured on film and made the cover of Surfer magazine. Chasing Mavericks dramatizes the story of Jay’s life leading up to that moment, but while the surfing scenes are as jaw-dropping as you’d expect, the rest of the movie is under water.
Read the rest of my review at Oakville.com:
http://www.oakville.com/articles/chasing-mavericks-movie-review/