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Dana Brown


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Today’s guest is Dana Brown. Dana is a film maker born and raised in Dana Point, California. The eldest son of legend, Bruce Brown from "The Endless Summer" surf movie Dynasty. Yes!... that Bruce Brown. The Endless Summer is hands-down the greatest surf movie ever made. It's the quintessential entry-level surf movie. The top movie in every surfers collection. The endless summer movies introduced to the world to Robert August and Mike Henson and the idea of surf travel to follow the surf and the sun. A movie that showed every side of surfing, A tool for people to see and learn some of surfings many nuances and document the rich characters in the surfing world. Dana grew up with the legendary Bruce Brown as a father, so naturally he drifted into the film world. Dana‘s father got him a camera at a young age and he quickly began making little movies. He would eventually go to film school. Then Dana‘s father came out of retirement to film "The Endless Summer 2. Bruce Brown would employ his eldest son to help him edit, write, produce and crew on such an assignment. It was then and there that Dana would learn the valuable tools of what it takes to make a film come together. Working alongside his father he would help create one of the most iconic surf films of all time. After working on the endless summer 2, Dana took that momentum to have a very successful film career. His next film was "Step into Liquid" with amazing aerial shots of Laird Hamilton playing with 20 foot "Jaws" barrels on his strap-in surfboard. Dana would go on to make many other films. These days Dana has released a new film. The movie is called "A life life of Endless Summer‘s", the Bruce Brown story. A documentary about a road trip Dana took his father on to visit his old famous surf and motorcycle friends. They visit elusive legendary characters like Gordon "Grubby" Clark and iconic salty old Pirates like legendary wetsuit Pioneer, Jack Oneil. Plus many many more. This movie is fantastic. I can’t recommend it enough, it’s a must watch for any surfer and even the regular Joe. It’s a quality story with a touching message. All of Dana‘s films are great but this one touches home. You can watch the documentary now "A life of endless Summer’s, the Bruce Brown story" is available now on Amazon Prime. I was delighted to catch up with Dana on the phone, to talk about his roots, his films and his latest project about his dad. Please enjoy my conversation with the great and talented Mr. Dana Brown!           Music: The Endless Summer-The Sandals Theme from Endless Summer-Gary Hoey Born in the USA-Bruce Springsteen St.John Green-The Devil and the Sea Tommy Guerrero-and the Folklore Continues Green Onions-Booker T and the MG's Ocean-Mother Nature Soccer96-Buy It
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