Surf Film Review: 'Stylemasters 2,' Overthought

With the late 1970s film 'Stylemasters,' Super 8 surf-movie pioneers Greg Weaver and Spyder Wills pushed the format to the limit in terms of photography. 'Stylemasters 2,' filmed in 1980 and 1981, takes Super 8 a step forward in image quality and throws in native sound.

The result is deeper immersion in the culture of the North Shore at the apogee of the single-fin shortboard revolution.

This cinematic time-capsule approach pours honey on the synapses of hard-core surf movie junkies. It probably leaves less obsessive audiences wondering why their surf-geek friends are wiping the dribble off their chins. Video after the jump...

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