A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Bertlemann, Larry

Amiable teenage action/romance movie released by Universal in 2002, directed by John Stockwell (

), produced by Academy Award winner Brian Grazer (

), and based on "Life's Swell," a 1998 Susan Orlean article for 

 stars Kate Bosworth as Anne Marie, an attractive surf-stoked hotel maid living in Hawaii with her younger sister and two friends. Anne Marie spends nearly all her free time preparing for the big surf contest at Pipeline, but her routine is interrupted when she falls in love with pro football quarterback Matt Tollman. The 

 as "an energetic exercise in grrrrl power wish fulfillment," but dismissed by the 

, calling it "one big wipeout." A number of pro surfers were involved with the making of

, including Keala Kennelly, Rochelle Ballard, Megan Abubo, Kate Skarratt, and Mike Stewart; big-wave rider Noah Johnson wore a bikini and blond wig to stunt-surf for Bosworth during her Pipeline scenes. Surf photographer/filmmakers Don King, Sonny Miller, and Bill Ballard also worked on the film. 

, rated PG-13, was the first Hollywood- made movie featuring women surfers since 1959's 

. Budgeted at $35 million, and marketed heavily, 

, at the time of its release, was the most expensive surf movie ever made. 

, a tepid, straight-to-DVD sequel was released in 2011.

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