''Step into Liquid'' (2003) is a documentary about

surfing Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suita ...

directed by Dana Brown, son of famed surfer and filmmaker Bruce Brown. The film includes surfing footage from the famous

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, the beaches of

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

, and some of the world's largest waves, at

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. The film was Dana Brown's first solo project.

Featured surfers

* Robert August * Rochelle Ballard * Shawn Barron * Layne Beachley * Bob "Aquadoc" Beaton * Jesse Brad Billauer * Bruce Brown *

Taj Burrow Taj Burrow (born 2 June 1978) is an Australian retired professional surfer. Taj retired from the WSL World Tour in June 2016 where he left a legacy of power and impressive surfing. Early life Burrow was born in Yallingup, Western Australia, ...

* Ken Collins * Peter Davis * Ami DiCamillo * Darrick Doerner *

Richie Fitzgerald Richie Fitzgerald is an Irish big-wave surfer. He first appeared as a judge in Channel 4's reality TV show, Faking it, titled "Web Surfer To Wave Surfer", which aired on 2 November 2002. He then appeared in surfing documentaries such as Joel ...

* James Fulbright * Brad Gerlach *

Laird Hamilton Laird John Hamilton (né Zerfas; born March 2, 1964) is an American big wave surfing, big-wave surfer, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, and an occasional fashion and action-sports model and actor. He is married to Gabrielle Reece, a former professi ...

* Dave Kalama *

Keala Kennelly Keala Kennelly (born August 13, 1978) is a professional surfer, DJ, and actress from Kauai, Hawaii. After spending a decade ranked in the top 10 on thASP World Championship Tour (WCT) Kennelly took a break from the tour in 2007 to explore her ...

* Alex Knost * Jim Knost * Gerry Lopez * Rob Machado * Chris Malloy *

Dan Malloy Dannel Patrick Malloy (; born July 21, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 88th governor of Connecticut from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he chaired the Democratic Governors Association from 2016 to 2017. In Jul ...

* Keith Malloy * Andy Matthias * Peter Mel * Mike Parsons * Lester Priday *

Kelly Slater Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. He is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, and holds 56 Championship T ...

* Mike Waltze * Robert "Wingnut" Weaver * Dale "Daily" Webster *

Larry Williams Lawrence Eugene Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist from New Orleans. He is best known for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to ...

* Lee Williams

Production and release

The film made $3,681,803 at the box office in the United States. The documentary is available on

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(in

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) and

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. It was first released on April 20, 2004 and marked the final DVD release distributed by Artisan Entertainment.

Reception

References

External links

Official site
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2003 films 2003 documentary films Artisan Entertainment films Documentary films about surfing Films shot in Vietnam Films directed by Dana Brown American surfing films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language documentary films {{surfing-stub