Extreme TV & Movies
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Universal
Ladies Rule
'Blue Crush' brought female surfers -- real and imagined -- to theaters worldwide. It showed that being hot in a bikini doesn't mean you can't rip like the big boys and go for your dreams. So what if Kate Bosworth was way too skinny to be believable as a big-wave surfer? And who cares if lines like 'You flew here, we grew here!' still crack us up? With cameos from famous real surfers like Layne Beachley, this film did a lot of good for the profile of women's surfing, and we will love it for that, like, forever.
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Columbia TriStar
Lords of Skate
'Lords of Dogtown' is the fictionalized version of Stacy Peralta's 'Dogtown and Z-Boys,' a documentary that chronicled the emergence of skating from the ghettos of Venice, CA to mainstream America. While the original 'Dogtown' was the passion project of Peralta, the fiction version is a little less cohesive. The skating scenes rock, but they're overshadowed by a less-than-convincing script -- no matter how cute the boys are.
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MTV
'Laguna' Love
Oh, 'Laguna Beach.' How we loved you when Lauren was just a normal, beautiful, rich, SoCal teen and Jason was a plain-old, crime-record-free playa. Those days -- and that season -- are long over, but with well-integrated shots of the LB boys kickin' it in the local surf lineup, we got a weekly taste of what life could be like. While not surf-centered, 'LB' showed surfing's seamless role in the everyday life of a California kid -- and we want a piece!
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MTV
Catch the Fever
'Maui Fever,' a new MTV show from the creators of 'Laguna Beach,' is ostensibly meant to be a Hawaiian version of the OC -- minus pesky distractions like school, parents or homework. In a blur of hook-ups, break-ups, drama, sunbathing and a dash of surfing, the view of island life has been criticized as being very far from 'reality' by island locals. We'd probably stay in the water -- and OUT of the drama.
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The N
Beyond Hotness
'Beyond the Break' is a surf show focused more on the sport than the smooching. But it features a quality mix of hot-guy and ?girl screentime, surfing action and an imagined glimpse at the challenges, excitement and sexiness of the aspiring surf pro life. Even better, 'BTB'focuses on female surfers -- a rarity in any media. RED chatted with the show's producers to find out more about how they got into surf culture and made the show. MORE On 'BTB'
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Ben Liebenberg, WireImage.com
Air Time in Tahoe
What happens when a bunch of snowboarders stay in one Tahoe hotel that's equipped to cater to their every need? If you add the hotel's owner, star snowboarder Marc Frank Montoya, some dance parties, fresh snow and film crew, you've got G4's TV series 'The Block.' Created by snowboarders for snowboarders -- and the snow-curious -- the show leans more towards insider vacation cam than informative portrayal of the snowboard bum in her natural habitat. But we love MFM, nice hotels, Tahoe and dancefloors -- so why not enjoy it all from the comfort of our couch?
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Kharen Hill, The N
Mystery in the Mountains
Taking a darker turn, 'Whistler' (previously on The N) explores life in a mountain town following the death of a star snowboarder. The seamy underside of this town is exposed in the aftermath -- kind of an 'OC' meets the X Games. Is nothing sacred?
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Everett Collection
Winter's Overrated
Perhaps the most famous of 'extreme' media projects, 'Endless Summer' follows the adventures of two California guys who set off to surf the world. The film was made long before short-boards were, and the surf scenes reflect an earlier time, when an 'action' shot was the slow, labored cutback of a longboard. 'Endless Summer' not only introduced the world to the lifestyle of a traveling surfer, but it embodied the mood and ideal of surf culture, and inspired lots of people to ditch winters ever since.
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