NARRATED BY:  Simon Baker (The Mentalist)

 

During 1967ʼs tumultuous Summer of Love, the surfing world was having itʼs own shake-up in the form of the Shortboard Revolution. But who really was the mastermind behind this game changing revolution? Was it as egend has it, the Hawaiians or the Californians? Or was it the brainchild of Australian surfboard designer Bob McTavish, collaborating with American expat, and visonary George Greenough on the remote beaches of Australia?

40 years on, the egos and bitterness are as strong as ever and the argument still rages about who really lit the use that turned the sport, literally, upside down. GOING VERTICAL, for the first time, tells both sides of this ompelling, exciting, humorous and surprisingly touching story.

 

Set to a pumping soundtrack including tracks by Pearl Jam, Powderfinger and Boards of Canada plus iconic artists from the summer of love including Manfred Man and Thunderclap Newman, GOING VERTICAL is the story of an era, a revolution and the extraordinary characters who made it happen.

ALSO AVAILABLE: CD SOUNDTRACK ; and accompanying BOOK by Surf historian Phil Jarratt