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Posted May. 7, 2008,
Surfwise!
By Dennis Dermody
Opening this week is Surfwise, the provocative documentary about the unorthodox family life of Dr. Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, who packed up his wife Juliette and their nine children in a 24-foot. camper in the 1960s, traveled and all surfed daily on the beaches of California, Hawaii, Mexico -- home schooling their kids and flaunting convention. This surfing dynasty (eight brothers and one sister) became legendary, but this wild child existence made it hard for the siblings to make their way in the real world. Documentary filmmaker Doug Pray illustrates the positive points of Doc’s strict health-conscious philosophy but shows the downside also. Still, the final family reunion in Hawaii is almost cosmic.