San Antonio College Library

In this film from the family that made surf-film history, Wes Brown and T.J. Barrack take us to the beautiful waters of Peru, where surfing is a way of life and surfers are worshiped as national heroes. This surf odyssey fuses electrifying surf footage and unique cultural aspects, and includes an enchanting visit to Machu Picchu.

Two gay surfers embark on a global journey to uncover the taboo of homosexuality in surfing. They become part of an emerging community prepared to step out of the shadows of secrecy and create a more open and accepting surfing culture.

Boone Daniels lives to surf. Every morning he's out in the break off Pacific Beach with the other members of The Dawn Patrol: four men and one woman as single-minded about surfing as he is. But Boone is also obsessed with the unsolved case of a young girl named Rain who was abducted back when he was on the San Diego police force. He blames himself -- just as almost everyone in the department does -- for not being able to save her. Now he's unexpectedly...

"From legendary writer Paul Theroux comes an atmospheric novel following a big-wave surfer as he confronts aging, privilege, mortality, and whose lives we choose to remember"-- From legendary writer Paul Theroux comes an atmospheric novel following a big-wave surfer as he confronts privilege, mortality, and the lives we choose to remember. Now in his sixties, big-wave surfer Joe Sharkey has passed his prime and is losing his "stoke." The younger...