This trippy, beautiful 1973 film took the camera inside a wave for the first time – terrifying at least one very high journalist and impressing waxheads
A still from the 4K restoration of Australian surfing film Crystal Voyager, which will be screened at the Sydney Opera House.A still from the 4K restoration of Australian surfing film Crystal Voyager, which will be screened at the Sydney Opera House.
Elfick’s magnum opus was Crystal Voyager, the Citizen Kane of surfing pictures. It’s mostly the story of surfer and film-maker George Greenough’s global search for the perfect wave, which eventually morphs into a 23 minute “trip” to the sounds of Pink Floyd. The film crossed over from waxheads to underground hippies to critics.
With the band on side, Elfick and their manager, Steve O’Rourke, negotiated. Pink Floyd had recently been paid a substantial amount for their music for the Zabriskie Point soundtrack.
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