Any Given Morning Documentary

Since no one else has reviewed this yet I figured I’d provide a few comments. Any Given Morning came up as a suggestion after I’d just watched the surfing movie classic The Endless Summer (which was very good). Since this was only half an hour long I started streaming it.

I’m not a surfer myself, but I enjoy watching footage of people surfing, especially those daring the big waves. This is nothing like that. This short documentary focuses on the people in a small community who are dedicated to surfing a specific spot. The waves are nice enough, but pretty small. There’s nothing jaw dropping going on here.

What is here is a heartwarming and heartfelt examination of what surfing, and this particular community of surfers, means to these people. Most of them are middle-aged. Some of them have been surfing their entire lives, some have only taken up the sport within the last couple years. But all of them have a deep and abiding love of the ocean and riding waves that comes shining through.

I found myself smiling a lot while watching it and think it’s worth the time spent watching this different kind of surfing movie.