Children of the Sun

In this cult surf film — this excerpt is the first seven minutes — Andrew McAlpine gets in the Chevy, chucks the longboard on the roof and follows a group of pioneering riders on a mission around New Zealand and Australian coastlines, from Piha to Noosa. Filmed from 1965 - 1967, the Kiwi Endless Summer evoked a laid-back era where the ride was the prize. The classic surfing scenes — some filmed from an onboard camera housed in a DIY perspex case — are scored to surf rock and interspersed with sunburnt, bikini-clad relics of 60s beach culture.

We go for fun and we’ve thought about it often enough: fun. Every ride is a gift to be treasured, and remembered. You know there’s freedom out there: more freedom than you’ve ever felt before. You feel it as soon as you get out of the car. You see it and you hear it. It’s the surfing time and we can’t wait.

– From the narration

Key Cast & Crew

Andrew McAlpine (surfer)

Director, Editor, Producer, Camera

Peter Telling

Narrator

Kelvin Peach

Editor