![]() ![]() ![]() “ Point Break had a core feeling to it,” says Basich, who watched the film multiple times at a dollar show in Sacramento when he was a teenager. “The waves were massive.” Mike BasichĪn accomplished backcountry snowboarder, Basich, 43, was part of the first wave of professionals in his sport, competing on the World Cup and X Games circuits in the 1990s. “That was the biggest day we had in five years at Jaws,” Walsh says. ![]() At 5 a.m., with cameras rolling, Walsh rode out in massive surf on jet skis with Billy Kemper, Makua Rothman, and Ahanu Tson-dru, taking turns towing into rolling walls of water. Walsh received a call one night from one of the filmmakers in January 2014, asking him to pull together a crew and head out the following morning to Jaws, the iconic big-wave spot off Maui’s north shore. “If you throw that out and someone you are hanging out with doesn’t know that’s from Point Break, there’s probably something wrong with them,” Walsh says. Then he yells, “Utah, get me two!” in his best Busey impression. “Pretty much all of Gary Busey,” he says about his favorites. It tested all the skills I’ve learnt in the last two decades of jumping, and is by far the most elaborate BASE jumping sequence ever filmed.” Ian WalshĪ leading big-wave charger, Walsh, 32, of Maui, hasn’t seen the original Point Break in years, but what endures for him today are the actors’ classic lines. “If you catch a burble, you lose control, risking a group collision. “The unseen risk is the wake turbulence that trails behind each pilot, similar to a boat,” says Boole. They made more than 100 jumps in five weeks while wearing eight-pound cameras mounted on their helmets. They jumped at a place called Sputnik, which achieved notoriety in Jeb Corliss’s 2011 viral video, “ Grinding the Crack.”īoole and Jhonathan Florez (who died in July in a wingsuit accident in Switzerland) served as aerial cameramen, filming the other fliers in formation through the narrow, twisting canyon. Nearly every skydiver has seen Point Break more than once, and many experienced jumpers of my generation cite the film as their inspiration.”įor the remake, Boole joined fellow wingsuit BASE jumpers and stunt doubles Mike Swanson (who doubles for Bodhi), Julian Boulle (Grommet), Noah Bahnson (Roach), and Jon Devore (Utah) on Hinderrugg Mountain above Walenstadt, Switzerland, in August 2014. “Four years later, I made my first skydive and my life was changed forever. “I was blown away by the amazing freefall sequences, and a seed was planted,” says Boole, a wingsuit pilot and aerial cameraman who first saw Point Break at age 15 in England, where he grew up. In 1992, the year following the original film’s release, registrations to the United States Parachute Association, the national governing body for skydiving, shot up 29 percent. I caught up with several of them to talk about the influence of the original, and how they believe their work in the latest Point Break could inspire a new generation of devotees. The reboot, directed by Ericson Core and starring Luke Bracey as FBI agent Johnny Utah and Edgar Ramirez as Bodhi, eschewed computer generated imagery in favor of real stunts from some of the most creative athletes in snowboarding, skateboarding, climbing, surfing, and wingsuit BASE jumping. Scenes featuring progressive surfing and skydiving inspired not only a generation of athletes, but have led to a remake, which opens Christmas Day. No cinematic masterpiece-its sins include corny dialogue, dopey acting, and contrived scenarios- Point Break still got enough right about the spirit of action sports to create an enduring legacy. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow ( Zero Dark Thirty, The Hurt Locker) and starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, the plot concerned an FBI agent infiltrating a crew of surfers and skydivers who rob banks to finance their thrill-seeking lifestyle. Then in the summer of 1991, Point Break premiered. “Big movie productions make something rad cheesy,” says pro skater Bob Burnquist. If you remember those movies, it’s probably for the wrong reasons. The 1980s, when a lot of action sports were in their infancies, include some of the worst offenses: Hot Dog (1984, skiing), Rad (1986, motocross), North Shore (1987, surfing), and Gleaming the Cube (1989, skateboarding). ![]() Hollywood seldom portrays action sports in a way that makes practitioners proud. ![]()
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