The trailer boasts, "The Brown's have done it again," and they most certainly have. Son Dana Brown lives up to his father's "Endless Summer" legacy with his soulful documentary tribute to surfing.

You don't have to know a single thing about surfing to appreciate this film. What you do need is an appreciation for waves. If you've ever spent an hour just staring at the ocean, or forked over nine bucks to see crappy movies like Blue Crush, then you will love every minute of Step Into Liquid. Alternately, if you're a landlubber who thinks the idea of watching people catch wave after wave is a big snooze, then by all means stay home and watch some golf.

Step Into Liquid is about the art/sport of surfing and the worldwide surfing tribe. The filmmakers travel to locations as far flung as the North Shore of Hawai'i, Texas, Vietnam, Ireland and even the Great Lakes in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to explore all types of surfing from tow-in to pipeline to supertanker surfing. Along the way, they chat with surf champions: Laird Hamilton, Taj Burrow, Rob Machado and Kelly Slater as well as the top female big wave riders Rochelle Ballard, Layne Beachley, Keala Kennelly (all of whom made cameos in Blue Crush). After a stop in Costa Rica to catch up with the original Endless Summer crew, the film explores the new directions surfing is taking including new moves and new gear.

Words cannot describe the incredible imagery in this film. The cinematography is jaw-dropping: you're right there on the wave as it thunders across the screen. No action sequence this summer can compare to the climax of this film where the Strap Crew(Maui) and Mavericks Crew (NoCal) voyage 100 miles off the shore of San Diego to Cortes Bank for tow-in surfing on the biggest waves you've ever seen: over 60 feet high.

If that doesn't get your pulse racing, Step Into Liquid isn't for you. The film lacks a clear structure and an objective perspective, but that wouldn't be part of the surfing philosophy anyway. As one of the filmmakers said "When you see a Brown film versus an ordinary film, there's a difference. There's a heart and soul."

-Megan A. Denny