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The Best Laid Plans
The Best Laid Plans
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The Best Laid Plans

2007
1h 4m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2007

Runtime

1h 4m

Storyline

"Is a documentary/surf action hybrid that highlights not just the best surfing on the East Coast but the pursuit behind catching fickle and difficult to predict swells through each of our diverse seasons."

The Best Laid Plans is a film about what it takes to be a traveling professional surfer living on the East Coast. It is a documentary/surf action hybrid that highlights not just the best surfing on the East Coast but the pursuit behind catching fickle and difficult to predict swells through each of our diverse seasons. As the seasons change throughout the film, character portraits of the movie's main surfers offer a behind the scenes look at the challenges endured by these athletes to catch waves up and down the east coast as well as abroad.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 4m
Jan 1, 2007

Top Cast

15 Cast Members

Ben Bourgeois

CJ Hobgood

CJ Hobgood

Sam Hammer

Sam Hammer

Alek Parker

Alek Parker

Peter Mendia

Asher Nolan

Asher Nolan

Aaron Cormican

Dylan Graves

Shea Lopez

Brian Toth

Jesse Hines

Jesse Hines

Aron Geiger

Blake Jones

Tommy O'Brien

Baron Knowlton

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