First released in 1978, the near-forgotten classic surf movie Many Classic Moments all but disappeared after its successful initial screenings. Now it's back, better than ever, a remastered time capsule by Australian Gary Capo that celebrates the corporate-free and totally mellow surf culture of the 1970's.

Starting from Malibu, via Sydney's many breaks and eventually settling in the famed warm waters of Hawaii, Many Classic Moments not only features kicker surf footage but captures the simple, irrepressible joy and camaraderie of surf culture - big-haired surfies, small-bikinied chicks, sun, sand and fun, fun, fun. A (possibly) tongue-in-cheek narrator introduces some of the great characters of the era - Dane Kealoha, Mark Lidell and 'Buttons' - and wisely reminds us that "there's more to surfing than smooth rides"; with a straight face, he prefaces a series of gnarly wipe-outs with, "People often ask what happens to these surfers' They die..." The soulful, thoroughly 70s' soundtrack is provided by Kalapana and - somewhat hilariously - the London Symphony Orchestra.

"Deserves the highest praise... Hard to imagine getting any closer to the spirit of surfing" - Surfing Magazine