The smash hit of the Santa Barbara Film Festival comes to Encintas on  1st August– La Paloma Theater.

Introduction, free signed posters and question and answer session by producer/ surf legend Shaun Tomson on Saturday 2nd August at 7pm.

The ground breaking action packed story takes a look at a dramatic moment in history when a group of young South African and Australian surfers put their lives on the line for a dream and changed their sport forever.

    Narrated by Academy Award Nominee Edward Norton

“Amazing wall- to-wall footage” Nathan Lee – New York Times

"A breakout film. Bustin' Down the Door shows what happens when ego and historical problems clash during the most critical period in our sports history."
 – Kelly Slater, 8 X World Surfing Champion

“Sizzling from start to finish” – Robert Koehler, VARIETY

“Fascinating” – Filmweek, NPR

“A powerhouse spellbinder”- Jim Kempton, SURFLINE

“An eye opener” - Ben Marcus, Surfer Magazine

“Delivered on all sorts of levels – a great movie”  - Santa Barbara Independent

"The most valuable entertainment by a documentary film in years."
 - Bill Sharp, former editor, Surfing Magazine

"The most profound film ever made about surfing."
-Jim Moriarty, Executive Director, Surfrider Foundation

"The best surf documentary ever made.” Chris Cote – Transworld Surf

The award-winning documentary, narrated by Edward Norton is a dramatic story of a pivotal time in surfing. During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a culture and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. With a radical new approach and a brash colonial attitude, these surfers crashed headlong into culture that was not ready for revolution.

BUSTIN’ DOWN THE DOOR chronicles a tumultuous two-year period of competitive and cultural clashes in the mid-Seventies in surfing's Mecca - Hawaii's North Shore of Oahu - as a small crew of Australians and South Africans set out with attitude and determination to change the world of surfing.  Framed around the emerging careers of World Champions-to-be Shaun Tomson, Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew and Mark Richards, Bustin’ documents how these young men risked everything to become the best surfers in the world, and how their courage and vision began a cultural revolution that led to the birth of professional surfing and ultimately what has become today's billion-dollar surf industry.

The film was directed by Jeremy Gosch, and was produced by Shaun Tomson, Monika Gosch and Robert Traill; this is Gosch’s first documentary film.  Bustin’ was filmed on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii and features iconic surf footage from the best of the mid1970’s films and a period soundtrack that includes Iggy Pop, David Bowie, and Leonard Cohen.  Among the many notable surfers and pros interviewed for the film were Ian Cairns, Peter Townend, Michael Tomson, Tom Curren, Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Barry Kanaiaupuni and “Fast Eddie” Rothman.