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7 Gnarly Surfing Scenes

Hang 10 with this lot as we catch a wave...

BY James White Sep 4th 2009 8:08AMFILED UNDER: Features

Dudes! Dudettes! Prepare to get righteous as we look at some of the coolest surfing action committed to celluloid.

We check out the totally tubular times down at the hottest beaches of movie-dom.

So grab your board, load up on sex wax and hit the sea with us...

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Bodacious Bods: Benjamin L Willard (Martin Sheen), William "Bill Kilgore" (Robert Duvall)

Why So Cool? In one of Apocalypse Now's many iconic moments, Kilgore sends two of his troops out to surf the waves created by the downdraft of the helicopters he's using to attack a Vietcong position.

In the middle of a pic about the madness of war, Duvall's deranged Colonel love for napalm and his dedication to combat are perfectly counterpointed by the images of the men braving the shell-dotted waters en route to the beach.

Wipe Out Words: "Charlie don't surf!"

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