Blue Crush is a 2002 sports film that tells the story of three friends who have one passion: living the ultimate dream of surfing on a beach located on which island ?
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Blue Crush Blue Crush is a 2002 sports film directed by John Stockwell and based on Susan Orlean's "Outside" magazine article "Life's Swell". The film stars Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake and Mika Boorem, and tells the story of three friends who have one passion: living the ultimate dream of surfing on Hawaii's famed North Shore.
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North Shore (Oahu) The North Shore, in the context of geography of the Island of Oʻ ahu, refers to the north-facing coastal area of Oʻ ahu between Kaʻ ena Point and Kahuku Point.
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Coastlines Coastlines is a 2002 dramatic film written and directed by Victor Nuñez. It is the third of three films by Nuñez set in the Florida Panhandle after "Ruby in Paradise" (1993) and "Ulee's Gold" (1997). The film made its debut at the 2002 SXSW Festival but was not released until 2006 as it could not find a distributor.
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Sandøya, Aust-Agder Sandøya ("Sand island") is an island along the southern coast of Norway. It has roughly 230 permanent residents (2001), and shares its local administration with the surrounding communities and the nearby town Tvedestrand. The island has no bridge to the mainland, and the inhabitants rely on boats for transportation. Cars are parked at the nearby island Borøy. There are only four cars on the island, which are seldom in use. Being close to the popular tourist attraction Lyngør (a nearby group of islands frequented by thousands of tourists every summer), Sandøya is a popular summer vacation spot. The population rises to several thousand in the summer.
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Batu Islands The Batu Islands are an archipelago of Indonesia located in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra, between Nias and Siberut. The three primary islands, of approximately equal size, are Pini, Tanahmasa, and Tanahbala. There are forty-eight smaller islands, of which the largest are Sipika, Simuk, Bodjo, Telo and Sigata; less than half are inhabited. The islands are governed as a part of South Nias regency within North Sumatra province. In Indonesian and Malay, "batu" means "rock" or "stone".
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Menipo Menipo, is an island in the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia which is separated from Timor Island by a narrow strait. It is 7328 m long and 700 m wide and is officially a part of the Enoraen Village in Kupang. Menipo is home to a variety of wildlife, including Timor deer, wild pigs, turtles and crocodiles. The island is also used for fishing, snorkeling, swimming, and surfing.
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Mirissa Mirissa (Sinhalese: මිරිස්ස ) is a small town on the south coast of Sri Lanka, located in the Matara District of the Southern Province. It is approximately 150 km south of Colombo and is situated at an elevation of 4 m above the sea level. Mirissa's beach and night life make it a popular tourist destination. It is also a fishing port and one of the island's main whale and dolphin watching locations.
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Kuramo Beach Kuramo Beach is a sandy beach in Lagos, Nigeria, located at the south side of Victoria Island, just east of Bar Beach and south of the Kuramo Waters lagoon. It was the location of numerous illegal shanties and cabins, some of them being used for music entertainment, bars and prostitution. In August 2012, a surge of the Atlantic Ocean hit Kuramo Beach, destroying some of these shacks and killing 16 people. The next day government authorities evacuated the area, demolished the remaining shacks and began to refill the sand.
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Kapas Island Kapas Island (Malay: "Pulau Kapas" ) is an island located about 6 kilometers east of Marang, Malaysia, with a smaller island, Pulau Gemia, located north of it. It measures roughly 1.5 by 2.5 km. Its name, Pulau Kapas (Malay for "cotton island"), refers to the island's white beaches. The island has tropical jungle, clear seawater, white sand beaches and coral reefs in the surrounding waters. It is promoted as a "diving and snorkeling paradise". The island is reached by ferry from Marang.
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Champagne Beach (Vanuatu) Champagne Beach is a popular beach located on the island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. The beach is famous for its crystal clear waters and powdery white sands, which is one of the best in the South Pacific region. It is visited regularly by tourists and cruise boats from Australia.
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Dundee, Northern Territory Dundee is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia, located approximately 125 km southwest of Darwin on a peninsula between the Timor Sea and Bynoe Harbour. Dundee consists of three separate localities: Dundee Beach on the Timor Sea, Dundee Forest in the central peninsula and Dundee Downs adjacent to Bynoe Harbour in the east. The localities are named after the original subdivisions, believed to be in reference to the film ""Crocodile" Dundee". The permanent population is estimated at approximately 400 residents.
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Sandy Beach, Hawaii Sandy Beach (location ) is a beach on the South Shore of Oʻ ahu in Hawaiʻ i. It is known for its excellent bodyboarding and bodysurfing opportunities due to shore break that breaks very close to the shore, and consistent barrels all along the beach. Consequently, more injuries occur per year at Sandy Beach than any other beach in Hawaiʻ i, earning it the infamous nickname, "break-neck" beach. The water is especially dangerous during high surf, when strong rip currents are present. The beach park is located between Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Park on the west and Makapuʻ u Point on east along 8800 Kalanianaʻ ole Highway in Hawaiʻ i Kai, on Honolulu's southside neighborhood.
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Waikiki Waikīkī ( ; Hawaiian: ] ) (also known as Waikiki Beach) is a beachfront neighborhood of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oʻ ahu, in Hawaii, United States. Waikiki is most famous for Waikīkī Beach, but it is just one of six beaches in the district, the others being Queen's Beach, Kuhio Beach, Gray's Beach, Fort DeRussy Beach and Kahanamoku Beach.
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Playa Kanoa Playa Kanoa is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, located to the north of Willemstad. It is one of the few beaches on the northside of the island. Surfing is being practiced on the beach. There are a snack bar and a fish restaurant. Close by is a small fishermen's village.
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Brighton, New Zealand Brighton is a small seaside town within the city limits of Dunedin on New Zealand's South Island. It is located 20 kilometres southwest from the city centre on the Southern Scenic Route. The town faces a small bay which includes a broad sheltered beach. Other beaches extend from here. They make the area popular for summer day trips from Dunedin.
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Patong Patong (Thai: ป่าตอง ; rtgs: "patong" ) refers to the beach and town on Phuket's west coast. It is the main tourist resort on the island of Phuket, and is the center of Phuket's nightlife and shopping. The beach became popular with Western tourists, especially Europeans, in the late-1980s. It has numerous hotels and the area has expanded into a tourist Mecca.
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Pengantin Pantai Biru (1983 film) Pengantin Pantai Biru (literally "The Bridegroom of Blue Beach") is a 1983 film directed by Wim Umboh, produced by Ferry Angriawan, and starring Meriam Bellina and Sandro Tobing. It follows two castaways, children who grow up with one of their fathers but must fend for themselves after they are captured and deified by natives. Adapted from Henry De Vere Stacpoole's novel "The Blue Lagoon", via the film of the same name, "Pengantin Pantai Biru" introduces several differences to the story.
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Whitsunday Island Whitsunday Island is the largest island in the Whitsunday group of islands located off the coast of Central Queensland, Australia. Whitehaven Beach was rated as the top "Eco Friendly Beach" in the world by CNN.com in July 2010. The island should not be confused with Pinaki in the Tuamotu group which was named "Whitsunday Island" by Samuel Wallis in 1767. It is uninhabited today but was once settled by the sea-faring Ngaro people. The first of the logging camps on the island was set up by Eugene Fitzalan in 1861 to exploit the large hoop pine for construction of buildings on the mainland.
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Nikoi Island (Indonesia) Pulau Nikoi is a 15 ha resort island located 8 km off the east coast of Bintan, Indonesia, approximately 85 km southeast of Singapore. The island was purchased by Andrew and Julia Dixon, an Australian couple visiting Bintan, in 2005 and developed, with the aid of a group of financiers, into a boutique private island resort named Nikoi Island. The resort opened in 2007, and as of 2010 consists of fifteen beach houses. The island has been ranked as one of the best private islands in the world by Condé Nast Traveller and reviewed extensively by the world's travel press.
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Saint Pierre Island Saint Pierre Island is one of the three main islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It contains the town of Saint-Pierre, which lies on the island's east coast and is the main population centre of the island group.
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Keahole Point Keāhole Point is the westernmost point of the island of Hawaii. The Kona International Airport was moved here from directly north of the town of Kailua-Kona in 1970, when the previous smaller airstrip was converted into the Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area. The name comes from "Ke ʻ āhole" since the ʻ āhole fish (Kuhlia sandvicensis) was found nearby.
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Boston Beach Boston Beach is a coastal community on the north coast of the island of Jamaica, with a public beach which is one of the few beaches in Jamaica attracting surfers. It is located nine miles east of the town of Port Antonio.