Topic: Dorian Paskowitz

Movie reviews: Surfwise

Helium - 468 days ago
At first glance, Surfwise appears to simply be a documentary about a crazy old man who, at one point, decided to be a surfer, and dragged his family with him. Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz's life began normal enough, he was born to ...

Surfwise

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 916 days ago
The article reviews the motion picture " Filmmaker Doug Pray's fascinating documentary Surfwise modifies this formula to show a relationship not between man and earthly nature, but between man and human nature.

Surfwise Looks at the "First Family of Surfing"

Crosswalk - 1288 days ago
The following review contains discussion of adult subject matter that is not appropriate for young readers. The New York Times dubbed them "the first family of surfing," in one of many media articles and television pieces which fawned over the Paskowitz family ...

Surfwise: Wave of Aberration

Washington City Paper - 1356 days ago
The first hint that you won't be losing yourself in an endless-summer reverie during Doug Pray's Surfwise is the moment you glimpse an 80-something man climbing onto his exercise bike naked. The patriarch is Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, a Jewish, Stanford-graduated ...

The Shameless Showmanship of Surfwise

Esquire - 1364 days ago
You're more interested in Doug Pray's fascinating new documentary Surfwise than you think you are -- unless you actually yearn to see yet another Endless Summer montage of carefree dudes conquering mammoth waves. Not only is Surfwise not really about surfing ...

Surf champ Slater tests Tel Aviv waters

AP News - 1578 days ago
8-Time World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater Tries Waters Off Tel AvivIsrael's shores may not have the same size waves to offer as Australia but eight-time surfing champion Kelly Slater tested the Mediterranean waters Friday in a visit to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace ...

Hawaii surfer donates boards for Gazans

AP News - 1636 days ago
Surfing Guru From Hawaii Brings Hope _ and Boards _ to Gaza SurfersAn 86-year-old Jewish surfing guru from Hawaii is bringing good vibrations to the impoverished Gaza Strip.Dorian Paskowitz, a retired doctor who has been surfing for 75 years, donated 12 ...