Shark Park Produced and directed by
Greg
Huglin (TowSurfer.com; Fall 2006)
This slot of Independent.com is normally reserved for CD reviews,
but when I watched this DVD on the solid advice of Indy
reporter and surf scribe Ethan Stewart, it screamed “Spin
of the Day me!” 
the new, barely-ever-breaks surf spot off of San Miguel Island
where a few crazed tow-in fanatics recently conquered. This
DVD provides ample footage of the first attack
on the break, complete with near-death wipeouts, jaw-dropping face
rides, and enough water movement to get Niagara Falls jealous.
Deemed the “heaviest wave in California,” Shark
Park here gets tamed, for the most part, by Chris Brown, Dan
Malloy, Evraldo “Pato” Teixiera, Garret McNamara, Chuck Patterson,
and Don Curry, to name but a short list of surfers. Interviews with
the urchin diver who located the spot and director/producer Greg
Huglin paint an engaging mystique, making the film much more than
just wave action to drool over. We learn about tow-in techniques,
what it feels like to get dragged across a few football fields of
white water, and why big waves make your lungs bleed. It’s exciting
stuff, so watch it.