The Endless Summer 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bruce Brown

Bruce Brown also writes, directs and edits the film, with the help of his son Dana, who went on to make his own surfing film, "Step Into Liquid" (2004).

Answer: Robert Weaver

Robert "Wingnut" Weaver, a longboard surfer in the era of shortboarders, is an avid surfer. He won't reveal where he got the nickname "Wingnut".

Answer: Pat O'Connell

Pat O' Connell surfed for the U.S. in the 1990 World Amateur Championships held in Japan. 1990 was also the year he became a pro surfer. He helped start up a clothing line called The Realm.

Answer: Costa Rica

Wingnut and Pat went to Robert August's surf shop to pick up a new board for Wingnut. While there, Robert August invited them to come along with him on a surf trip to Costa Rica. Robert August was one of the stars of the first "Endless Summer" movie.

Answer: false

Pat is a shortboarder, but Wingnut only rides a longboard. A shortboard is generally about 6 feet and a longboard ranges from 9 to 12 feet. Longboards have been around since the early part of the twentieth century, but shortboards didn't become fashionable until the 1970s.

Answer: France

While visiting France to check out the surf scene, Wingnut and Pat hook up with Tommy Curren, a famous French surfer, and even hang with him, playing guitar.

Answer: lions

Pat and Wingnut drive out among lions and are attacked when the buggy "breaks down". Actually, Bruce sent them out among the lions at a preserve, thinking it would be cool for the film. They deliberately stopped, but the lions freaked them out, so they got out as soon as they could.

Answer: fly fishing

Nat Young led Pat and Wingnut around Australia, with his son Beau. When they couldn't find surf, he found other things to occupy their time. They also were dragged around the beach on a plastic tarp from the back of the car and climbed up to a really high waterfall. I loved how Nat kept calling Wingnut, "Double-U Nut".

Answer: Indonesia

Also joining them was Laird Hamilton, a Big Wave Surfer and pioneer of tow-in surfing. Tow-in surfing is where a jet-ski is used to pull the rider into really big waves (60 footers) that are impossible to paddle surf. The jet-ski gives the surfer the speed necessary to catch big, fast waves. On Fiji, Pat and Wingnut surfed with Kelly Slater, Jeff Booth and Tom Carroll.

In Costa Rica, of course, they were with Robert August and they did not go to Hawaii.

Answer: 30

At the beginning, Pat and Wingnut are watching the 30th Anniversary showing of "The Endless Summer". They say it is their hundredth time seeing the movie and they decide that they could do that too. They use money Pat won in some surf contests and plan to follow the summer of surf until they run out of funds.