All language subtitles for Minds.in.the.Water.2011.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG2_English

*

Man:
WHOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!

HELLO, BEAUTIFUL!

WHOO-HOO!

OH, THERE'S SEVEN!

HERE THEY COME!
WHOO-HOO!

OH! HA HA HA!

OH, MAN! OHH!

Narrator: SOME OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

OF ANY GREAT JOURNEY

ARE ANSWERED
AT THE FINISH LINE.

WHERE DID YOU GO
AND WHAT DID YOU SEE?

HOW DID IT AFFECT YOU?

FOR ONE SURFER,
THE JOURNEY BEGAN

NOT WITH THE "WHERE"
OR THE "WHAT",

BUT WITH A SIMPLE "WHY".

THE ANSWER TO "WHY"
LIES IN THE SILENT BARGAIN

THAT EVERY SURFER MAKES WHEN
THEY FIRST ENTER THE WATER.

FOR THE GIFT OF RIDING WAVES
AND PLAYING IN THE OCEAN,

THERE IS AN OBLIGATION.

IT'S AN OBLIGATION
THAT ONE DAY

THE OCEAN WILL CALL ON YOU.

* LISTEN WHAT I SAY

* OH

* I GOT YOUR HEY, OH

* NOW LISTEN WHAT I SAY

* OH

* OH

* WHEN WILL I KNOW
THAT I REALLY CAN'T GO *

* TO THE WELL ONCE MORE,
TIME TO DECIDE ON *

* WHEN IT'S KILLING ME,
WHEN WILL I REALLY SEE *

* ALL THAT I NEED
TO LOOK INSIDE? *

* COME TO BELIEVE
THAT I BETTER NOT LEAVE *

* BEFORE I GET
MY CHANCE TO RIDE *

* WHEN IT'S KILLING ME,
WHAT DO I REALLY NEED? *

* ALL THAT I NEED
TO LOOK INSIDE *

* HEY, OH

* LISTEN WHAT I SAY

* OH

* COME BACK AND HEY, OH

* LOOK AT WHAT I SAY

* OH

* OH

* THE MORE I SEE,
THE LESS I KNOW *

* THE MORE I LIKE
TO LET IT GO *

* HEY, OH

* WHOA, WHOA

SO, IF ALL GOES WELL,
FOR THE MAJORITY
OF THE TIME,

WE'RE GONNA BE HANGING
ON THAT TRAM,

BECAUSE THE WIND'S GONNA
BE COMING THIS WAY,

TAKING US LIKE THAT.

AND SO WE'LL NEVER
HAVE THIS TRAM OUT.

( laughs )
MAMMA MIA!

WE MUST GO!

Dave Rastovich: I THINK
TRANSPARENTSEA HAS JUST BEGUN

ABOUT TWO MINUTES AGO
WITH ALL THE CREW HERE,

AND IT FEELS EPIC.

IT FEELS AMAZING
JUST TO KNOW

THAT WE GOT PEOPLE FROM
ALL OVER OUR SURFING WORLD

SUPPORTING THIS TRIP,

BUT ALSO OUR LOCAL CREW HERE
ARE REALLY PUMPED ON IT,

AND IT MEANS A LOT TO JUST
FEEL PEOPLE'S PASSION

FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
YOU KNOW?

YOU LOVE TO FEEL PASSION
IN EQUAL AMOUNTS.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT
SO MUCH YOURSELF

AND YOU GET IT BOUNCED BACK,
IT'S JUST EPIC.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS
FOR EVERYONE COMING DOWN.

THIS CONCEPT
WAS ONLY THROWN AROUND
OUR LITTLE CREW HERE

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO,

AND WE JUST DECIDED TO
MAKE IT HAPPEN REALLY QUICKLY

AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAD
EVERYTHING TOGETHER

BY THE TIME THESE WHALES
WERE HEADING DOWN THE COAST.

I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT
A REALLY AMAZING PERIOD IN TIME

WHERE, AS SURFERS,
COLLECTIVELY,

WE'RE STANDING UP,

BASICALLY GOING
TO ANOTHER LEVEL

WHERE, IF WE'RE
SEEING AN ISSUE,

WE'RE DECIDING TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO JUST
HAVE A TINY PIECE IN THAT

AND TO SEE THAT--
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW
OF US STANDING HERE NOW,

BUT THERE'S MILLIONS OF SURFERS
ALL OVER THE WORLD

WHO ALL FEEL THE SAME
ABOUT DOLPHINS AND WHALES

AND FEEL THE SAME
ABOUT WATER QUALITY,

AND THAT WE'RE STARTING
TO WAKE UP AND BE ACTIVE

AND BE MOBILE
ON THESE ISSUES.

SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO THE WHALES,

THANK YOU TO THE OCEANS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING.

*

Narrator:
TODAY, FIVE SURFERS

ARE SAILING DOWN
THE EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA--

A JOURNEY THAT WILL SPAN
MORE THAN 700 KILOMETERS
TO SYDNEY.

BY DOING SO,
THEY'VE JOINED A SMALL PART

OF THE HUMPBACK WHALES'
ANCIENT MIGRATION ROUTE

TO THEIR FEEDING GROUNDS
OF THE ANTARCTIC.

GETTING EVERYTHING
TOGETHER FOR WEEKS,

LIKE DETAILS
AND CHECKLISTS

AND MAKING SURE
WE HAD THIS AND THAT,

AND ALL THESE DETAILS,

AND AS WE ROUNDED
THE CAPE IN BYRON,

IT WAS JUST, LIKE, POOF!

EVERYTHING JUST WAS FREE
AND LET GO.

NONE OF THAT STUFF ANYMORE.
IT WAS JUST US--

THE FIVE OF US SAILING,
AND WE WERE HEADING SOUTH.

DEFINITELY, AFTER I SAID YES
TO THE MISSION,

AND FROM THE GET-GO,
I WAS--IT WAS YES.

AND I JUST LISTENED
TO MY INTUITION.

MY INTUITION SCREAMED,
"YOU'RE GOING ON THIS JOURNEY."

I THINK I PULLED A MAP OUT,

AND I REALLY LOOKED AT
HOW LONG WE WERE LOOKING.

I'M, LIKE, JUST GOING,
"WHOA! WHOA!"

IT JUST KEPT GOING AND GOING
AND GOING AND GOING.

AND THEN I WAS, LIKE,
"OH, THERE'S A LOT OF WILDLIFE

IN THE OCEAN IN THOSE PARTS."

Narrator: THE VOYAGE
DUBBED "TRANSPARENTSEA"

IS AN OCEAN AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN

DESIGNED TO FOCUS
PUBLIC ATTENTION

ON THE GROWING THREATS
TO MARINE MAMMALS.

THE LONG,
OFTEN RISKY JOURNEY

GIVES AN INTIMATE SEA-LEVEL
VIEW OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

BUT ON A MORE
PERSONAL LEVEL,

THIS VOYAGE
IS A DISTANCE MARKER

IN A FIVE-YEAR EXPLORATION

THAT BEGAN WITH
ONE SURFER'S COMMITMENT,

THAT UNEXPECTEDLY BLOSSOMED
INTO A MOVEMENT.

Rastovich: I LOOK AT BEING
OUT ON OUR VESSELS AND--

AND DOING THE CAMPAIGN
OF TRANSPARENTSEA

AS ONE GREAT EXPERIMENT
THAT WORKS REALLY WELL

AND IS PROGRESSING
THE MOVEMENT

WITHIN THE SURF CULTURE

TO CARE FOR OUR COASTLINES

AND TO CARE FOR AND DEFEND
OUR MARINE MAMMALS.

( announcer speaking
indistinctly )

Narrator: THIS IS
PROFESSIONAL SURFING.

IT'S A KICK-OFF EVENT

FOR THE TEN-MONTH-LONG
CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR.

THIS CONTEST REFLECTS
THE BUSINESS END

OF A GLOBAL
$7 BILLION-A-YEAR INDUSTRY.

THERE ARE BETWEEN 17
AND 23 MILLION SURFERS
THESE DAYS,

AND IN A SPORTS-MAD
NATION LIKE AUSTRALIA,

COMPETITIVE SURFING
IS TAKEN QUITE SERIOUSLY.

SURF STARS HERE GET THE SAME
FRONT-PAGE TREATMENT

RESERVED FOR TENNIS PROS
OR HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES.

Announcer:
AT THE BACK, TAKING OFF,

BOBBY MARTINEZ,

CALIFORNIA'S
BEST GOOFY-FOOTER--

IN FACT, THE BEST
IN THE WORLD AT THIS POINT.

JORDY SMITH,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

( continues indistinctly )

Narrator:
WHILE COMPETITIVE SURFING
HAS ALL THE GLITZ AND GLAM,

THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE
OF SURFING

THAT IGNORES THIS SCENE
FOR THE PUREST APPROACH

TO THE SURFING EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S FREESURFING.

Rastovich: IN A NUTSHELL,
MY TITLE--

MY WORKING TITLE--
IS PROFESSIONAL SURFER.

UM, I'M NOT THE MOST
PROFESSIONAL PERSON
IN THE WORLD,

SO IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE
INACCURATE, THAT TITLE.

AND ALSO, I SURF, YOU KNOW?

AND HOW COULD THAT
EVER BE WORK?

THIS IS DAVE RASTOVICH,

KNOWN MOSTLY AS "RASTA"
TO HIS FRIENDS AND FANS.

DAVE IS A PROFESSIONAL
FREESURFER,

WHICH MEANS
HE'S ONE OF THE FEW

WHO GET PAID SOLELY
TO WEAR THE BRAND

AND SURF THE BEST WAVES
AROUND THE WORLD.

CHECK THIS OUT--
THE WORLD'S MOST
FLEXIBLE ECO WETSUIT.

Rastovich: IT'S A POSITION
OF GREAT FORTUNE

AND--AND BLESSINGS, REALLY.

LIKE, AT THE END OF THE DAY,
I GO SURFING,

I USE CERTAIN, UM,
MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS

FOR THE SURFING EXPERIENCE

THAT PEOPLE WANT ME TO USE

AND EXPERIMENT WITH
AND GIVE FEEDBACK ON,

AND THAT'S VALUABLE.

Narrator: ALTHOUGH DAVE'S
ON THE ROAD OVER
HALF THE YEAR,

HOME FOR HIM IS BYRON BAY,
NEW SOUTH WALES.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CORNER
OF THE PLANET,

FILLED WITH NATURAL WONDERS,
WILDLIFE,

AND AN ECLECTIC MOB
OF FREE THINKERS.

AS MUCH AS DAVE ENJOYS
CHALLENGING HIMSELF

ON SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST
EXOTIC AND EXTREME WAVES,

HE FINDS COMFORT
AND SANCTUARY

HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS,

RIDING HIS FAMILIAR
BACKYARD BREAKS.

* COME, MY BROTHER,
COME SLOWLY *

* COME EASY, MY FRIEND

* COME, MY FRIEND

* COME, MY SISTER,
COME EASY *

* COME BREEZY

* ON ME YOU CAN DEPEND

* COME, MY BROTHER,
PUT YOUR HANDS UP *

* TAKE YOUR HEART OUT

* LET GO, COME, LET GO...

Rastovich:
I WAS BORN IN NEW ZEALAND

AND LIVED ON A RURAL PROPERTY
UNTIL I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD,

AND THEN, UM,
MOVED TO THE GOLD COAST

IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA,

AND BECAME A COMPLETE
BEACH BUM.

I REALLY GOT INTO IT,

JUST OBSESSED WITH BEING
IN THE WATER EVERY DAY,

AFTER SCHOOL, BEFORE SCHOOL,
ON THE WEEKENDS,

AND SLOWLY ENTERED INTO
THE LIFESAVING MOVEMENT--

LIKE LIFEGUARDS.

AND THAT'S A VERY
COMPETITIVE REALM,

WHERE YOU WOULD COMPETE
ON THE WEEKENDS,

BUT DURING THE WEEK,
YOU WOULD ALSO SWIM
IN THE SWIMMING POOL

FOR TWO HOURS
BEFORE SCHOOL,

AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON
PADDLE PADDLEBOARDS

IN THE OCEAN
FOR TWO HOURS,

THEN DO THE SAME THING
THE NEXT DAY,

EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

YOU KNOW, RADICAL AMOUNTS
OF TRAINING AND SWIMMING

AND SURFING AND RUNNING
AND STUFF, AS A KID.

SO, EVENTUALLY, I GOT TIRED
OF FOLLOWING THE BLACK LINE
IN THE POOL

AND SWIMMING ON A CERTAIN
PATH IN THE OCEAN

AND RUNNING AND STUFF
AND JUST WANTING TO SURF.

AND THEN I GOT INVOLVED
WITH SURFING,

BOARDRIDERS CLUBS
AND SURFING CONTESTS,

AND BASICALLY
JUST WENT HEADFIRST

INTO SURFING COMPETITIONS,

AND SPONSORED,
AND THEN TRAVELING.

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG,
HE HATED COMPETING.

HE HATED ALL THE BELLS
AND WHISTLES

OF THE PRO TOUR
AND STUFF.

AND HE'S DEFINITELY
COME A LONG WAY

FROM BEING
A GROWN-UP EARLY.

RASTA'S AN INCREDIBLE
FREESURFER--

LIVES IT, BELIEVES IT.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW,
AS I SAID,

HIS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE OCEAN, I THINK,

IS SOMETHING THAT
EVERYBODY CAN RELATE TO.

I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT I HAD
SO MUCH SPORT AS A KID,

THAT I PRETTY MUCH
COMPETED MYSELF

OUT OF HAVING ANY COMPETITIVE
DRIVE WHATSOEVER

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

SO I'M GLAD I GOT THAT
OUT OF MY SYSTEM.

Del Moro: OH,
HE'S DEFINITELY STILL GOT

A LITTLE COMPETITIVE
STREAK IN HIM.

HE'LL OUT-PADDLE YOU,
HE'LL OUT-SURF YOU,

AND HE'LL DO IT ALL DAY
WITH A BIG OLD SMILE
ON HIS FACE.

BUT THE GREAT THING
ABOUT HIM--

EVEN WHEN HE'S IN HIS
HEAD-DOWN, FOCUSED,
COMPETITIVE MODE--

THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM
ONE OF THE BEST SURFERS
ON THE PLANET,

AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES
HIS EVOLUTION AS
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST

SO COMPACTED, YOU KNOW?

Hannah Fraser:
I SPENT NINE YEARS
WITH DAVE, JUST ABOUT,

AND HE CARVED A NICHE
OUT FOR HIMSELF,

BECAUSE HE WAS JUST
SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

AND THEN WATCHING HIM
GO THROUGH FINDING
HIS REAL PASSION

IN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM,

AND LINKING THAT TO HIS LOVE
OF THE OCEAN AND SURFING,

I WATCHED HIM
BECOME A MAN.

Isabel Lucas:
I THINK DAVE AND HANNAH

ALSO HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT
PERSONAL CONNECTION

TO THE OCEAN
AND OCEAN CULTURE.

YOU KNOW, FOR DAVE, IT SEEMS
LIKE A NATURAL PROGRESSION

AND SUCH A--
SORT OF THE NATURAL WAY

TO WANT TO BE DOING
HIS ACTIVISM.

AND HANNAH--
BEING A PROFESSIONAL MERMAID--

IT'S SO UNIQUE.

IT WAS HELPFUL, I THINK,
TO HAVE HANNAH THERE

SORT OF, LIKE,
GEARING THINGS UP

WITH A BIT OF FUSS
AND FIRE

AND, LIKE, MAKING
THINGS HAPPEN AS WELL.

IN THAT WAY, THEY REALLY
COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER.

Narrator: SINCE DAVE
WAS A SMALL BOY,

HE HAS SHARED THE OCEANS
WITH DOLPHINS.

THEY'VE BEEN HIS FRIENDS,
FELLOW SURFERS

AND, ON AT LEAST
ONE OCCASION, HIS PROTECTORS.

IT'S THIS SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP

OF WILD ANIMAL TO HUMAN

THE SPURRED DAVE'S
INTEREST TO STUDY
AND LEARN ABOUT THEM,

AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY,
THINGS BEGAN TO FALL
INTO PLACE.

Rastovich:
PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME I SEE
A POD OF DOLPHINS BY ME,

OR EVEN FROM A DISTANCE,

I STOP FEELING
LIKE A HUMAN.

I FEEL LIKE A DOLPHIN,

AND MAYBE ALL OF US DO,

AND THAT'S WHY
IT'S SO BREATHTAKING
WHEN YOU SEE THEM.

I THINK DOLPHINS SURF
BECAUSE IT'S FUN

AND BECAUSE THEY ENJOY
THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFT

AND WIND AND SPEED.

YOU KNOW, WE, AS HUMANS
LIVING IN GRAVITY,

LOVE TO BE UNDERWATER
AND FEEL WEIGHTLESS,

AND I RECKON DOLPHINS
LIVING IN WATER,

WHERE THEY DON'T
FEEL GRAVITY

OR THEIR DIMENSION
IN ANY WAY,

WOULD LOVE TO JUMP
OUT OF A WAVE

AND FEEL THE VOLUME
OF THEIR BODIES.

AND SO EVERY TIME I SEE
A POD IN THAT OCEAN--

SURFING, FISHING
OR JUST SWIMMING AROUND--

I FEEL JOY AND, UH,

GENUINE GRATITUDE
THAT THEY'RE FREE

AND DOING WHAT
THEY'RE BORN TO DO,

WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH SURF,
EAT, SLEEP AND HAVE SEX.

THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH
A JOYFUL BUNCH--

HA HA HA--OF SURFERS!

HA HA HA HA!

DAVE CREATES AN ENERGY
THAT PULLS WHAT HE WANTS IN

IN A VERY EFFORTLESS
AND BEAUTIFUL WAY.

IT WAS A VERY TIMELY AND
FORTUITOUS CROSSING OF PATHS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M BASICALLY
A CRAP SURFER AND BODYBOARDER,

AND YET, AT THIS MOMENT,

THERE WAS A RECOGNITION
OF SOMETHING BETWEEN US.

Rastovich:
SO, HOWIE IS AN ARTIST,

AN UNBELIEVABLE ARTIST,
PROLIFIC ARTIST.

AND SO HIS ART HAS,
YOU KNOW,

REACHED THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

ALL OVER THE WORLD,
CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD,

THROUGH DIFFERENT
ART PROJECTS,

AND IS INSPIRING PEOPLE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE DRAWN TO THE COAST

AND SEE THEMSELVES AS LIVING
AT THE EDGE OF THE LAND.

SURFERS ARE DRAWN
TO THE WAVES

AND SEE THEMSELVES AS LIVING
AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA.

SURFERS NOT ONLY HAVE
THE GIFT OF THE OCEAN,

BUT THEY HAVE
THE RESPONSIBILITY NOW.

TO ME, THAT SHOWED ME

THAT MAYBE EVEN SOMETHING
AS ABSTRACT AS JUST BEING
A PRO SURFER

COULD BE HELPFUL
TO THIS ISSUE.

SO WE JUST STARTED
HANGING OUT

AND I STARTED LEARNING
MORE AND MORE FROM HOWIE

ABOUT WILD DOLPHIN
CONSERVATION.

I REMEMBER
SAYING TO HIM,

"THIS THING WITH THE DOLPHINS
IS STILL GOING ON.

THERE A BIG DOLPHIN
SLAUGHTER GOING ON."

I WAS TELLING HIM
THE PLACES AROUND THE WORLD
WHERE IT'S STILL AN ISSUE.

Narrator:
DAVE WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER

THAT EACH YEAR IN JAPAN,

THOUSANDS OF DOLPHINS
WERE BEING ROUNDED UP

AND BRUTALLY SLAUGHTERED
FOR THEIR MEAT.

THE KILLINGS ARE DONE
IN THE MOST INHUMAN WAY
POSSIBLE,

WITH THE FISHERMEN SLASHING
AT THE TERRIFIED DOLPHINS

WITH LONG KNIVES,

AND THEN ALLOWING THEM
TO SLOWLY AND AGONIZINGLY
BLEED OUT

OVER HALF AN HOUR OR MORE.

FINDING OUT THAT
THIS IS STILL GOING ON,

AND BEING SO SHOCKED THAT,

AS A SURFER
AND AN OCEAN PERSON,

I HAD NO IDEA,

UM, WAS A REAL KICK
UP THE BUM,

TO SAY, "HEY, YOU KNOW,

"IF ALL THE OTHER SURFERS
IN THE WORLD KNEW
THIS WAS HAPPENING,

PERHAPS WE COULD RALLY TOGETHER
AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT."

IT MIGHT SOUND SILLY TO SAY
"HELPING OUT A FRIEND"

WHEN IT'S ANOTHER SPECIES,

BUT THEY ARE OUR FRIENDS,
YOU KNOW?

WE'RE SURFING WITH THEM.

WE'RE STOKED
WHEN WE SEE THEM.

THAT'S A FRIEND
IN MY BOOK.

I TREAT MY HUMAN FRIENDS
THE SAME.

IF I SEE A SURFING HUMAN
THAT I KNOW,

I'M STOKED TO SEE THEM,
AND I WANT TO GO SHARE
SOME WAVES WITH THEM.

SO IT'S THE SAME THING.

AND TO THINK THAT MY FRIEND
WHO I'M SURFING WITH,

THAT DOLPHIN OUT THERE--

HIS RELATIVES
ARE UP THE ROAD,

BEING ROUNDED UP
AND KILLED IN THE HUNDREDS,

OR ROUNDED UP AND TAKEN
TO VARIOUS AQUARIUMS

AND SHOW PARKS AND THINGS
AROUND THE WORLD--

THAT TEARS ME UP.

THAT'S A TERRIBLE THING
TO THINK.

THEY'RE WHALE-KILLERS,
THEY'RE DOLPHIN-KILLERS.

THEY DON'T HAVE,
IN OUR VIEW,

AN ARGUMENT
THAT STANDS UP.

I COULD FEEL, LIKE,
A PATH OPENING UP,

WHERE I WAS, LIKE,
OKAY, THIS IS A CLEAR PATH
THAT I CAN TAKE,

WHERE I ACTUALLY HAVE
A BIT OF POWER TO DO SOMETHING.

I'VE GOT A FEW OPTIONS HERE.

I'M NOT JUST A,
UM, YOU KNOW--

A BUM SURFER THAT'S
TRAVELING THE WORLD,
HAVING A GOOD TIME.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A BIT OF
A PURPOSE WITH THIS.

I HAVE SOMETHING WHERE
I COULD, UM, GIVE BACK.

*

Narrator: IRONICALLY,
IN THE 1950s,

BYRON BAY WAS ONE OF
FOUR MAJOR AUSTRALIAN
WHALING STATIONS,

KILLING HUNDREDS
OF HUMPBACKS

BEFORE FINALLY
SHUTTING DOWN IN 1962

DUE TO OVEREXPLOITATION.

I WASN'T OLD ENOUGH
TO KNOW THE POLITICS--

WHY IT WAS STARTED
OR WHY IT WAS FINISHED.

BUT I KNOW THERE WAS
A LOT OF OIL.

AND THE BIGGEST--
I WAS USED TO BAD SMELLS

OF PIGSTIES, YOU KNOW?

OF COURSE, WE HAD PIGS
ON THE DAIRY FARM.

BUT WHEN YOU COME DOWN
TO THE BAY HERE

AND YOU SMELLED
THE BLOODY WHALES,

THAT WAS WORSE-SMELLING
THAN ANY PIGS.

TERRIBLE SMELL.

AND THEY MELTED IT
ALL DOWN AND COOKED IT

AND CUT IT UP FOR OIL.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
THERE WAS NOTHING TO EAT.

NO ONE ATE ANYTHING OF IT.
IT WAS JUST OIL.

THE EASTERN OZ
HUMPBACK POPULATION

WENT FROM THOUSANDS
TO BELOW 200

AND WAS IN DANGER
OF EXTINCTION.

BY THEN, HOWEVER,
MOST DEVELOPED NATIONS

HAD AGREED
TO STOP HUNTING WHALES.

IN ONE OF THE GREAT
COMEBACK STORIES,

THE AUSSIE HUMPBACKS
REBOUNDED TO THEIR
PRESENT LEVELS

OF OVER 12,000 INDIVIDUALS.

THAT SPAWNED
A WHALE-WATCHING INDUSTRY

THAT BRINGS IN OVER
300 MILLION ANNUALLY
IN AUSTRALIA ALONE.

Rastovich: COMING FROM
A TOWN THAT HAS GONE
THROUGH THE TRANSITION

FROM WHALING
TO WHALE-WATCHING

IS REALLY INSPIRING.

YOU SEE THAT IT'S POSSIBLE.

YOU SEE THE FUTURE
THAT LIES AHEAD

FOR A TOWN THAT WHALES
IF THEY SWITCH OVER.

WHEN YOU SEE THE TURNAROUND
FROM WHALING TO WHALE-WATCHING

AS EXTREME AS IT COULD
POSSIBLY GET,

TO WHERE YOU'LL SEE DOLPHINS
AND WHALES ON EVERYTHING--

RUBBISH BINS, HOTEL SIGNS,

ICE CREAM SHOPS, BARS, PUBS,
NIGHTCLUBS, YOU NAME IT.

EVERYTHING'S GOT A DOLPHIN
OR A WHALE SOMEWHERE,

EVEN IF IT'S ON THEIR
TOILET PAPER, IT'S SOMEWHERE.

IT'S TWISTED.
THAT'S A WEIRD IDEA--

YOU WIPE YOUR BUM WITH
A DOLPHIN ON THE TOILET PAPER.

Narrator: IN 1986,
THE WORLD DECLARED

A WORLDWIDE MORATORIUM
ON COMMERCIAL WHALING

TO STOP THE GREAT WHALES
FROM CERTAIN EXTINCTION.

THE WHALES HAD BEEN SAVED,
OR SO WE THOUGHT.

SINCE THE MORATORIUM,
OVER 30,000 WHALES HAVE DIED

UNDER A RESEARCH LOOPHOLE
EXPLOITED BY WHALING NATIONS

SUCH AS JAPAN,
NORWAY AND ICELAND.

IN ADDITION, DOLPHINS
AND OTHER SMALL CETACEANS

WERE NOT PROTECTED
BY THE '86 MORATORIUM.

THIS HAS EFFECTIVELY
SANCTIONED OPEN SEASON

ON DOLPHIN KILLS AS WELL.

DAVE'S RESEARCH LED HIM
TO THE BOOK OCEAN WARRIOR

BY PAUL WATSON.

Watson:
WHALING IS BARBARIC.

IT HAS NO PLACE
IN THE 21st CENTURY,

IT HAS NO PLACE
IN THE CIVILIZED WORLD,

AND THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION
BY ANYONE, ANYWHERE,

FOR ANY REASON,
TO BE KILLING WHALES.

THEY'RE HIGHLY SENTIENT,
INTELLIGENT,

SOCIALLY COMPLEX CREATURES,

AND IT'S ABOUT TIME
THAT WE LEARNED TO LIVE
IN HARMONY WITH THEM.

PAUL HAD BEEN A PASSIONATE
DEFENDER OF OCEAN WILDLIFE

FOR OVER 30 YEARS,

DATING BACK TO WHEN
HE LOOKED INTO THE EYE

OF A DYING WHALE
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SAVE.

SINCE THEN, HE HAS ROAMED
THE SEVEN SEAS

IN A FLEET
OF LEAKY OLD SHIPS,

CHASING DOWN ILLEGAL WHALERS
AND FISH POACHERS.

HE'S BEEN CALLED
A HERO BY SOME

AND AN ECO-TERRORIST
BY OTHERS.

BUT HIS METHODS,
WHILE CONTROVERSIAL,

HAVE STOPPED WHALES
AND DOLPHINS

FROM BEING KILLED, PERIOD.

( rumbling,
ship horn blowing )

WATSON'S WRITINGS INSPIRED
DAVE TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP,

AND, WITH THE SEA SHEPHERDS
DOCKED IN MELBOURNE
FOR THE SPRING,

IT GAVE HIM A CHANCE TO
MEET UP WITH THE CAPTAIN
AND HIS CREW

FOR A FIRSTHAND LOOK
AT WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.

I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW,
THE STRENGTH OF ANY MOVEMENT

LIES IN THE DIVERSITY
OF APPROACHES AND TACTICS
AND STRATEGIES,

JUST LIKE THE STRENGTH OF
AN ECOSYSTEM LIES IN DIVERSITY.

SO I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO USE THEIR ABILITIES,

THEIR SKILLS,
AND FOLLOW THEIR PASSION--

SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT--

AND DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN
TO MAKE IT BETTER.

ONE PERSON CAN
CHANGE THE WORLD.

WE KNOW THAT.
IT'S THE ONLY THING
THAT EVER HAS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT
I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO.

EVERYONE WAS OPEN
TO THE SCENARIO OF--

OR THE OPTION OF STOPPING
WHAT WAS HAPPENING

OR HELPING IN SOME WAY,

BUT WE WERE ALL A LITTLE UNSURE
OF HOW TO DO IT.

ONCE HOWIE AND I
HAD CONNECTED

AND REALIZED THAT WE COULD
WORK TOGETHER ON THESE ISSUES,

WE BASICALLY CAME UP
WITH THE IDEA

TO HAVE "SURFERS FOR CETACEANS"
AS A WEBSITE

AND AS A CONDUIT GROUP

TO GET THE ISSUE OF WHALING
OUT TO THE SURFING COMMUNITY.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW--

WE'RE IDEALISTS.
WE'RE LEFT-OF-FIELD,

WITH SEA SHEPHERD
AND OTHER GROUPS LIKE THAT

WHO STAND BY
EVERY INDIVIDUAL.

Narrator:
HOWIE DONATED HIS ART,

AND DAVE WROTE
A FEW EDITORIALS

FOR THEIR FLEDGLING WEBSITE
SURFERS FOR CETACEANS.

THEY ALSO PUBLISHED
A TEN-POINT UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION

OF MARINE MAMMAL RIGHTS

THAT GRANTED WHALES
AND DOLPHINS

THE SAME FREEDOMS
AND RIGHTS

AFFORDED MOST HUMANS.

RECENTLY JUST POSTED
SOME INFORMATION

ON THE MASS DOLPHIN KILLS
IN JAPAN.

THE JAPANESE KILLED
508 WHALES THIS SEASON...

452 SHORT
OF THEIR TARGET.

THERE WAS AN INITIAL PERIOD
OF FINDING OUR FEET, I RECKON,

REALLY REALIZING WHAT OUR
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES WERE.

AND THE MORE WE WENT ALONG,
THE MORE I REALIZED

THAT I'M VERY WEAK
WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY

AND INTERNET PRESENCE
AND THAT KIND OF APPROACH,

AND THAT I'M
FAR MORE EFFECTIVE

WITH MY ABILITIES
AND SKILL SET

WHEN IT COMES TO SPEAKING
WITH PEOPLE.

Narrator: RASTA WAS LOOKING
FOR HIS NEXT MOVE,

BUT WASN'T SURE
WHAT IT WOULD BE.

Rastovich: JUST TWO DAYS AFTER
CREATING SURFERS FOR CETACEANS
WITH HOWIE,

I WENT SURFING A COUPLE
OF HOURS DOWN THE COAST

FROM WHERE I WAS LIVING THEN
WITH A COUPLE OF FRIENDS...

AND A LOT OF DOLPHINS
AND FISH ACTIVITY.

WE WERE ON THE BEACH,
HAVING A LOOK,

GOT READY--I WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE
SHOOTING WATER.

SO DAVE'S, LIKE,
"LOOK AT THESE
DOLPHINS!"

THERE'S DOLPHINS GOING
THROUGH THE WAVES,

JUMPING, A BIG FRENZY
OF FISH AND DOLPHINS
AND WHATEVER.

I THOUGHT I WAS BEING
PRETTY ONTO IT

WHEN IT COMES TO WATCHING OUT
FOR MARINE LIFE

AND POTENTIAL SHARKS
AND THINGS.

WE'RE NOT FAR
FROM A RIVER MOUTH

THAT'S ALWAYS
VERY ABUNDANT.

Narrator: SHARK ATTACKS
ARE EXTREMELY RARE.

HOWEVER, THE WATERS
OFF AUSTRALIA

HOST A HALF A DOZEN
SPECIES OF SHARKS.

THEREFORE, IT'S INEVITABLE
THAT SOMETIMES HUMANS
ARE TARGETED.

DESPITE THEIR ABUNDANCE,
SHARKS ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE

FOR A FEW ATTACKS AND ABOUT
ONE FATALITY A YEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY,
SHARKS SOMETIMES
MISTAKE US FOR PREY.

SO, AS A SURFER,
ESPECIALLY IN AUSTRALIA,

YOU LEARN TO KEEP A SHARP
EYE OUT FOR DARK SHAPES

AND THAT TELLTALE PYRAMID FIN
KNIFING THROUGH THE WATER.

I JUST SEE THESE
TWO THINGS,

LIKE, NO MORE THAN
TEN FEET AWAY,

JUST STEALTH--
COMING TOWARDS ME.

NOT LIKE
NORMAL DOLPHINS,
WHERE THEY JUMP,

YOU KNOW, PLAYING.

THEY'RE
COMING STEALTH.

ONE SPECIFIC SHAPE
COMING TOWARDS US,

AND THEN ANOTHER SHAPE
KIND OF COMING OUT

ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF MY VISION.

KIND OF--IT ALL HAPPENED
SO QUICKLY

THAT IT SEEMED LIKE
THEY WERE TOGETHER,

BUT THE ONE ON THE RIGHT
SEEMED TO COME OUT OF NOWHERE.

I'M, LIKE, "OH, JEEZ,
THEY'RE COMING
REALLY QUICK."

AND I'VE JUST,
AT THE SAME POINT,

GONE, "OKAY, GET IN
SURVIVAL MODE."

I'VE JUST
LAID HORIZONTAL,

LIKE, FLAT TO THE TOP
OF THE OCEAN.

RIGHT THEN, THE SHARK
WAS PROBABLY A METER
OR TWO AWAY FROM US,

AND THE DOLPHIN
WAS GOING STRAIGHT FOR
THE GUTS OF THE SHARK.

I'M BRACING,
READY FOR IMPACT,

GOT THE CAMERA OUT,

AND AT THE LAST SECOND,
I'M READY, BRACING,

READY TO BE HIT,

AND I JUST SEE THOSE
TWO THINGS, JUST--PHEW!

AND I DIDN'T SEE
CONTACT,

BUT IT JUST LOOKED
LIKE THEY'D T-BONED,

AND THE DOLPHIN
PUSHED THE SHARK
STRAIGHT AWAY FROM US.

THAT WAS THE TIME
WHEN I FINALLY DECIDED

TO START WORKING
ON OCEAN ISSUES

AND GIVING--
SOMEHOW GIVING BACK

TO THE OCEAN
THAT GIVES ME SO MUCH.

AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS,
YOU KNOW,

A DOLPHIN COMES ALONG
AND PRETTY MUCH T-BONES
AWAY FROM ME.

THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING TIMING.

SO WE WENT INTO TOWN,
GET SOME FOOD,

AND I SAID TO DAVE,
"TAKE ME STRAIGHT
TO THE BOTTLE SHOP."

AND I GOT A LONGNECK,

AND I JUST SAT IN
THE CAR AND DRANK IT.

IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE
CONFIRMATION LETTER
FROM THE UNIVERSE,

SAYING, "YEP, YOU'RE IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BOY.

JUST KEEP GOING."

I THINK THEY'RE
HALFWAY BETWEEN US.

AND WE'RE AT
THE HIGHEST POINT.

WE ACTUALLY
VISUALIZE THEM.

PRETTY CHOPPY.

IT'S A TEST,
BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S THESE
BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS.

BUT YOU HAVE
TO EARN THEM.
YOU CAN'T JUST--

OH, YEAH,
GET OUT THERE.

IT'S--OH, NO,
YOU'VE LEARNED THIS,

BACK HERE, HAVE THIS,
HAVE A GIANT DUST STORM.

DEAL WITH THIS, MAN.
AND THEN YOU GOTTA--

HERE'S THE TEAM.
GO IN, IT'S AWESOME.

Rastovich:
WE MANAGED TO DO

THAT MASSIVE 110k DAY

AND THEN GET, LIKE,
FIVE DAYS AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE, BASICALLY.

AND THEN POST UP
UNTIL THE NEXT
NORTH PATTERN COMES,

WHICH IS PREDICTED TO BE
ABOUT A DAY OR TWO AWAY.

SO WE'VE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SURF

AND RECHARGE,
SIT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE,

STEW NEW IDEAS,
NEW CAMPAIGN IDEAS,

AND BASICALLY JUST RECONNECT
WITH ALL OUR CREW.

( man vocalizing )

AS SOON AS WE START
TALKING ABOUT IT,

LIKE, THE NEXT
SESSION WE HAVE,

ALL THE DOLPHINS
THAT ARE IN THE AREA

SEEMED, LIKE--
CAME STRAIGHT TO US,

SURFED SOME WAVES,

TOOK OFF ON A COUPLE
OF WAVES NEXT TO US.

AND WHEN YOU SEE
A DOLPHIN SURF,

YOU KNOW THEY'RE
HAVING FUN.

YOU JUST KNOW
THEY'RE HAVING FUN.

WE WENT THROUGH
BIG CITIES,

TINY PLACES IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,

SO WE REALLY, LIKE--

WE REALLY TAPPED INTO
THE GAMUT OF HUMANS

ON THE AUSTRALIAN
COASTLINE,

AND NOT A LOT
OF PEOPLE--

I DON'T KNOW IF
A LOT OF PEOPLE--

IN THE SAME SIMILAR
VEIN THAT WE DID--

HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO EXPERIENCE THAT

AND CONNECT WITH PEOPLE
ON A DAILY BASIS

AND DO SIMPLE THINGS
THAT REALLY ACTUALLY
MAKE A BIG IMPACT--

WAS INCREDIBLE,

AND THAT'S WHAT
TRANSPARENTSEA'S
BASED ON, YOU KNOW?

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT
TO BE FINDING MORE OF...

AND LESS OF THIS.

MORE OF THIS,
LESS OF THIS.

THIS IS SOME OF
THE STUFF WE FOUND

ON THE BEACH TODAY
AT OUR CLEAN-UP.

WE'VE GOT PLASTIC
AND CIGARETTE BUTTS,

HEAPS OF CIGARETTE BUTTS
IN TODAY'S CLEAN-UP,

AND LOTS OF
SMALL PLASTICS,

WHICH REALLY SUCKS
BECAUSE IT GETS WASHED
RIGHT BACK OUT TO SEA.

THE FISH MISTAKE IT
AS FOOD,

ESPECIALLY WHEN
IT'S BROKEN UP,

AND THEY EAT IT
AND IT CAUSES

THE SLOW STARVATION OF
OUR MARINE CREATURES.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING
TO CHUCK ALL THAT
RUBBISH OUT ON HERE,

DOWN ON THE BAGS,
SO WE CAN CATALOGUE IT.

CATALOGUE IT!

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE SPREAD OUT THE RUBBISH
AND COUNT EVERY SINGLE PIECE.

THAT IS THEN CONTRIBUTED
TO OUR NATIONAL MARINE
DEBRIS DATABASE,

AND WE USE THAT DATA

TO SUPPORT LOCAL INITIATIVES

AND GENERALLY APPROACH
LOCAL COUNCILS,

OR AS PART OF OUR
NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS

OR INDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGNS.

IT ALSO FEELS GOOD
TO AT LEAST BE
SITTING DOWN

ON THIS BEACH
RIGHT NOW,

KNOWING THAT WE
JUST SWEPT AT LEAST
A KILOMETER OF IT,

AND THAT A LOT OF JUNK
HAS LEFT THAT AREA.

AND IT WAS MINOR.

IT WAS, LIKE,
AN HOUR OF OUR TIME.

Narrator: DAVE HUDDLED UP
WITH HOWIE AND A FEW FRIENDS

TO COME UP WITH SOME SORT
OF DIRECT ACTION

THAT THEY COULD START
RIGHT AWAY.

THE CHALLENGE
THAT KEPT POPPING UP

WAS HOW THEIR ACTIONS
IN AUSTRALIA

COULD HAVE ANY DIRECT EFFECT
ON THE ISSUES WORLDWIDE.

ONE IDEA THAT CAME UP
WAS A VISUAL PETITION.

IF PEOPLE TRULY LOVED
DOLPHINS AND WHALES,

WHY NOT SHOW IT
RATHER THAN SAY IT?

DAVE TOOK THE FIRST ONE.

Rastovich: A COUPLE OF
MY BUDDIES WHO ARE FROM OZ,

WHO ARE GREAT MUSICIANS
WHO SURF AND ARE GOOD FRIENDS--

ASH GRUNWALD AND XAVIER RUDD--

ARE ALWAYS STOKED TO
HAVE A SURF OR HAVE A JAM.

SO I THINK THEY'LL BOTH
REACT WITH COMPASSION

AND WANT TO HELP OUT
IN SOME WAY.

WELL, RASTA'S
A REALLY--

OBVIOUSLY A REALLY
AMAZING PERSON

IN A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS.

BUT HE'S A FUNNY DUDE.

I THINK
FROM THE OUTSIDE,

PEOPLE SOMETIMES THINK
HE'S MORE SERIOUS THAN
HE REALLY IS.

HE'S JUST A COMEDY
DUDE, YOU KNOW?

ALWAYS HAVING FUN,

BUT OBVIOUSLY MOTIVATED
AND COMMITTED

TO CHANGING THE WORLD
IN A POSITIVE WAY.

*

Narrator:
FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS,

THE ANNUAL EAST COAST
BLUES & ROOTS FESTIVAL

HAS BEEN THE PREMIERE
AUSSIE MUSIC VENUE,

ATTRACTING A HUGE
INTERNATIONAL CROWD
OF ALL AGES.

AND IT WAS HERE
THAT DAVE DECIDED

TO TAKE THE VISUAL
PETITION PUBLIC.

PLEASE GIVE
A VERY WARM WELCOME

TO ASH GRUNWALD!

( cheering )

HEY, WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL
GUEST UP HERE.

THIS IS DAVE RASTOVICH.

MR. RASTA.

Rastovich: GETTING UP IN FRONT
OF A FEW THOUSAND PEOPLE

AND PLAYING MUSIC

IS KIND OF LIKE
PUTTING YOURSELF

IN FRONT OF
A MASSIVE WAVE.

I'M WAY MORE SCARED OF PLAYING
MUSIC IN FRONT OF PEOPLE

THAN I AM OF BIG WAVES.

EVERYBODY SHOUT OUT
REALLY LOUD,

"GO, RASTA!"

Crowd: GO, RASTA!

OW!
OW!

( imitates dolphin )

AND I ENDED UP MAKING
THAT SONG, YOU KNOW,

WHICH IS A BIT OF
A COMEDY SONG, REALLY,

BUT ACTUALLY THERE IS
A STORY BEHIND IT.

( imitates dolphin
to guitar solo )

( imitates dolphin )

WELL, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT,
YOU KNOW,

WHEN YOU HAVE ICONS OF CULTURE
SUPPORTING A CAUSE,

THAT THE EVERYDAY PERSON'S
GONNA SEE THAT

AND BE INSPIRED BY THAT

AND WANT TO TAKE PART
AND WANT TO LEARN

ABOUT WHAT IT IS THEIR
FAVORITE MUSICIAN,

FAVORITE SURFER,
IS DOING WITH THEIR TIME

AND WHO THEY'RE SUPPORTING.

* OPTIMISTIC HYPOCRITE THAT
DIDN'T HAVE THE NERVE TO QUIT *

* THE THINGS THAT KEPT HIM
WANTING MORE *

* UNTIL HE FINALLY
REACHED THE CORE *

* FELL ACROSS THE FALL LINE

* AIN'T THERE NOTHING SACRED
ANYMORE? *

* WE FELL ACROSS
THE FALL LINE *

* AIN'T THERE NOTHING SACRED
ANYMORE? *

* NA-NA-NA-NA,
NA-NA-NA-NA *

( cheering )

THANKS A LOT.

WHEN I'M OUT
IN THE WATER,

I MAKE ALL KINDS OF
WEIRD, TWEAKY NOISES,

AS IF I WANTED
TO TALK TO THEM.

HAVE YOU GOT ANY KIND OF
NOISES YOU WOULD DO?

FOR SOME REASON--
I DON'T KNOW WHY
I DO IT--

BUT IF I SEE IT
GOING BY,

I START KNOCKING
ON MY STRINGER
AS HARD AS I CAN,

AND THEN GOING,
LIKE...

( whistling )

LIKE, A REAL
HIGH-PITCHED WHISTLE

AND KNOCK
ON MY STRINGER,

AND SOMETIMES
THEY GET CLOSER.
HA HA HA!

THEY SOUND A LITTLE
LIKE, UH, FLIPPER.

( squeaking )

THIS IS THE WHALES
AND THE DOLPHINS.

( deep notes playing )

( chanting )

NOW PEOPLE CALL THE DOLPHINS
"CHILDREN OF THE SEA"

BECAUSE THEY LOOK SO HAPPY
AND THEY'RE JUMPING AROUND,

AND THEY'RE JUST PLAYING,
LIKE CHILDREN IN THE SEA.

THEY'RE JUST PLAYING,
HAVING FUN.

AND THEN
THEY POP OUT THE BACK

AND DO A LITTLE AIR
AND THAT.

THEY'RE JUST LIKE US.
THEY LOVE THE WATER.

( crowd cheering )

( lyrics indistinct )

THANK YOU!

( indistinct )

WHEN WE SEE THEM,
YOU KNOW, IT'S, LIKE--

FOR ME, IT'S LIKE
SEEING AN ANCESTOR,

OR SOMETHING
FROM WAY BACK FROM
THE BEGINNING OF TIME

COMING INTO BEING
IN YOUR SPACE

AND GIVING ENERGY
AND RECEIVING ENERGY

AND COMING THROUGH
YOUR WORLD.

AND, FOR ME, TO GET
THE VISUAL ON IT

AS WELL AS THE FEELING
THAT YOU MIGHT GET

WHEN YOU SENSE
HUMAN SPIRIT,

IS REALLY POWERFUL.

WHY DO YOU THINK
THEY SURF?

'CAUSE SURFING'S RAD.

HA HA!
BECAUSE, I MEAN--

SURFING--IT'S A PULSE OF
ENERGY FROM MOTHER NATURE

THAT'S REAL
AND REALLY PHYSICAL.

THERE'S NO OTHER REAL WAY
OF CONNECTING LIKE THAT--

YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE
TO JUST FREELY
EXPRESS YOURSELF

IN MOTHER NATURE'S PALM.

IT'S POWERFUL.

WOULDN'T YOU SURF
IF YOU LIVED IN
THE OCEAN 24/7?

Narrator: BY THE TIME
BLUESFEST CLOSED DOWN,

DAVE AND THE CREW HAD
COLLECTED HUNDREDS OF
VISUAL PETITIONS.

IN THE MONTHS
THAT FOLLOWED,

MANY MORE
WOULD JOIN ONLINE.

THE GOAL WAS TO CREATE
A HUGE STATEMENT OF SUPPORT

THAT PUT A FACE
TO THE SIGNATURE

AND ALLOWED ANYONE A CHANCE

TO IMMEDIATELY GET INVOLVED
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.

THE BELLS CLASSIC
WAS ANOTHER EVENT

WHERE DAVE FELT
HE COULD GATHER SUPPORT

FOR THE VISUAL PETITION.

BEING THE LONGEST-RUNNING
PRO CONTEST IN HISTORY,

IT'S A BIG HONOR
AMONG THE TRAVELING PROS

TO WIN THE COVETED
BELLS TROPHY,

AND THEY WOULD ALL
BE THERE TO COMPETE.

ALTHOUGH RASTA'S A PEER
AMONG SURFING'S ELITE,

HE WAS INITIALLY HESITANT
ABOUT APPROACHING THEM
MID-CONTEST

TO PITCH
THE VISUAL PETITION.

BUT ONE BY ONE,
THEY SIGNED ON--

MICK FANNING, ANDY IRONS,
JOEL PARKINSON,

AND THE ENTIRE TOP TEN.

WENT OUT THERE,
WE WERE JUST GONNA
GO DOWN THE COAST,

CHECKING OUT DOLPHINS,
AND WE SEE THE WHALE.

WE WERE, LIKE, "OH,
LOOK AT THE WHALE,
CHECK IT OUT."

AND WE ACTUALLY WENT
TO GO CHECK IT OUT.

WE DIDN'T SEE IT.
WE WERE, LIKE,
"WHERE IS THIS THING?"

AND IT ACTUALLY, UH,
WENT UNDER OUR BOAT.

AND WE LOOKED OVER,
AND I REMEMBER BEING
SO FREAKED OUT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS
LIKE MOBY-DICK.

BUT IT JUST WAS
RIGHT UNDER,
THEN CRUISED UP,

CHECK US OUT FOR,
LIKE, A SECOND,
CAME DOWN,

AND THEN GOT, LIKE,
100 YARDS AWAY

AND THEN STARTED
TO BREACH.

AND IT WAS
JUST RADICAL.

THESE DOLPHINS WERE KIND OF
CRUISING OUT THERE.

I COULD SEE THEM
MATING AND STUFF.

AND THEN I RODE ABOUT
FOUR WAVES BY MYSELF,

JUST CRUISING,
AND NEXT THING I KNOW,

THEY WERE UP CLOSE,
AND I CAUGHT A WAVE,

AND I RODE
OUT THE TOP ONE,
AND IT STAYED WITH ME

ALL THE WAY
TO THE SHORE,

AND I DID THAT
THREE WAVES IN A ROW.

THREE WAVES IN A ROW
HE FOLLOWED ME.

HE WAITED FOR ME
TO GET AT THE BACK
AND GET BEHIND,

AND HE WAS WITH ME
ALL THE WAY TO THE SHORE.

BACK OUT THE BACK,
I COULDN'T FIND HIM.

THEN, SURE ENOUGH,
AS SOON AS I WAS
POUNDING THE WAVE AGAIN,

HE WAS THERE AGAIN.

I HAD A COUPLE OF TIMES
WHERE I DOVE UNDERWATER

AND ALMOST TOUCHED,
BEEN, LIKE, AN INCH
FROM THEM.

LIKE, SO CLOSE.
LIKE, OH, GOSH!

IF I JUST KICKED
ONE MORE TIME,

I WOULD'VE TOUCHED HIM,
YOU KNOW, IN THE WILD.

WHY DO YOU THINK
THEY SURF?

UH, I LIKE TO THINK
FOR PLEASURE.

BUT I THINK IT'S PART
OF THEIR HUNTING, TOO.

I THINK THEY PROBABLY
SNEAK UP ON FISH THAT WAY,

AND, YOU KNOW,
THEY PROBABLY KIND OF
CATCH THEM BY SURPRISE.

BUT I THINK THEY JUST
ENJOY IT, YOU KNOW?

Narrator:
SECURING THE SUPPORT OF
SURFING'S BIGGEST PLAYERS

WOULD LEAD TO THOUSANDS
MORE VISUAL PETITIONS
BEING SUBMITTED.

NOW IT WAS TIME TO SEE
HOW THE BUREAUCRATS
HANDLED THINGS.

THE UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL
WHALING COMMISSION MEETINGS

WOULD OFFER A GOOD LOOK
INTO THE SITUATION.

WHILE IT WAS HELPFUL
TO SEE HOW THE I.W.C.
BUREAUCRACY WORKED,

THE REAL BENEFIT
WOULD BE IN CONNECTING

WITH THE HUNDREDS OF
DIVERSE OCEAN ACTIVISTS

THAT HAD GATHERED
AROUND THE CONFERENCE.

Rastovich: THE INTERNATIONAL
WHALING COMMISSION IN ALASKA

WAS A MEETING

THAT I FELT WOULD BE
REALLY BENEFICIAL,

IN THE COLLABORATIVE SENSE.

YOU MEET WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS
THAT ARE WORKING ON THE ISSUE.

AND YOU HEAR
WHAT EVERYONE'S UP TO,

AND YOU CAN COLLABORATE
ON FUTURE PROJECTS.

THIS GENERATION
AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE

HAVE TO STAND UP FOR
WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.

THIS IS OUR WORLD.
AND IF WE DON'T--

IF WE DON'T START
FIXING IT NOW,

WE MIGHT NOT HAVE
THE THINGS THAT
WE LOVE TODAY.

IF JAPAN CONTINUES
WHALING, AND IT'S NOT--

AND IT'S NOT ABLE
TO SUSTAIN IT,

THEN WE MIGHT NOT HAVE
WHALES AND DOLPHINS

FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE
SOMETIMES HARD TO QUANTIFY--

WHAT A TEEPEE CAN ACHIEVE
AND STUFF LIKE THAT--

LIKE I PUT UP IN ALASKA,

THEY'RE, LIKE,
"SAY WHAT?"

AND WITH FLAGS FLYING
OFF THE TOP OF POLES,

ALL IN JAPANESE KANJI,
SAYING,

"FAMILY", "FUTURE",
"WHALE", "DOLPHIN",

"RESPECT", "LOVE",
"COMPASSION", "TRUTH".

AND THEY'RE, LIKE,
"OH, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"

THEN--WHOOSH!
AROUND WITH THE SKIN.

AND THERE WAS
THIS WHALE TEEPEE--

A THREE-DIMENSIONAL
BANNER

THAT HAD CREATED
THIS SACRED SPACE.

WHAT I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH
WITH THIS CURTAIN

IS TO GIVE
A VISUAL EXAMPLE

OF HOW MANY WHALES
HAVE BEEN KILLED

SINCE THEY WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE PROTECTED

SINCE 1986 WHALING MORATORIUM
WENT INTO EFFECT.

SO THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE
THAT, ACTUALLY,

THIS MANY WHALES HAVE DIED,

AND THAT IT'S TIME
TO STOP WHALING.

IT'S TIME TO PUT PRESSURE
AND APPEAL TO OUR GOVERNMENTS.

IT IS A BLIGHT ON
THE HUMAN SPECIES, ISN'T IT,

THAT ALL THE THREATS

THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
AT THE MOMENT FOR
WHALES AND DOLPHINS

ARE HUMAN-INDUCED--
ALL OF THEM.

AND IT'S THEIR HABITAT.

SO THAT MARINE HABITAT
IS AN INDICATOR

OF THE HEALTH
OF THE PLANET,

AND IT'S AN INDICATOR
FOR THE HEALTH OF US
AS A SPECIES.

I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND
THE I.W.C.

YOU KNOW,
TO WALK INTO A ROOM

FILLED WITH POLITICIANS
AND ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERS

FROM EVERY COUNTRY
THAT'S IN THAT ROOM--
70-ODD COUNTRIES--

AND TO HEAR THEM CLAP WHEN THEY
HAND OUT QUOTAS FOR WHALES

IS...CURIOUS.

IT'S JUST STRANGE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

I GOT TO MEET RIC O'BERRY,

WHO'S THE AUTHORITY ON
DOLPHIN CAPTIVITY, IN MY MIND.

HE'S HAD MORE EXPERIENCE
THAN ANYONE

WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING
WITH DOLPHINS IN CAPTIVITY,

RESCUING DOLPHINS,
REHABILITATING DOLPHINS

AND FREEING THEM.

I THINK FLIPPER
WAS THE BEST

AND THE WORST THING
THAT EVER HAPPENED
TO DOLPHINS.

ON THE ONE HAND,
IT EXPOSED PEOPLE
TO THEM,

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,

IT CREATED
A LOT OF CAPTURES

AND A LOT OF, UH,
NEW DOLPHINARIUMS
OPENING UP,

AND NEW SWIM PROGRAMS
AND, YOU KNOW--

THE CAPTIVITY ISSUE
IS OVERWHELMING

FOR ONE PERSON.

AND IT TAKES UP
ALL OF MY TIME.

WHALES CAN'T SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES,

SO WE'RE HERE SPEAKING
FOR THEM ON THEIR BEHALF.

THESE BEAUTIFUL
CREATURES THAT--

IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SAY
THAT GENERATIONS TO COME

MIGHT NOT GET THE CHANCE
TO ENJOY THEM.

I WAS JUST THINKING, "OH,
THIS WOULD BE INTERESTING

TO CATCH THIS
LITTLE OFFSHOOT."

I.W.C. HAD JUST STARTED,

AND I WENT DOWNSTAIRS
TO WATCH AND TO FILM DAVE.

AND ONE THING HE SAID
JUST PERKED ME UP.

HE SAID, YOU KNOW--

HE JUST MENTIONED
OFFHANDEDLY

THAT HE'D BEEN SAVED
BY A DOLPHIN.

WE INTERVIEWED HIM.
I ASKED HIM, UH--

I WAS ASKING HIM QUESTIONS,
AND HE STARTED ASKING ME,

"DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN
JAPAN WITH THE DOLPHINS?"

AND I'D DONE
SIX TRIPS THERE.

LEAVING ALASKA
AND THE I.W.C. THERE,

I WAS REALLY MOTIVATED

BECAUSE I'D HAD TALKS
WITH O.P.S. AND RIC O'BERRY

ABOUT GOING TO TAIJI,
AND I KNEW IT WAS POSSIBLE.

THAT WAS THE POINT WHERE I KNEW
I COULD GET INTO THE COVE

THROUGH COLLABORATING
WITH O.P.S.,

AND I KNEW THAT, UM,

WE COULD BE EDUCATED AND CLEAR
ABOUT THE WHOLE ISSUE

THROUGH RIC O'BERRY.

AND IT WAS ON.

BEING INQUISITIVE ABOUT
EVERYTHING DOLPHIN AND WHALE,

YOU KIND OF SOON DISCOVER THAT
CULTURES ALL OVER THE WORLD

HAVE A HISTORY
WITH DOLPHINS AND WHALES.

I'M REALLY IMPRESSED
BY THE INTERTWINED TIMELINES

BETWEEN HUMANS AND CETACEANS,

AND THAT SUCH
DIFFERING CULTURES

CAN HAVE LINKS TO THEM--

CULTURES LIKE ABORIGINAL--
HERE IN AUSTRALIA--

TO PEOPLE IN PERU AND CHILE
AND THE AMAZON

AND YOU NAME IT--
ALL OVER THE WORLD--

THAT THERE IS THESE LINKS.

AND SO I REALLY WANTED
TO TRY AND FIND PEOPLE

WHO STILL KIND OF EMBODY
SOME OF THAT MYTHOLOGY

AND STILL HAVE THAT REVERENCE
FOR THE CETACEAN.

GETTING TO SWING THROUGH
L.A. AND CALIFORNIA

AND MEET UP WITH THE CHUMASH
INDIAN REPRESENTATIVE
MATI WAIYA--

IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE

TO BE ABLE TO SMELL,
FEEL AND HEAR

THE SPIRIT AND THE POWER
OF A CULTURE

THAT HAS, UM, HONORED
AND CONTINUED THEIR TRADITIONS.

Narrator: MATI WAIYA,
CHUMASH ELDER,

IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE
WHO CAN HELP MAKE THAT
ANCIENT CONNECTION

BETWEEN HUMANS
AND DOLPHINS.

THE CHUMASH WERE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S
FIRST COASTAL PEOPLE.

THEY BUILT THEIR LIVES
AROUND THE OCEAN,

OFTEN LIVING
IN LARGE VILLAGES

OVERLOOKING NOW-FAMOUS
SURF BREAKS.

THE DOLPHIN, ALONG WITH
OTHER SEA MAMMALS,

FIGURED HEAVILY INTO CHUMASH
LEGEND, LORE AND ART.

IN MANY WAYS, THEY WERE
CALIFORNIA'S FIRST SURFERS,

BUILDING ELEGANT
PLANK CANOES

TO FISH AND TRAVEL BETWEEN
THE NEARBY CHANNEL ISLANDS.

( blowing note )

MATI IS A LIVING LINK
TO THESE ANCIENT PEOPLE.

BECAUSE THEY DEPENDED ON
THE SEA FOR THEIR SURVIVAL,

THE CHUMASH UNDERSTOOD
THAT IF THEY ABUSED NATURE,

NATURE WOULD QUICKLY
ABUSE THEM.

FOR EVERYTHING THEY TOOK,

THEY NEEDED TO GIVE BACK
IN SOME WAY.

MATI HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE

TO UNDERSTAND THE WAYS
OF HIS ANCESTORS

AND PASSING
ON THEIR TEACHINGS
TO FUTURE GENERATIONS,

WHETHER THEY ARE CHUMASH
DESCENDENTS OR NOT.

SO WE HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH
THE EYES OF THE ANCESTORS

AT OUR STORIES,
OUR CREATION STORIES,

OUR SONGS AND DANCES,
'CAUSE THAT'S OUR HISTORY.

SO OUR RELATIONSHIP
AS A MARITIME CULTURE
TO THE COAST,

TO THE LAGOONS
AND ESTUARIES AND RIVERS,

HAS ALWAYS BEEN
OUR SUBSTANCE,

THE BLOODLINE
OF OUR WORLD.

THE BLOODLINE
OF THI WORLD
IS THESE WATERS.

THE PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND--
AS THEY WERE STARTING
TO POPULATE,

THE PLANT LIFE AND TREES
WERE DWINDLING,

AND THE PEOPLE WERE GETTING
A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT--

"WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF THEY
OVERPOPULATE THE ISLAND?"

AND ONE DAY, THERE'S
A FISHERMAN ON THE SHORE,

AND THE CLOUDS BEGAN
TO RUMBLE AND OPEN UP,

AND THE CREATOR--
HUTASH--COMES DOWN,

AND SHE TELLS
THE FISHERMEN,

"LET THE PEOPLE KNOW
THAT I WANT TO TAKE THEM

"TO A PLACE WHERE
THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE--

"ABUNDANCE OF FOOD
AND LAND,

"SO THAT THEY COULD
RAISE THEIR CHILDREN

AND THERE'LL BE MORE
FOR THOSE UNBORN."

SO THE NEXT MORNING,
THEY ALL GATHERED
AT THE SHORELINE.

AND, ONCE AGAIN,
THE CLOUDS START RUMBLING,

AND THEY OPEN UP,
AND THE CREATOR COMES DOWN

AND TELLS THE PEOPLE,
"ARE YOU READY TO GO?"

AND THEY ALL LOOKED
AT EACH OTHER

AND SAID, "YES,
WE'RE READY TO GO."

AND THE CREATOR
WAVED HER ARM,

AND THIS BEAUTIFUL
RAINBOW BRIDGE--

WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL
COLORS THAT YOU
CAN IMAGINE,

LIKE THE DIVERSITY
IN THE WORLD OF PEOPLE--

STRETCHED FROM THE ISLAND
TO THE MAINLAND.

AND THE CREATOR TOLD THEM,
"BEFORE YOU GO OVER
THIS BRIDGE,

"I WANT TO WARN YOU
NOT TO LOOK DOWN.

"'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK DOWN,
YOU'RE GONNA FALL
TO THE OCEAN

AND YOU'RE GONNA DIE."

AND ONE BY ONE, THEY START
GOING OVER THIS RAINBOW--

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WALKING OVER IT.

SOME OF THEM
COULDN'T RESIST,
SO THEY LOOKED DOWN,

AND ONE BY ONE--
PSHOO, PSHOO, PSHOO!

THEY START FALLING,
FALLING DOWN TO
THE OCEAN FLOOR.

THE CREATOR, SEEING THIS,
KNOWING SHE DIDN'T
WANT THEM TO DIE--

SO RIGHT BEFORE
THEY HIT THE OCEAN,

SHE TURNED THEM
INTO DOLPHINS.

WE CALL THEM ALOLKOY.

ALOLKOY IS OUR BLUE DOLPHIN
THAT WE HAVE HERE.

AND IT PROTECTS US
FROM DANGER.

IT GUIDES US
IF THE STARS AREN'T OUT

OR THE SUN SETS TOO QUICK.

AND IT ALWAYS
HAS BEEN A TEACHER.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN
ONE OF OUR RELATIONS,

OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS
OF THE OCEAN.

SO WE TRUST IN THEM,
WE DANCE FOR THEM,

WE SING SONGS
ABOUT THEM.

Man on P.A.:
YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE.

WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

Narrator: EARLY ON,
DAVE SPOKE WITH PAUL WATSON

ABOUT COMING ABOARD THE SHIP
FOR A DIRECT ACTION.

THIS SUMMER,
THE SEA SHEPHERDS

WERE SAILING ONE OF
THEIR PATROLS VESSELS

TO THE GALAPAGOS

TO WORK WITH
LOCAL ACTIVISTS

IN PROTECTING THE GALAPAGOS
MARINE SANCTUARY.

THE GALAPAGOS, STRADDLING
THE PACIFIC EQUATOR,

600 MILES OFF
THE COAST OF ECUADOR,

ARE FAMED FOR
THEIR STARK BEAUTY

AND RICH BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY.

THEIR ISOLATION ALLOWED
ANIMAL SPECIES TO FLOURISH

WITHOUT HUMAN INTERFERENCE
FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS

UNTIL THEIR COLONIZATION
BY PIRATES IN THE LATE 1700s.

DAVE HAD BEEN TO
THE GALAPAGOS YEARS EARLIER

AND KNEW THERE WERE
GOOD WAVES SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE ARCHIPELAGO.

THIS MADE FOR
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

TO DO SOME WORK
FOR THE SURF MAGAZINES

WHILE WAITING
FOR THE SEA SHEPHERDS
TO COME INTO PORT.

*

A SMALL CREW
OF LOCAL SURFERS

HEARD THERE WAS
A PRO SURFER IN TOWN

AND JOINED IN FOR A FEW WAVES
AND A LINE-UP.

IT'S ALWAYS COOL
TO GET A WARM WELCOME
FROM THE LOCALS,

AND THESE ISLANDERS
WERE NO EXCEPTION.

AMONG THEM,
LONGTIME FISHERMAN

AND ONE OF THE FIRST
TRUE GALAPAGOS SURFERS--
HUMBERTO HERNANDEZ--

HAD SOME
INTERESTING THOUGHTS

ON THE HEALTH OF
THE LOCAL FISHERIES.

( speaking Spanish )

OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS,

THE LORE OF THIS
FAR-OFF DESTINATION

HAS TRANSFORMED
THE GALAPAGOS

FROM AN ISOLATED
MID-PACIFIC ISLAND CHAIN

INTO A MUST-SEE
ECO-TOURIST DESTINATION.

OVER 200,000 PEOPLE NOW VISIT
THE GALAPAGOS EACH YEAR,

CONTRIBUTING MILLIONS
TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

BUT THIS GROWTH COMES
AT A HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL COST.

SHEER HUMAN NUMBERS

STRAIN THE GALAPAGOS'
FRESHWATER SUPPLY

AND THREATEN TO OVERWHELM
DELICATE ANIMAL ECOLOGIES.

RAMPANT OVER-FISHING
AND POACHING FOR
THE SHARK FINNING TRADE

HAVE DECIMATED
LOCAL FISHERIES--

THIS DESPITE THE GALAPAGOS
BEING DECLARED

A WORLD HERITAGE
MARINE SANCTUARY.

FOR A LOT OF ISLAND
DESTINATIONS,

SHARKS ARE CRUCIAL
TO THEIR ECOSYSTEMS,

NOT ONLY BECAUSE
THEY HELP MAINTAIN

THE ECO-BALANCE
IN THE OCEANS,

BUT, FOR A LOT OF
THESE DESTINATIONS

THAT DEPEND
ON TOURISM,

A DIVERSE POPULATION
OF SHARKS

MEANS A DIVERSE
POPULATION OF
MARINE SPECIES.

AFTER A FEW PERFECT
DAYS OF SURFING,

ONE MORNING THE BLACK SHIP
APPEARED ON THE HORIZON.

NOW THAT THE SEA SHEPHERDS
HAD ARRIVED,

IT WAS TIME
TO JUMP ON BOARD

AND SEE WHAT DIRECT ACTION
WAS REALLY ALL ABOUT.

THE SEA SHEPHERDS'
ALL-VOLUNTEER CREW

COMES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

SOME ARE HARDCORE
ECO-WARRIORS,

OTHER ARE KIDS
ON UNI LEAVE

SIMPLY LOOKING FOR
A BIT OF ADVENTURE.

BUT ALL SEEM BOUND BY
A COMMON LOVE FOR CREATURES

AND A SENSE THAT
PROTECTING OUR SHARED
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY

IS IMPERATIVE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S
A DREAM ACTION,
ISN'T IT,

WHEN YOU GOT THE TACK,
YOU GOT THE BOATS,

YOU'VE GOT THINGS
THAT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE
A DIFFERENCE.

AND, UH,
THE PROBLEM BACK HOME

IS THAT YOU'VE GOT
THE WILL,

BUT YOU HAVEN'T
GOT THE MONEY
AND THE EQUIPMENT,

AND YOU'RE JUST
YOURSELF,

SO YOU'RE LIMITED
IN WHAT YOU CAN DO.

THE SEA SHEPHERDS--
WOW, THEY'VE GOT BOATS,

THEY'VE GOT SHIPS,
ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

THEY'VE GOT
LOVELY T-SHIRTS.

I THINK PEOPLE
IN GENERAL ARE IN AWE

OF WHAT A SMALL
ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS

IS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND PEOPLE GENERALLY
COME WITH PRAISE AND SAY,

"IT'S A WONDERFUL THING
YOU'RE DOING FOR THE WHALES."

AND YET, THAT'S NOT
REALLY WHAT WE'RE AFTER.

WHAT WE'RE AFTER
IS SEEING ACTION.

WE'RE AFTER SEEING
PEOPLE ALSO TAKE THAT
SAME RESPONSIBILITY.

BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE
PERSON ON BOARD HERE

WAS IN THAT POSITION
AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER.

AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER,
EVERY SINGLE CREW MEMBER

DIDN'T KNOW THAT
WHALING WAS GOING ON

OR DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY
COULD DO TO STOP IT.

BUT AS SOON AS WE REALIZE
WHAT'S WRONG,

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE BY BEING PASSIVE,
WE'RE COMPLACENT IN IT,

AND WE'RE JUST
ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE.

Narrator:
TWO DAYS OUT,

THE SEA SHEPHERDS FOUND
WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

AT DAWN,
ONE OF THE WATCH CREW

HAD SPOTTED SOME IMPROVISED
FLOATS IN THE DISTANCE.

ALL HANDS CAME ON DECK

TO HELP HAUL IN
A POACHER'S LONG LINE.

A LONG LINE IS
A HIGHLY EFFICIENT WAY
OF CATCHING FISH,

BUT THE MARINE EQUIVALENT
OF A ROADSIDE BOMB.

THE LONG LINE, WHICH CAN
STRETCH AS LONG AS 60 MILES,

WITH THOUSANDS
OF BAITED HOOKS,

CREATES A VIRTUAL
KILLING WALL

THAT DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE
BETWEEN A TUNA, A SHARK

OR A HUNGRY SEA TURTLE.

THE WASTE FROM BYCATCH
IS ENORMOUS,

AND THE LONG LINE'S
DEADLY EFFICIENCY

IS SYSTEMATICALLY DECIMATING
FISHERIES AROUND THE WORLD.

SOMEONE SPOTTED THE POACHERS
IN THE DISTANCE,

BUT BY THIS TIME,
THE FISHERMEN DUMPED
THEIR GEAR

AND BEAT IT
FOR THE HORIZON.

THEY GOT AWAY, BUT NOT
WITHOUT BEING VIDEOTAPED

AND THEIR BOAT
AND REGISTRATION
NUMBERS RECORDED.

THROUGHOUT THE DAY,
THE CREW PULLED IN

OVER NINE MILES
OF LONG LINE

AND CLIPPED OFF HUNDREDS
OF BAITED HOOKS.

KIND OF MIXED FEELINGS
OF EXCITEMENT,

AND IT'S REALLY DEPRESSING
AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH
WE GOT HERE QUITE EARLY.

THE EMPTY HOOKS--
THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

AND TO HAVE BEEN
SEARCHING FOR SO LONG,

TO FINALLY HAVE FOUND ONE,
IT'S AWESOME.

WATCH OUT!

GO!

Rastovich: IT'S AMAZING
TO THINK THAT WE'VE ONLY BEEN
PULLING IN THIS TINY AMOUNT.

IT'S SCARY TO THINK
HOW MUCH HAS BEEN MISSED.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED

IF NO ONE WAS HERE
TO PICK IT UP.

Narrator: THIS WAS THE KIND
OF CONCRETE, DECISIVE ACTION

THAT DAVE COULD RELATE TO.

WHILE THERE'S A TIME AND
A PLACE FOR PLAYING POLITICS,

THERE'S ALSO A TIME
WHEN YOU DRAW LINE

AND STAND UP
FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE.

THOSE COUPLE OF DAYS
ABOARD THE SHIP

MADE DAVE REALIZE
MORE THAN EVER--

HE NEEDED TO BE IN JAPAN

WHEN THE DOLPHIN HUNTS
RESUMED.

( people chanting in Spanish )

CHILE WAS MY FIRST,
UM, INVITE

INTO THE S4C--
AN S4C INITIATIVE.

AND THE EXPERIENCE OF
GOING TO THE I.W.C.

WAS SOMETHING THAT WE
ALL REALLY NEEDED TO
HAVE FOR OURSELVES.

PERSONALLY, IT REALLY
STOKED THE FIRE
WITHIN EVERYBODY,

ESPECIALLY MYSELF.

AND I CAN SEE IT
IN EVERYONE.

SO AWESOME TO SEE
HOW PASSIONATE THEY ARE.

THESE ARE CHILEANS

WHO HAVE JUST GOT
A NEW SANCTUARY STATUS
FOR THEIR WHALES,

SAYING THEY DON'T WANT
ANY WHALE KILLING.
IT'S GREAT.

STATING THE OBVIOUS.

All: WHALE KILLERS!

WHALE KILLERS!

WE DON'T WANT YOU
HERE IN CHILE!

( indistinct chanting )

SHUT THEM DOWN!

( indistinct chanting )

SHUT THEM DOWN!

SHUT THEM DOWN!

( chanting continues )

PEOPLE REALIZE,
THROUGH ALL AGES,

THE MAGNIFICENCE
OF THESE CREATURES

AND HOW IMPORTANT
ROBUST CONSERVATION
IS FOR THEM.

AND THE FACT THAT
WE'VE GOT THIS EVENT
HERE THIS MORNING

IS A REALLY, REALLY
GOOD SYMBOL OF THAT.

AND IT HAPPENS
ON THE FIRST DAY
THE I.W.C. MEETING.

THAT'S A GOOD DAY
FOR IT TO HAPPEN.

Narrator: HOWEVER,
WITH THE I.W.C. MEETING

HELD BEHIND HEAVILY-GUARDED
CLOSED DOORS,

THE DELEGATES ARE
FOR THE MOST PART

SHIELDED AWAY FROM
ANY OUTSIDE CONTACT.

Man: FACING IT,
SITTING THERE

AND SEEING THE COUNTRIES
THAT WERE STANDING BEHIND IT

AND FEELING THE TENSION,
IT WAS, LIKE, VERY POWERFUL,

EMOTIONAL,
IN A LOT OF SENSE.

THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN BEING INSIDE
WITH THE SUIT AND TIES

AND LITTLE POLITE CARDS

AND, YOU KNOW,
THE DELEGATION

AND THE GUYS OUTSIDE
CHANTING AND SCREAMING
AND TATTOOED

AND WILLING TO LOCK ARMBAR
AND LOCK THEMSELVES

INSIDE, YOU KNOW,
THE FRONT OF THE SHERATON

AND DO WHATEVER THEY CAN
TO STOP WHAT'S GOING ON.

NO MORE WHALING!
NO MORE!

Both: NO MORE WHALING!
NO MORE!

NO MORE WHALING! NO MORE!

NO MORE WHALING!
NO MORE!

NO MORE WHALING! NO MORE!

NO MORE WHALING!
NO MORE!

NO MORE WHALING! NO MORE!

NO MORE WHALING!
NO MORE!

( screaming )
NO MORE WHALING!
NO MORE!

( shouts indistinctly )

WHEW! THAT WAS
HEAVY, MAN.

THEY JUST MANHANDLED
THOSE GIRLS.

INCREDIBLE.

DEFINITELY NOT SHOWING
THEM ANY SYMPATHY

FOR BEING FEMALE.
IT'S INSANE.

THESE GUYS
ARE TOUGH, MAN.

THESE ARE GREEN COATS
OF DOOM HERE.

( speaking Spanish )

GOOD-BYE. BYE-BYE.

Narrator: AFTER A LONG
AND OFTEN FRUSTRATING DAY,

THE CREW DECIDED
THE BEST ACTION

WAS TO HIT THE ROAD
AN ENLIST CHILEAN SURFERS

AND COASTAL RESIDENCE
FACE TO FACE.

GETTING OUT ON CHILE'S
RUGGED, BEAUTIFUL COAST

OFFERED A CHANCE
TO RECHARGE

AND CONNECT DIRECTLY
WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HAD
THE MOST AT STAKE

IN PROTECTING
THEIR COASTAL LEGACY.

* ...FREEDOM AROUND US,
WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED *

* AND I WILL CARE FOR YOU
BECAUSE YOU CARE FOR ME *

* WE ALL HAVE OPINIONS,
SOME OF THEM GET THROUGH *

* BUT THERE'S BETTER PEOPLE

* WITH MORE TO DO, MORE TO DO

( indistinct chatter )

* WHAT I HAVE
COULD BE A MESSAGE *

* OR JUST SOME WORDS
FROM MY HEART... *

( cheering )

ALL THE WORLD--IF WE DO
THE THINGS LIKE THIS,

WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD,

AND WE CAN HAVE,
LIKE, A NEW MENTALITY.

AND THAT'S ONE OF
THE AMAZING THINGS,

BECAUSE WE GO
EVERYWHERE,

MAKE A MEETING
WITH THE PEOPLE,
WITH THE CHILDREN.

WE LOVE THE CHILDREN.
AND THE CHILDREN IS,
YOU KNOW--

WHO KNOWS?
ONE OF THE CHILDREN

COULD BE THE PRESIDENT
OF CHILE OR A
DIFFERENT COUNTRY.

LIKE I SAY, OKAY,
WE CAN DO SOME
STUFF NOW,

AND HOPEFULLY IT'S
NOT LATE TO DO THAT.

* OOH, GOOD TO DO

*

( indistinct lyrics )

BEING ABLE TO BE
IN A SILENT CRAFT,

SAILING NOISELESSLY,
AND NO SCENT,

AND JUST BEAUTIFUL MODE
OF TRANSPORT, WAY OUT TO SEA,

WITH FOUR OTHER
LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE,

AND HAVE THESE INCREDIBLY
LARGE AND INTELLIGENT

AND CURIOUS ANIMALS

COME UP AND HAVE
A GOOD LOOK AT US

IS JUST AN AMAZING ENCOUNTER.

IT'S AN AMAZING RECONFIRMATION
OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

ON MANY LEVELS,
IT'S A REALLY,
REALLY, COOL TRIP.

THE FRIENDSHIPS
YOU MAKE,

IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE
OUT THERE ON THE SEA.

YOU GO, LIKE, "COME ON,
I NEED YOUR HELP!"

YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY
BE AS TAME

IN LAND AND THE WATER

AND JUST BE STRAIGHT-UP
HONEST WITH EACH OTHER.

THERE'S NO ROOM
FOR ANY BULLSHIT.

IT'S JUST CLEAR
AND BASICALLY BEING
TRANSPARENT

WITH ALL THINGS--
OUR CAUSE AND WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DO,

WHICH IS SAVE THESE
MAJESTIC CREATURES.

JUST THE FEELING
OF BEING WITH THEM
IN THE WATER,

AND THEY COME NEAR YOU
AND YOU'RE ALTERED.

THE SHEER SIZE
OF THIS BEAUTIFUL,
PEACEFUL BEING

IS, UM--IT'S JUST
MIND-BLOWING.

THEY CHOOSE
TO COME TO US,

THOSE LITTLE CRAFTS.

I WAS STANDING UP,
JUST HANGING ON
TO MY MAST,

BIG SMILES, LOOKING
AT THIS CALF

AS IT KIND OF WENT
OFF FROM ITS MOTHER

AND KIND OF
LOOKED AT ME--

AND THERE WAS
ALL OF US HERE--

AND JUST LOOKED
STRAIGHT AT ME,

AND THEN JUST
WENT UNDER,

AND EVERYONE STARTS
YELLING, "WILL!"

I'M, LIKE, "WHAT?!"

IT JUST COMES
RIGHT UNDER,

ABOUT THREE FEET
UNDER MY BOAT,

AND I JUST WAS,
LIKE, "OH, MY GOD."

IT WAS JUST--PHEW!

I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T
HAVE TO DO THAT.

IT CHOSE
TO COME OUR WAY,

AND THERE WAS
A REAL CONNECTION.

I JUST--PHEW!
ONCE AGAIN, IT'S--

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M DOING THIS FOR,

BUT THE WHOLE TRIP
IS THIS.

I GUESS
WE'RE ALL SO HIGH

FROM COMING IN
EVERY NIGHT.

WE FEEL LIKE WE
BECOME BLOOD BROTHERS

EVERY TIME WE HIT
THE BEACH AGAIN.

GUYS! GUYS!

All: OHH!

( overlapping chatter
and laughter )

RIGHT NOW WE ARE
OVER HALFWAY.

WELL AND TRULY
OVER HALFWAY,

AND ABOUT 200k
OUT FROM SYDNEY.

WE'RE GOING TO
THAT SPOT OUT THERE,

WHICH IS CALLED SEAL ROCKS.

JUST A MINOR
LITTLE RUN TODAY.

JUST CRUISING.

TO SIT THERE AND BE
ABLE TO LOOK AROUND

AND SEE A GROUP OF FRIENDS

WHO ARE ALSO INSPIRED
ACTIVISTS, REALLY--

PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY CARING

AND WANT TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS ISSUE--

TO SEE THEM
FLOATING AROUND ME

AND JUST SEEING,
ON THE BEACH,

PEOPLE SUPPORTING
WHAT WE'RE DOING,

AND TO FEEL THIS SURGE,

FEELS LIKE WE'VE PROGRESSED
A LONG WAY SINCE WE STARTED.

I FEEL LIKE I'VE PROGRESSED
A LONG WAY.

I CAN COMMUNICATE CLEARER,

AND I CAN STAY COMPOSED MORE
IN THE FACE OF, YOU KNOW,

DOLPHIN KILLS OR--

OR POLLUTED OCEANS
OR IRATE FISHERMEN

OR BABBLING POLITICIANS,
YOU KNOW?

THERE'S PROGRESS.

THERE'S DEFINITE PROGRESS.

*

WE DECIDED TO GO TO JAPAN

TO BASICALLY SHINE A LIGHT
ON THE COVE,

TO HELP RIC O'BERRY
IN EXPOSING THE ISSUE,

TO JOIN WITH THE OCEAN
PRESERVATION SOCIETY

IN DOCUMENTING IT,

AND TO ALSO BRING
A PEACEFUL ENERGY TO THAT COVE

WHICH HAS BEEN FILLED
WITH VIOLENCE FOR SO LONG.

JAPAN IS A REALLY
SENSITIVE PLACE,

AND I FEEL LIKE
DIRECT ACTIONS

THAT INVOLVE
A VOLATILE SCENARIO

WOULD FREAK OUT THE JAPANESE
SURFING CULTURE.

ANY CHANCE OF GETTING THEM
INVOLVED WITH THE ISSUE

WOULD BE DESTROYED

BY THE CONFRONTATIONAL NATURE
OF DIRECT ACTION.

AT THE SAME TIME, THOUGH,
THERE'S A PART OF ME

THAT REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW,
THE WAY THE MEDIA WORKS IS,

THERE'S GOTTA BE DRAMA
MOST OF THE TIME

TO GET THAT SPOTLIGHT
ON AN ISSUE.

WE'RE JUST ABOUT
TO HAVE A LITTLE POWWOW.

SIMPLE AS THAT.

SO, I'M JUST GONNA RUN
THROUGH THE RUNDOWN

OF WHAT WE'LL DO
WHEN WE'RE DOWN THE COAST,

JUST SO EVERYONE
STRAIGHT-UP KNOWS WHAT
WE'RE ALL ABOUT HERE.

THIS IS THE KILLING COVE

AND THE CAPTURE COVE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO THE PLACE
WHERE, EVERY YEAR,

THOUSANDS OF DOLPHINS
AND SMALL WHALES ARE KILLED.

WE HAVE GOT FRIENDS
WHO CARE A LOT

ABOUT THE DOLPHIN
AND WHALE ISSUE

WHO ARE HIGH CELEBRITIES.

THEY'RE VERY FAMOUS
PEOPLE WHO--

WHO, UM, ATTRACT
MEDIA ATTENTION.

IF I WASN'T, UM,
WORKING IN THE FIELD
THAT I AM,

I WOULD BE DOING
THIS REGARDLESS,

AND I THINK
THAT'S EXACTLY
THE SAME AS DAVE

AND THE MAJORITY OF
THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT
ARE HERE AS WELL.

DEFINITELY, LIKE--

WE'RE HERE BECAUSE
WE REALLY GENUINELY
CARE ABOUT THIS.

I HAD NO IDEA OF ALL
THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS

THAT WOULD BE HERE,

ALL THE DIFFERENT KIND OF
PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE HERE.

WE HAVE COME
AS A COMMUNITY OF SURFERS

AND LOVERS OF THE SEA.

...A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN IT WOULD TAKE...

Narrator: THE PLAN WAS
TO PERFORM A TRADITIONAL

SURFER'S PADDLE-OUT CEREMONY

AT THE KILLING COVE IN TAIJI

TO CREATE A RUSH
OF MEDIA ATTENTION.

THE PADDLE-OUT CIRCLE
IS THE WAY

THAT SURFERS REMEMBER AND
CELEBRATE A FELLOW WAVE-RIDER

WHO'S PASSED ON.

SINCE THE COVE
WAS TECHNICALLY
PUBLIC PROPERTY,

THEY'D BE BREAKING
NO LAWS,

AS LONG AS THEY DIDN'T
DAMAGE NETS

OR INTERFERE
WITH THE FISHERMEN.

IT WAS SORT OF A STANDOFF.

THEY WEREN'T GONNA GO OUT,
AND WE WEREN'T GONNA LEAVE.

AND SO WE WENT DOWN THERE
TO DO IT ANYWAY.

WELCOME TO TAIJI.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE,

AND IT'S SORT MEDIEVAL
AND GOTHIC AND STRANGE

AND KIND OF, LIKE--
LIKE, TIME-WARPED.

WE WERE ALL ON THE BEACH,
WE WERE HOLDING SURFBOARDS,

WE HAD FLOWERS,
WE HAD GREAT INTENTIONS.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

THERE WAS NO FLOOD,
THERE WAS NO DOLPHINS.

AND, ALTHOUGH WE REALLY FELT
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT
WE WERE DOING,

THE IMPACT OF THE DANGER
AND THAT KIND OF THING

WAS QUITE MUTED.

( speaking Japanese )

OKAY. WE CAN TALK
MORE OVER THERE?

WE'LL TALK ON CAMERA
OVER THERE?

PERFECT, THANK YOU.

NO PROTEST.
NOT PROTEST?

CEREMONY.
CEREMONY.

PEACEFUL CEREMONY.

HAI, HAI.

LEGAL CEREMONY.
HAI, HAI.

WE LEFT THAT DAY
KIND OF FEELING

LIKE WE HAD OUR HAT
IN OUR HAND.

IT WASN'T, LIKE,
A REALLY SUCCESSFUL TRIP.

AND THEN--

WE WERE AT DIFFERENT HOTELS
OVER IN OSAKA.

AND I WAS GOING LITERALLY
FROM ONE HOTEL TO THE NEXT,

AND I GOT A CALL
FROM RIC O'BERRY,

WHO WAS STILL DOWN
IN TAIJI AT THE COVE.

HE SAID, "THERE'S
DOLPHINS IN THE COVE."

AND I HAD ALREADY SENT
MY TEAM OFF TO THE AIRPORT.

I WAS, LIKE, "OH, MAN.
WE JUST MISSED IT BY A DAY.

IF WE JUST WOULD'VE
HELD ON..."

CHARLES WAS HEARING
THIS CONVERSATION,

AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN
THAT WAS--

I DIDN'T SAY A WORD,
BUT I JUST NODDED,

AND HE JUST GOT ON THE PHONE
AND GOT THE TEAM BACK.

AND, LITERALLY,
THEY'RE AT THE AIRPORT,

AT THE COUNTER,
CHECKING IN,

AND THEY SAID THE BAGS
HAD JUST BEEN SET
ON THE CONVEYER BELT.

AND CHARLES SAID,
"WHERE ARE YOU NOW?"

THEY SAID, "THE BAGS
ARE JUST GOING OFF."

HE SAYS,
"GET 'EM BACK NOW!"

Rastovich: OUR NEXT
GEAR SHIFT HAD OCCURRED,

AND IT WAS, LIKE, OKAY,
THE DRIVE WAS HAPPENING.

AND SO WE HAD, LIKE,
A WINDOW OF X-AMOUNT OF HOURS

TO GET OUR GROUP TOGETHER

AND GO BACK AND DO
ANOTHER PADDLE-OUT.

Woman: SO, WE LITERALLY
HAD A MEETING

WITH, LIKE,
A TINY CORE CREW,

GOT BACK IN THE VAN
AT 1 A.M.,

HAD NO SLEEP,

WITH OUR PASSPORTS
AND PLASTIC BAGS

TUCKED DOWN OUR WETSUITS,

YOU KNOW, FULLY EXPECTING
TO BE ARRESTED

AND POSSIBLY PHYSICALLY
ASSAULTED BY THESE PEOPLE.

Man on radio: JUST MAINTAIN
THE MORAL HIGH GROUND.

WE'LL MAYBE GET SOME PAIN
AND SOME VIOLENCE

AND NEGATIVITY
DIRECTED AT US,

BUT ULTIMATELY, UH,
WE ARE PREPARED FOR THAT.

WE'RE JUST PASSING
THROUGH, UH,

I GUESS WHAT WOULD
COUNT FOR DOWNTOWN
FUJIMOTO HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S--

IT'S ABOUT
A QUARTER AFTER 5:00
IN THE MORNING.

THE TOWN'S STARTING
TO WAKE UP.

OH, LOOK, THERE'S
A POLICE STATION.

HELLO. GOOD MORNING.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
A HELICOPTER TEAM--

THESE GUYS WITH
REMOTE CONTROL HELICOPTERS.

WE HAVE CHARLES', YOU KNOW,
FULL CAMO AND THE BLIND.

UM, WE HAVE THE SURFERS
GOING DOWN.

IT WAS JUST, LIKE,
THIS MILITARY OPERATION.

HERE YOU GO.

( indistinct chatter )

AND IT WAS A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT SCENE THIS TIME.

THERE WERE ROPES EVERYWHERE,
CHAINS HERE,

NETS ACROSS THE BAY,
BOATS OUT WIDE,

A METALLIC SMELL
IN THE AIR

OF ALL THE BLOOD
AND MINERALS IN THE WATER.

IT WAS JUST REALLY SURREAL.

IT WAS REALLY,
REALLY SURREAL.

AND I WAS LOOKING
AT THE GIRLS,

AND THE GIRLS
WERE GUNNING IT,

AND I HAD TO KEEP
PACE WITH THEM.

IT WAS AMAZING.
AND THAT REALLY LIFTED ME UP.

I WAS, LIKE,
"WOW, THIS IS RIGHT.
WE GOT THE RIGHT CREW HERE."

WHEN WE GOT OUT THERE
AND ALL JUST HELD HANDS,

SUDDENLY THE FEAR
WENT AWAY,

BUT THE ADRENALINE
WAS THERE.

BUT THERE WAS THIS
FEELING OF SOLIDARITY.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING
SO UNITED ABOUT WHAT WE DID

AND JUST HOW WE, YOU KNOW--
WE PADDLED OUT TOGETHER.

WE STAYED TOGETHER,
WE STUCK TOGETHER.

OUR SURFERS
ARE IN THE WATER,

AND THE FISHERMEN
ARE SHOWING UP,

AND THEY'RE VERY,
VERY ANGRY.

( shouting in Japanese )

THEY WERE JUST
SO FULL OF RAGE

THAT WE HAD INTERFERED
IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING

THAT, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

ONE OF THEM PICKS UP
THIS HUGE, LONG STICK,

JUST COMES IN
AND, YOU KNOW,

I JUST FEEL THIS
KIND OF SHARP JAB

COMING DOWN MY BACK
ONTO MY LEG.

Newscaster:
THIS WAS A DRAMATIC

AND POTENTIALLY
LIFE-THREATENING
CONFRONTATION

BETWEEN THE YOUNG SURFERS
ON THEIR BOARDS

AND THE ANGRY FISHERMEN--

USING THE BOAT'S PROPELLERS
TO BLOCK THEIR COURSE,

AND FLAILING BOAT HOOKS

TO PHYSICALLY PREVENT
THE SURFERS

FROM REACHING THE POD
OF TERRIFIED DOLPHINS.

AT THAT POINT, I ACTUALLY
LOOKED INTO THE EYES

OF ONE YOUNG FISHERMAN,

WHICH WAS A REALLY
CRUCIAL MOMENT.

AND THERE WAS ONE YOUNG GUY,

AND THERE WAS PLENTY
OF SURFERS AROUND THERE.

AND I JUST GOT THIS FEELING
THAT HE WAS A SURFER

AND HE KNEW ME THROUGH
SURFING MAGAZINES OR WHATEVER.

AND HE JUST WAS
LOOKING AT ME, JUST--

HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
I COULD SEE IT IN HIS EYE.

HE WAS, LIKE,
"I DON'T UNDERSTAND

"EITHER WHAT I'M DOING

"OR WHAT THESE OLD GUYS
ARE DOING,

"OR I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.

WHY ARE YOU
IN THE WATER HERE?"

TO ME, THERE WAS
SO MUCH IN THAT MOMENT.

IT WAS JUST...

( sighs )
AN UNFORGETTABLE LOOK.

THEY JUST GOT
TO A FEVERISH POINT
WHERE THEY'D REALIZED

THEY'D BEEN HITTING THESE GIRLS
IN THE LEGS WITH THE THING

AND FREAKING OUT,

AND THEY LOOK OVER
AND THERE'S CAMERAS

ALL POINTED AT THEM, AND--

OH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE
LOOKING DOWN FROM ABOVE.

AND THEY JUST PUT THE BOAT HOOK
BACK IN THE BOAT--

VROOM! BOOM,
STRAIGHT OVER TO THE ROCKS.

( indistinct chatter )

( sobbing )

OH. FUCKING HARD
TO WALK AWAY.

FUCKING HARD
TO WALK AWAY.

( yelling )

HEY!

( overlapping shouts )

YEAH, NICE.

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
( shouting in Japanese )

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

EXPLAIN TO ME
WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

SHE BREAK
JAPANESE LAW!

DESPITE INTIMIDATION,

THE SURFERS HAVE
ACHIEVED EXACTLY
WHAT THEY WANTED TO.

ARE WE BEING FOLLOWED?

NO.
NO.

THIS IS JUST FOR US?

JESUS.

HOLY COW.

THEY'RE REALLY--
THEY'RE BEING VERY COOL.

THEY'RE JUST ASKING
A FEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT EVERYTHING

AND WHAT WE WERE DOING,

AND JUST ALL
THE DETAILS AND STUFF,

SO WE'LL BE FINE.

DO I TELL THEM
I'M A SURFER?

I THINK I'LL TELL THEM
I'M A WOMBAT.

IF THEY ASK ME,
I'LL SAY, "I'M A WOMBAT."

( Japanese accent )
"OHH, WOMBAT."

DAVID.
HI.

WHAT YOUR JOB?

UH, WOMBAT.

WOMBAT?
MM.

WOMBAT.

WOMBAT SURFER.

SURFER?
SURFER.

A WOMBAT SURFER.

Narrator:
IN THE END,

THEY TOOK EVERYONE'S
PASSPORT DETAILS

AND WAVED THE CREW ON.

IT WAS, AS THE POLICE
SERGEANT CALLED IT,

"A CULTURALLY
SENSITIVE SUBJECT."

A FEW WEEKS AGO, A GROUP
OF PROFESSIONAL SURFERS

AND ACTORS AND MUSICIANS
ALL JOINED FORCES

TO PROTEST
AGAINST WHALING.

IT'S JUST BEEN ISSUED
IN JAPAN

THAT WE ARE UP
FOR ARREST IN JAPAN

FOR DOING WHAT WE DID
LAST WEEK.

SO THEY HAVE ISSUED--
HA HA--

ARREST WARRANTS, UM,
SAYING THAT THE SIX OF US

THAT WENT INTO THE WATER
DURING THE KILL

WERE VIOLATING
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE.

ONCE WE LEFT,
WE REALIZED THAT OUR ACTIONS

HAD NOT ONLY AFFECTED
THE FISHERMEN AND OURSELVES,

BUT THE SURFING COMMUNITY THERE
WAS BEING PRESSURED.

THERE'D BEEN
A COMPLETE BLACKBALLING

OF ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME,

AND ANYONE WHO HAD
ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME

WAS SIDELINED AS WELL.

SO IT WAS PRETTY SCARY

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
INVOLVED WITH US IN JAPAN

TO BE THERE,

'CAUSE THE FISHING INDUSTRY'S
GOT SOME DARK CORNERS,

SOME DARK PEOPLE.

ANYONE WHO KNOWS
ABOUT THIS, I FEEL,
COULDN'T--

WOULDN'T NOT BE MOTIVATED
TO DO SOMETHING.

ONCE YOU KNOW,

YOU WOULD BE SACRIFICING
IF YOU WEREN'T
DOING ANYTHING.

IT WILL ALWAYS DRIVE US.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING
I'LL EVER BE ABLE
TO FORGET.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE
A RESPONSIBILITY

I ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE.

WHEN DAVE BECOMES FOCUSED
ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO,

EVERYTHING ELSE
TENDS TO DISAPPEAR
QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY,

AND THAT'S HOW HE MAKES
GREAT THINGS HAPPEN,

AND HE HAS AN INCREDIBLE
WAY OF MANIFESTING.

BEING HIS PARTNER THROUGHOUT
ALL OF THAT EXPERIENCE--

IT WAS, LIKE, I GOT
SUCKED UP BY THAT ENERGY,

SUPPORTED IT
WITH ALL MY HEART,

BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP
DEFINITELY TOOK A BACK SEAT

TO THE MUTUAL PASSION
THAT WE HAD FOR THIS JOURNEY.

YOU JUST GET CONSUMED.

LIKE, THIS HAS BEEN PROBABLY
A TWO-YEAR PERIOD OF MY LIFE,

WHICH IS NOTHING.
IT'S TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW?

CAPTAIN PAUL HAS 30 YEARS,

RIC O'BERRY EVEN MORE.

BUT FOR ME,
JUST TWO YEARS,

AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS
THAT HAVE JUST FALLEN AWAY
IN MY LIFE

BECAUSE OF BEING SO FOCUSED
ON THIS STUFF.

IT'S, LIKE,
"OOH, SORRY, LOVE.

I CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU
AS MUCH ATTENTION AS YOU NEED."

"OOH, SORRY, FAMILY.
I JUST CAN'T SEE YOU
FOR A WHILE.

"I'VE GOT TO GO
DO THIS STUFF.

"THERE'S TOO MANY THINGS
LINING UP FOR ME
TO GO AND DO THIS.

I HAVE TO DO THIS."

*

* INNOCENT BYSTANDER
NO MORE... *

I DON'T FEEL
SUCCESSFUL OVERALL

WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING,

BECAUSE THERE'S STILL DOLPHINS
AND WHALES BEING KILLED.

WHEN THAT STOPS,

I'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE
A HUGE BEER,

A GOOD SIT-DOWN
WITH MY MATES,

AND BE, LIKE,
"WOW. THIS FEELS GOOD.

I HOPE THIS CAN CONTINUE."

RIGHT NOW,
I SIT DOWN AND GO...

( sighs )

"THIS DOESN'T FEEL GOOD.

THIS IS STILL HAPPENING."

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH
THAT ONE PERSON
CAN DO, YOU KNOW?

AND DAVE--
I'VE SEEN IT--

CAN MAKE HIS--
DEPLETE HIS BATTERIES

TO ABSOLUTE, YOU KNOW--
DONE, LIGHTS OUT
FOR A WHILE.

"YOU KNOW, I REALLY
NEED TO UNPLUG."

AND THERE'S ONLY
SO MUCH HE CAN DO.

AND THAT'S WHERE US,
AS THE GLOBAL COLLECTIVE

OF SURFERS
AND HUMAN BEINGS

AND, YOU KNOW,
GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD

CAN REALLY STEP IN
AND AID IN THIS WHOLE
PROCESS, YOU KNOW?

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DAVE.
IT'S ABOUT EVERYONE.

* A CHOICE IS A VOICE,
AND A VOICE CAN BE HEARD *

* HEARD, HEARD

* MM-MM-MM,
SAY HEARD... *

Narrator: IN NOVEMBER,
AFTER A 36-DAY,

700-KILOMETER JOURNEY,

THE LINE-UP AT BONDI BEACH
IN SYDNEY

FILLED WITH SURFERS,
FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS,

WELCOMING DAVE AND THE CREW
TO THE BEACH.

THE TRANSPARENTSEA VOYAGE
WAS COMPLETE

AND THE MISSION
ACCOMPLISHED.

BUT THE TIME SPENT
REFLECTING AND RECHARGING

WOULD PROVE INVALUABLE
TO THE OVERALL PURSUIT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE SO GRATEFUL
FOR THE SUPPORT.

AND WE ARE A VOICE
FOR THE SURFING COMMUNITY
ALL OVER THE WORLD

THAT FEELS THE SAME WAY.

WE ALL FEEL THAT THE DOLPHIN
AND THE WHALE

ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

THEY'RE OUR ULTIMATE
SURFING INSPIRATION,

AND WE WANT TO BE A CUSTODIAN
FOR OUR LAND, OUR COASTLINES,

AND WE ALSO WANT TO BE
CARETAKERS

FOR THOSE WHALES
AND DOLPHINS.

AND OUR VOICE IS ONE VOICE,

AND IT'S THE SAME
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

SO, WE WANT TO SAY, ON BEHALF
OF THE SURFING COMMUNITY,

THAT WE'RE THERE
TO BE THE CARETAKERS
OF OUR COASTLINES

AND THE DEFENDERS
OF DOLPHINS AND WHALES.

SO, THANK YOU ALL
VERY, VERY MUCH FOR COMING.

( cheering )

* CIRCLE OF HEARTS

* AND LINES IN THE WATER

* BROTHER, SISTER

* SONS AND DAUGHTERS

* COME TOGETHER

* TO HONOR THE OCEANS

* GIVE OUR RESPECTS

* AND OFFER THESE FLOWERS

* BRING THEM THE DAWN

* FROM DARKEST HOURS

* SHINE THE LIGHT

* ON THE COLORS
OF THESE WATERS *

* NOW IS THE TIME TO KNOW

* THE MINDS IN THE WATER

* NOW IS THE TIME TO HEAR

* THE SONGS OF THE SEA

* YES, I BELIEVE

* THAT ALL LIFE IS EQUAL

* ALL THAT EXISTS

* IS NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE

* SO WE STAND AND DEFEND

* AS OUR PLANET'S KEEPERS

YEAH, I'M AROUND THEM
ALL THE TIME. I LOVE THEM.

THEY'RE SMART,
BEAUTIFUL, AWESOME,

INCREDIBLE,
MYSTIFYING CREATURES.

LIFE BEGAN IN THE SEA.

THAT'S WHERE IT ALL
HAPPENED ORIGINALLY.

AND, UH--AND THE DOLPHINS
AND THE WHALES, I THINK,

ARE RIGHT UP THERE
AT THE TOP OF THE CHAIN.

THEY TRAVEL THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF MILES.

THEY NEED PROPER MIGRATORY
PLACES WHERE THEY CAN GO.

IF THEY'RE NOT AROUND,
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE AROUND.

SO, EVEN IF YOU DON'T CARE
AT ALL ABOUT WHALES
AND DOLPHINS

AND YOU CARE
ONLY ABOUT YOURSELF,

KNOW THAT IF THESE GUYS
START DISAPPEARING
FROM THE PLANET,

IT'S ONLY A FINITE TIME
BEFORE WE'RE NEXT.

I GUESS ANYONE WHO HAS
ACCESS TO ANY MEDIA,

IT'S GOOD TO USE IT
FOR SOMETHING

OTHER THAN JUST PROMOTING
YOUR LATEST LAME MOVIE.

AND IF THEY CAN USE IT
TO PROMOTE CAUSES

THAT HELP, UH--

HELP SAVE REALLY, REALLY
INTELLIGENT CREATURES

FROM BEING DECIMATED
BY REALLY, REALLY
HORRIBLE COUNTRIES,

THEN, UH--

IT IS FOR US,
AS GOOD STEWARDS,

TO CLEAN UP
THE ENVIRONMENT,

TO SAVE THE ENDANGERED
SPECIES,

AND TO GIVE FUTURE
GENERATIONS

WHAT WE HAD
WHEN WE STARTED.

* YEAH, YEAH

* THE TIME HAS COME

* THE TIME HAS COME

* RISE, THE TIME HAS COME

* THE TIME HAS COME

* THE TIME HAS COME

( dolphins squeaking )