It’s Ventura (all shot on
location) and the summer of 1984 with Khan Chittenden starring as J.D., a
college-bound surfer, whose only concern right at the moment is the surf, the
sun and having a good time with the local beach girls. The books can wait until the Labor Day
weekend arrives!
The local “Moondoggie”
(borrowing from that 1959 surfing classic, Gidget), who provides surfing
wisdom, life lessons, etc., is Mooney (played to perfection by Matthew
Lillard), an aging surfer who has designed a state-of-the-art board for J.D.. It quickly becomes the center of the film,
when after a few choice rides, it is stolen by a rival surfer from the Valley
(the San Fernando Valley that is).
Of course this macguffin becomes
the excuse for a road movie — and all that goes with it — that involves J.D. recruiting
his friends to get his ride back. Since
John “J. D.” Drury provided the script, we suspect that the underpinnings of
the story might be grounded in an actual experience (embellished of course and
over-layered with the National Lampoon brand).
Surf Party is a fun
diversion that has the requisite T&A, surf-culture silliness, a sweet
soundtrack and some nice surprises — Joan Jett doing a cool bit as a burned out
beach bum whose sharp eye sets J.D. on the right track in getting the iconic
board back!
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