gary busey and two others play the protagonists, california surfers. the movie is not really plot driven but surf driven. the title refers to the day when the waves were gigantic. in fact by that day the protagonists are too old to ride the waves successfully, they watch the new hero (lopez?) ride the waves and watch in awe. (jan michael vincent attempts to ride the wave and gets "wiped out" but the blond and busey dive in and save him and he merely has an injured foot) jan is probably the primary star- his drunken state opens the movie, and only a ride on a surf board can cure his drunkenness for it forces him to stand and ride the wave. there is a party with crashers and thus fighting. they go down to mexico and into a strip joint, where there is a fight (serious, with cops and gunshot and knives.) jan's girlfriend announces her pregnancy. the free style is put to an end by the installment of life guards. (jan is drunk and persecuted by blond after he plays toro with the traffic and causes an accident, and jan and the blond only make up at the wedding of a friend, when blond who doesn't want to drink takes a drink because friends are more important than anything.) they receive draft notices and go down to the induction center. blond goes into the army, busey feigns madness and jan feigns an injury. one of their number dies and they drink a toast to him in the cemetery. they attend a wedding, use words like boss and radical. fight alcoholism. have to deal with the new regime of "brother" and "karma" that has taken over california. jan attends a movie about surfers with his wife and daughter. various types of waves and surfing are described. then comes big wednesday.
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