The film explores the times, travels and experiences of a tribe of surfers who search for the spark of life and look to pass it on to the younger generation. Surfing on all sorts of boards, the stoked tribe finds plentiful, insanely good waves and no crowds.[1][3]
"Breakdown" was re-released as a single from the multi-platinum (Australia, Canada, US, UK) top of the charts album In Between Dreams. The re-release peaked at #40 on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Charts on January 14, 2006.[7] On the live DVD Jack Johnson – A Weekend at the Greek & Live in Japan, Johnson reveals that the song was written on a train ride from Paris to Hossegor, a famous surf break 20 km north of Biarritz or 150 km south of Bordeaux in Landes of southwestern France.[8] The video for "Breakdown" is from A Brokedown Melody and features Johnson surfing at Pichilemu, a famous surf break 220 km southwest of Santiago in central Chile.[9]
"Goodbye" was re-released on Eddie Vedder's Ukulele Songs.
"Home" (acoustic) was re-released as an exclusive track available on foreign (Australia, Japan, UK, etc.) releases of Johnson's top of the charts album Sleep Through the Static. From Here to Now to You contains a 2013 version and, in July 2013, HBOSports released a video of "Home (Live from the Beach)" with Jack and Kelly Slater playing guitars together.[11][12][13]
"Taylor" Outtakes – a humorous poser[14] from southern California, played by Ben Stiller, talking about his surfing abilities to two locals from the Hawaiian Islands.
Awards and honors
Best Cinematography (2005) from Surfer for Dave Homcy.[15]