All over California people move encased in metal and chrome, going from house to office in their cars. It's a contradiction of California living that, despite the beautiful weather and spacious streets, no one is outside.
There are people however, who immerse themselves in the elements no matter what the weather, who spend hours in strenuous physical discomfort and possible danger. And the majority of them don't do this for a living, for fitness, or for athletic glory — they do it because they like it. They're called surfers, and they can be seen up and down the Californian coastline, riding waves like descendants of some mighty marine god.
"One California Day" is a tribute to California surfers and the particular surfing culture of the Golden State, shot and put together by Mark Jeremias and Jason Baffa (themselves highly-respected surfers). Surfing movies have become a lucrative genre, with groovy and evocative documentaries such as "Riding Giants," and an excellent Hollywood treatment of girl surfers, "Blue Crush," showing the incredible exhilaration that comes of sticking a board underfoot and riding waves that can tower higher than a four-storied building. Don King, who is considered a deity in surfing and ocean photography, is credited in many of these movies, getting right inside the cavernous holes of rolled-up waves (called "tubes") and capturing the uniquely magical texture of smooth, blue walls consisting entirely of ocean water.