"Dana Brown" is an American surfer and filmmaker, and is the oldest son of filmmaker Bruce Brown. His films include The Endless Summer Revisited (2000) which is made up of unused footage from The Endless Summer (1964) and The Endless Summer II (1994), as well as some original interviews with the stars of those films. His first all-original film was Step Into Liquid (2003) followed by a Documentary film/documentary on the Baja 1000 titled Dust to Glory (2005). In 2009, he debuted a new film called Highwater (film)/Highwater during the 100th anniversary of the Santa Monica Pier; the film follows life on the North Shore (Oahu)/North Shore and the surfers who compete in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.

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