
Kamchatka and the Kuriles are a place at the edge of the world, where the sunrise is first met, where there are countless volcanoes and an endless ocean. Researchers, seekers and pioneers have always aspired here. At the center of the story, the founders of the Kamchatka surf movement are athlete Anton Morozov and director Mikhail Moroz, who embark on an extraordinary journey to conquer previously unseen waves and discover the nature of Kamchatka in its original form. This is not a biography of one person, but of many destinies, a reflection of the state of that time. About how surfing and snowboarding covered the Far East with their wave and spread to the whole of Russia.
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