Surfwise: The Amazing True Odyssey of the Paskowitz Family

Like many American outsider-adventurers, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz set out to realize a utopian dream. Abandoning a successful medical practice, he sought self-fulfillment by taking up the nomadic life of a surfer. But unlike other American searchers like Thoreau or Kerouac, Paskowitz took his wife and nine children along for the ride, all eleven of them living in a 24 foot camper. Together, they lived a life that would be unfathomable to most, but enviable to anyone who ever relinquished their dreams to a straight job. The Paskowitz Family proved that America may be running out of frontiers, but it hasn't run out of frontiersman.

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[wtf0987]

To me the sad part is today Child Protective Services would separate this family. Here they are experiencing life as a family. How many can even say they eat dinner together as a family any more? Congratulations on living life the way they felt it should be. If only more people actually had a clue as to what is important to them, and lived that way we'd be much better off. To them theirs, to me mine.

Btw, an education isn't only from classes, and books.

[joshuaPaskowitz]

O.K!

Here it Goes..

Bernard(Answer to all your problems growing up even if you were raised in the Ponciest Atmosphere would be A a Horrible burden for anyone to be named and you deserve that insult for being so insulting your self)

You Really Are missing the point, we ALL fall short of the Glory Of the Lord. to piss on these peoples parade is unseemly, and smacks of a truly barren life when the outlet for your vitriol is OBVIOUSLY Not Appropriate, DUH!

[rissahil]

This would be a great life to live and they gave those kids such amazing experiences that hardly anyone gets to live. It's truly amazing! I could definitely live a life like this and really enjoy it.

[JaneAlanaRoss]

Yes there is a lot of value in the lesson that things being difficult is part of what makes them good. Nevertheless, without this "big bad society", there would be no trash bags to chuck stuff in, and there would be no surf championships to go to. These days, in most countries, this simply wouldn't work - you would just starve.

Another thing, there is no bloody excuse whatsoever for scarring children by shagging in front of them. Child protective services SHOULD stop stuff like that.

[liveecarbme]

Regardless of how you feel about the Paskowitz family or Doc's views of how best to live this film teaches that ALL actions have consequenses. As outsiders it's easy to dismiss this story as idealic, romantic or extreme and non-conformists. I heard Chuck Palahniuk and Gregg Clark speaking about how everyone else's life seems unreal to everyone else-in terms of 'acting'-but the same can be said for life in general-essentially this film exposes the long term effects of how we spend our youth.

[gstanz67]

@BernardProfitendieu Your an ignorant child.....Get some help.

[gstanz67]

@barbixy why shouldn't he have had 9 kids.At least they are all independant adults providing for themselves now. Unlike the THOUSANDS of family's ..er single tramp mothers who have 9 10, 12 , kids and collect welfare for a living passing that BRILLIANT wisdom and lifestyle onto their kids. Who are you to judge anybody anyway?Did any of his children die in the process?..Are they productive members of society today not living off of my tax dollars? Have you walked in their shoes? learn or go away.

[TheRealCMeta]

@wtf0987 yeaaa... the REAL sad part is the children didnt really have any "freedom" to live the lives they wanted... maybe you should watch the documentary again

[barrycombess]

@wtf0987 You should watch the whole movie, none of his children except one is happy about the way they were raised.

[aaqaaqaaqaaqaaqaaqaa]

the kids are so cool as adults-----the daughter is so pretty.

[duanedragon2]

Wow.

[GodownEd1]

I have absolutely no interest in living this sort of life, BUT I love that someone did it and shared their experiences.