Rolling
Stone's Peter Travers:

“Step
into Liquid is the best surfing documentary ever made.”
August 15, 2003

The
New York Times’ Elvis Mitchell:

“The
insanely gorgeous competition documentary on surfing obsession,
Step Into Liquid — directed by Dana Brown and
photographed by John-Paul Beeghly in hypnotic gradations of
aquamarine — will send you into a dream state.”
May 7, 2003

The
New York Daily News’ Elizabeth Weitzman:

“'Visually spectacular and filled with fascinating characters,
Step into Liquid is actually...spiritual. For any New
Yorker who dreams of escaping our city’s crowded concrete,
Dana Brown’s Step Into Liquid is the perfect fantasy.”
May 8, 2003

IndieWire’s
Wendy Mitchell:

“No doubt the buzz documentary of the festival [Tribeca
Film Festival May ‘03] was Dana Brown's surfing film,
Step Into Liquid. The film's graceful and stunning
high-def shots transported viewers to some of the most beautiful
beaches in the world….” May 14, 2003

Daily
Variety's Scott Foundas:

'a superb original…an awe-inspiring survey of global
surf culture, with the power to crush…decades of Hollywood
stereotyping of Surfer and surfing' February 18, 2003