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He just had to get permission from Mom and Dad, since this was the first time the 20-year-old pro planned to take a trip without them. When Florence asked Toledo to be a part of the film, the Brazilian didn't hesitate to say yes. To come on a trip with him and watch him surf, it's insane.' 'We have a lot of respect for one each other,' Florence says. That Florence invited Toledo, who grew up in Sao Paulo, to join him on this trip is indicative of a new generation of pro surfers. Chalk it up to localism or a gaping cultural chasm, but the relationship between Brazilian and Hawaiian surfers has been turbulent. 'In my 25 years of being around surf films, I can't think of a time when a Hawaiian and a Brazilian went on a trip together, let alone in the middle of the contest season,' producer Bill Ballard says. But no spoiler alerts here - our lips are sealed. While all of the surfing in 'View From a Blue Moon' promises to impress, the final scene is worth the price of admission alone. He grew up a few sandy footsteps from Pipeline, the famed break on Oahu's North Shore, competed in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing there at age 13 and has spent the decade since traveling the world to compete, chase barrels and progress the art of aerial surfing. In his fifth season on the World Surf League tour, Florence, 23, is arguably the best and most complete surfer in the world. Florence and his crew invited The Mag along to chronicle the trip and its endless cache of Instagram-worthy moments. This final trip, a weeklong excursion to Angra dos Reis, a small swathe of sandy beaches and lush islands tucked into the southwest corner of Rio, provides the centerpiece of the film, which premieres on Nov. Between contests stops on the World Surf League pro tour in May, John Florence and Filipe Toledo traveled to a remote area of Rio de Janeiro to film for Florence's upcoming film, ' View from a Blue Moon.' The most highly anticipated surf flick since 1966's 'The Endless Summer,' 'View' is the result of nearly three years of filming in some of the most beautiful and remote areas in the world - Tahiti, Western Oz, Africa, Brazil and Hawaii.

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