1971 marked the feature debut of Hal Jepson, who became one of America's leading surf movie producers.

"The Cosmic Children" featured surfing in California and Hawaii with established stars such as Hakman, Nuuhiwa, Rolf Aurness, and Barry Kanaiaupuni.

The film claimed a hippy tagline that didn't really reflect, "the cosmic children are the dynamic space-age surfers who feel the juice of the ocean swells," it's Hakman's surfing in classic Hawaiian perfection are the honest highlights of this film.

The film failed to have much impact on Australian audiences as it fell into a basket alongside other American releases of the time panned by the purists Eflick and Witzig who used Tracks editorial to criticize the commercialism of American surf movies.

The opening scene showcases some of the worst surfing in the film but perfectly captures the relaxed social atmosphere surrounding a careless sunny mid-morning surf session.

Dave Brubeck's track "Take Five" (1961) which could be seen as a risk to open a 1970s surf film, perhaps debunks a little of the commercial argument leveled at "The Cosmic Children."