[1][2][3][4][5] Pat Farley, a heavy combat vet, volunteered for service in Vietnam and was discharged with a full psychiatric pension.

Conversely, Brant Page evaded the draft and fled to the Hawaiian Islands where he was pursued and eventually arrested by the FBI.

While following the lives of these two surfers the film chronicles the impact of the Vietnam War on the surfing lifestyle.

Between the lines documents and explores some of the concepts depicted in the fictional films Apocalypse Now and Big Wednesday.

The surfers interviewed include the primary characters; combat veteran Pat Farley and draft evader Brant Page, as well as Jerry Anderson, [the voice of] Jim Cowell (KIA 05-31-68), Howard Fisher, Herbie Fletcher, Drew Kampion, Tom Luker, Mark Martinson, Greg Murray, Greg Samp, Ron Sizemore, and Rick Thomas.