Wingnut's Search for Soul

Wingnut's Search for Soul

Wingnut's Search for Soul

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Wingnut's Search for Soul

1996

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Longboarder star Robert "Wingnut" Weaver is young, healthy, successful and completely disillusioned. Atop the sport he loves, Wingnut is haunted by the feeling that something is missing.

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