Riding Giants
Riding Giants

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A semiserious, often rollicking, multigenerational insider's look at the origins of surfing, the colorful and subversive birth of surf culture, and the mythology and lure of the big wave. This passionate and fluid film is without question the first authentic history of surfing from its humble Hawaiian beginnings to the big business it became to the still-rebellious universe it inhabits today. Riding Giants is a study in individuality and freedom, the pursuit and techniques of... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Riding Giants:

Jeff Clark
Darrick Doerner
Laird Hamilton
Dave Kalama
David H. Kalama Jr.
Brian Keaulana

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A semiserious, often rollicking, multigenerational insider's look at the origins of surfing, the colorful and subversive birth of surf culture, and the mythology and lure of the big wave. This passionate and fluid film is without question the first authentic history of surfing from its humble Hawaiian beginnings to the big business it became to the still-rebellious universe it inhabits today. Riding Giants is a study in individuality and freedom, the pursuit and techniques of pure kinetic pleasure, and the risk taking and attitudes that characterize its leading figures. For some viewers, this is perhaps more than they ever wanted to know. But Peralta's detailed knowledge of the surfing lifestyle, its icons and locations, its boom and exploitation by the media, and the fascination it has held for young men for more than five decades is unparalleled and fuels this expedition for the expert and initiate alike. Closely chronicling the sometimes-life-and-death drama that big-wave riding entails, Riding Giants is an often-mesmerizing visual thrill ride. But the most appealing aspect of this often revelatory documentary is the realization that the man versus nature dialectic never ends; the search for the ultimate wave and the spiritual pinnacle can only be pursued but never reached.

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Washington Post - 10/10 by Ann HornadayAn exhilarating, often mind-blowing history of surfing.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - 10/10 by Jeff ViceIf your pulse isn't pounding, maybe you need to check to see if you have one.
Capital Times (Madison, WI) - 10/10 by Rob ThomasPeralta is smart to focus on the personalities in surfing, rather than just giving us a Warren Miller-style compendium of awesome surfing footage.
Reno Gazette-Journal - 10/10 by Forrest HartmanEven for people who know little about surfing, the film should prove a fascinating crib sheet.
Hollywood Reporter - 9/10 by Kirk HoneycuttSeems intent on selling the sport rather than examining why people are willing to risk their necks to challenge nature at her most volatile.
Wall Street Journal - 9/10 by Joe MorgensternBy land or by sea, there aren't many movies that can move you like that.
New York Post - 9/10 by Jonathan ForemanMagnificent if overlong and oddly structured surfing documentary.
Baltimore Sun - 9/10 by Chris KaltenbachThe risks these guys take seem outlandish, their accomplishments otherworldly.
Chicago Sun-Times - 9/10 by Roger EbertRiding Giants is about altogether another reality. The overarching fact about these surfers is the degree of their obsession.
Boston Globe - 9/10 by Ty BurrGiants has SO many insistent high points, in fact, that its breathlessness threatens to turn monotonous.

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