Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- waimokuon TMDB · Jan 20149/10
Well, you wonder, how dangerous could the "graveyard" be if Clark survived it solo for 15 years? Then word of Mavericks gets around, and legendary surfers from Hawaii's North Shore come to visit. One of the sport's champions, Mark Foo, is killed after wiping out on a medium wave. One theory is that the tether to his board got caught on rocks and he drowned. Another surfer thinks he felt or sensed somebody under the water who shouldn't have been there. Exactly one year later, during a memorial to Foo, another surfer is drowned. The documentary "Riding Giants" shows surfers gathered to discuss and mourn the lost men. It does not show Jeff Clark during those previous 15 years because, of course, he was alone. And what a species of aloneness it was, to plunge into the cold ocean and swim out 45 minutes for a few seconds of exhilaration at the risk of your life. Clark and his kind live at the intersection of courage, madness, skill and obsession. Consider Laird Hamilton, the current golden boy of the sport, who has cashed in with endorsement contracts, modeling assignments and magazine covers. But no, I am not comparing him unfavorably to Clark, because Hamilton is also a superb athlete
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Cast
- Jeff ClarkJeff Clark
- Darrick DoernerDarrick Doerner
- Laird HamiltonLaird John Hamilton
- Dave KalamaDave Kalama
- David H. Kalama Jr.Dave Kalama
- Brian KeaulanaBrian L. Keaulana
- Buzzy KerboxBuzzy Kerbox
- Titus KinimakaTitus Kinimaka
- Gerry LopezGerry Lopez
- Mickey MunozMickey Munoz
Crew
- Stacy PeraltaDirector
- Stacy PeraltaScreenplay
- Sam GeorgeScreenplay
- Peter PilafianDirector of Photography
- Paul CrowderEditor
- Jane KachmerProducer
- Agi OrsiProducer
- Stacy PeraltaProducer
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