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Has anyone else seen this?It is actually well done for a surf movie. I'm pretty old, so I've seen the original Endless Summer in the theater. I've also seen Endless Summer 2, and more recently, Step Into Liquid.
Step Into Liquid actually bored me (why did the critics love it?), but Riding Giants didn't. However, I still wish there was more pure footage of Laird Hamilton riding giant waves. Also, I recall a fine PBS special with spectacular footage about riding giant storm waves off Hawaii, and of course, none of this was in Riding Giants.
If you saw the brief 60 Minutes story on Laird Hamilton, then you get a good idea about what an outstanding athlete he is. He doesn't just surf--he works out in the gym, lifting weights, and on the beach, dragging logs strapped to his body.
Frankly, I'm afraid he might kill himself, challenging some 10-story high wave. An amazing athlete and fairly humble about his accomplishments.
regards, townsend
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...the trailers for "Riding Giants" looked very similar - surfer being jet-skiid out to monster waves. I liked "Step" a lot (made me want to get a copy of "Surfing with the Ventures") so I'll have to check out "Riding".
I haven't seen this but the best surfing movie i HAVE seen is the recent "Blue Crush".
Blue Crush is an OK drama with surfing footage, but Riding Giants is a documentary on surfing from history to future. Much more information- and better footage to boot.
I think you're right that Riding Giants is better (though not as well done as Dog Town and Z-Boys). I do, however, think that Step Into Liquid had better surfing footage--footage, however, totally marred by one of the most embarrassingly bad soundtracks I've ever heard. Or not heard. My wife and I quickly took to watching the movie with the sound muted. Big improvement.Anyway, Riding Giants is great. With some of the footage from Step Into Liquid, it might have come closer to being the definitive surfing documentary I had hoped it would be. Still....
then again I'm a sucker for surfing movies. I live right next to the beach and enjoy being out in the ocean, not surfing, but body surfing. And I know how big a 6 foot wave looks when your head is bobbing just above the water. And I know how much a 6 foot wave can push you around. So when I see these guys riding waves the size of multistory buildings, I have a visceral thrill- and of course I will never experience this in real life, it would be certain death. I liked all 3 parts of this movie for different reasons and I think Stacy Peralta did a marvelous job of providing a narrative thread and a main character in each segment. A few years ago, PBS showed a documentary on Mavericks, it is well worth checking out.
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