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Riding Giants (2004) -- Documentary detailing the origins and history of surf culture.
Riding Giants (2004) -- Documentary detailing the origins and history of surf culture.
Riding Giants (2004) -- Documentary detailing the origins and history of surf culture.
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User Rating:
7.7/10   2,051 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Stacy Peralta (written by) &
Sam George (written by)
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Release Date:
21 July 2004 (France) more
Tagline:
It doesn't get any bigger than this.
Plot:
Documentary detailing the origins and history of surf culture. full summary | add synopsis
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(8 articles)
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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jeff Clark ... Himself
Darrick Doerner ... Himself
Laird John Hamilton ... Himself
Dave Kalama ... Himself
David H. Kalama Jr. ... Himself
Brian L. Keaulana ... Himself
Buzzy Kerbox ... Himself
Titus Kinimaka ... Himself
Gerry Lopez ... Himself
Mickey Munoz ... Himself
Greg Noll ... Himself
Gabrielle Reece ... Herself
Evan Slater ... Himself

Kelly Slater ... Himself
Darryl Virostko ... Himself
Mike Waltze ... Himself
Grant Washburn ... Himself
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Also Known As:
Riding Giants (France)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
Runtime:
USA:105 min | Germany:101 min | UK:101 min
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Awesome!, 24 November 2005
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Author: kristin806 from United States

This was the best documentary I've ever seen!! I just saw Lords of Dogtown and wanted to know more about Stacy Peralta, and was surprised and happy to find out this was one of his films as well. Great Job Stacy! I was kicking back at work last week, bored O*&^%less and this movie came on. Growing up in Orange County in the 80's I surfed up and down the local beaches and so did my dad when he was a teenager. I grew up at the beach, my parents took me every weekend, I body surfed, boogeyboarded then moved up from there. This movie just captivated me. It was way before my time but it was awesome to see what these guys went through..TRUE PIONEERS! This movie is a collectors item.

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