Riding Giants
Big-wave surfing documentary made by Los Angeles filmmaker Stacy Peralta; released by Sony Pictures in 2004 to critical acclaim and medium-strong ticket sales. Peralta—a top pro skateboarder in the 1970s, cofounder of the Powell-Peralta skateboard company, and a longtime surfer—made a splashy entry into general audience filmmaking with 2001's Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary about the rise and f...
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Early days on the North Shore, from "Riding Giants"Subscribe to view
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Sundance founder Robert Redford introducing Riding Giants in 2004Subscribe to view
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Ray Beatie at Makaha in the late 1950s, from Riding GiantsSubscribe to view
Laird Hamilton, Stacy Peralta, and Greg Noll, 2004Subscribe to view
Early days on the North Shore, from "Riding Giants"
Taking Off at Mavericks, From "Riding Giants" (2004)
Sundance founder Robert Redford introducing Riding Giants in 2004
Riding Giants poster
Ray Beatie at Makaha in the late 1950s, from Riding Giants
Laird Hamilton, Stacy Peralta, and Greg Noll, 2004