Riding Giants

**jayfrizzo** · 01-25-2004, 12:03 AM

Saw Stacey Peralta's new flick about big wave surfing today at Sundance. It's super good.

Pretty much goes through origins to present day. Not sure why Hamilton's Teahupoo wave was the greatest ever, or why it "changed everything," but it was indeed sick. And amazing how glassy that wave was.

Anyhoo, when this film makes the rounds, y'all should see it.

J-

**tuffy109** · 05-17-2004, 01:09 PM

saw the trailer on saturday. oh my god this shit is gonna rule. seeing teahuppoo break on such a big screen gave me the shivers.

**sandytheskier** · 05-17-2004, 01:33 PM

Saw the premier night at pc sundance. All of the surfers were there after for questions. It was awesome!

**tuffy109** · 05-17-2004, 01:47 PM

Originally posted by Tap
i think it "changed everything" because it was so glassy, then the wave simply exploded up, just a vertical wall, and as it crashed he was so obviously in the belly of the beast, then the tube cannoned all that spray as it collapsed..........

it looked like a friggin nuclear explosion, and he rode out.

end of story.

http://www.tim-mckenna.com/page/hot/...oo/4345-70.jpg

yeah, but this doesn't beat miki dora at waimea

**Plakespear** · 05-17-2004, 02:01 PM

Originally posted by tuffy109
yeah, but this doesn't beat miki dora at waimea

Dora at Waimea? Please explain yourself.

**tuffy109** · 07-09-2004, 04:03 PM

Originally posted by Plakespear
Dora at Waimea? Please explain yourself.

oopsies. noll.

anywho, the movie came out today. going after work.

**hev** · 07-09-2004, 06:35 PM

holy shit. that waves nuts....i want to see this movie. i liked step into liquid and laird alot(even though i don't really surf). i'd like to see some cool ski movie/documentary stuff like this coming out soon. isn't there a kreitler one thats coming out?

**tuffy109** · 07-11-2004, 10:19 AM

Originally posted by Tap

http://www.tim-mckenna.com/page/hot/...oo/4345-70.jpg

oh my fuggin' gawd. just audible gasps when this came up on the screen.

the only thing i didn't like is that stacy peralta narrated it, but a great film nontheless.

**comish** · 07-11-2004, 12:28 PM

Where'd you see it Tuffy?

**FLEX** · 07-11-2004, 01:09 PM

laird at jaws

**tuffy109** · 07-11-2004, 01:20 PM

Originally posted by comish
Where'd you see it Tuffy?

the laemmle in santa monica

**non grata** · 07-17-2004, 09:15 AM

saw it last night... mmmmm [lil jon]yyyaayyeeahhh!![/lj]

those 3d, diarama-esque shots really gave so much dimension to the wave, esp. seeing the mist hovering over the surface of the water from all the tumult. beautiful. and man that sidelong heli shot of hamilton was nothing short of sick. you get a perfect feel for the ridiculous amounts of speed he was travelling whereas with most angles it only seems like the rider is traversing and you forget about the forward momentum.

i bet everyone here who saw the movie was grinning when laird et al. were lamenting those long spells with no waves, and the only respite came when they were out on again. reading captain zero and seeing this movie is definitely hitting home as i and most people here translate their passion for surfing into our passion for skiing.

**Barnballs** · 07-19-2004, 09:14 AM

yea...the segment on Mavericks is sicko...

"OUTSIDE!!"....makes me cringe...

**Crinkle** · 07-19-2004, 10:36 AM

Originally posted by jayfrizzo
Pretty much goes through origins to present day. Not sure why Hamilton's Teahupoo wave was the greatest ever, or why it "changed everything," but it was indeed sick.

I haven't seen the movie, but some friends that love surfing have explained the Teahupoo wave being sooooo sick because, the way it jacks up so fast making it very difficult to catch. Also take a look at that pic again, that thing is breaking fucking 5 foot thick, talk about consequnces? jesh

**Game Over** · 07-19-2004, 12:22 PM

I am pretty sure this wave was shown on Letterman last week. Hamilton was saying in the interview that there is live coral 6" under the water and a fall would rip you to shreds. I also saw a 60 Minutes interview with him, he said the same thing. That wave is nuts, he gets shot out like a bullet at the end.

**Big E** · 07-19-2004, 12:23 PM

Find a copy of "Laird" on DVD. Abso-friggin nuts. Not being a surfer (yet), I'm not up on who is cutting edge, how big has been surfed, etc., but the stuff he surfs is just insane. I get the feeling that others may be going bigger now, but Laird's really the pioneer in this stuff. And his foil-board-thingy is really crazy.

Also, on that Teahupoo wave, it looks real calm in that shot, but in about a second, the whole innards of that thing just explode and the blast of wind and water coming out of the tube is unbelievable. Somehow, Laird emerges out of all that still on his board.

**FNG** · 07-19-2004, 01:59 PM

Damn, and I thought this thread was going to be about boinking fat chicks.

**dusty bottoms** · 07-19-2004, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by FNG
Damn, and I thought this thread was going to be about boinking fat chicks.

it only took you 6 months to come up with this ingeniousness?

top shelf brah, top fucking shelf.

**tuffy109** · 07-19-2004, 02:33 PM

more laird

http://members.cox.net/silentsurfer/LairdAndFlag.mov

**FNG** · 07-19-2004, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by dusty bottoms
it only took you 6 months to come up with this ingeniousness?

top shelf brah, top fucking shelf.

Note to self: Dusty Bottoms does not understand sarcasm.

**dusty bottoms** · 07-19-2004, 02:55 PM

Originally posted by FNG
Note to self: Dusty Bottoms does not understand sarcasm.

sarcasm's easy to understand, lame people aren't

**FNG** · 07-19-2004, 02:57 PM

Jesus, you really seem to get off on squashing other people's posts. Welcome to the ignore list dick.

**dusty bottoms** · 07-19-2004, 03:20 PM

Originally posted by FNG
Jesus, you really seem to get off on squashing other people's posts. Welcome to the ignore list dick.

wohoo!

**SponsoredByDuctTape** · 07-19-2004, 06:12 PM

Originally posted by Crinkle
Also take a look at that pic again, that thing is breaking fucking 5 foot thick, talk about consequnces? jesh

You gotta see it, mang. 'Cause it ain't 5 feet thick, it's like 50 feet thick! Serious. When they show the Teahupoo wave from the side, it looks like no other wave in the world. It's a friggin' 40 foot tall CLIFF of water that just falls over. It really looks like one of those big Navajo plateaus from the side, then the lip starts going, and the whole cliff of water catapults over. I just saw the flick the other night. Two tips up.

I dug the Mavericks footage too. Jeff Clark surfed there for 15 YEARS BY HIMSELF??? What? That footage of him clinging to that big rock (forget the name) was nutso. All you see is the tip top of this rock, then the water sucks out and Jeff Clark is stuck to the side of the thing like Spiderman - leash and board holding him down.

I haven't been into surfing in many many years, but this flick rules.