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Chasing Waves

The unique and wonderful surf culture in Japan, highlighting the dramatic push and pull between convention and innovation.

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Mahina Maeda

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I think the best wave
I ever rode was Pipeline. - Chasing Waves

I think the best wave I ever rode was Pipeline.

Women's Round One, Heat Two
has just started. - Chasing Waves

Women's Round One, Heat Two has just started.

I started thinking about becoming
a professional surfer around 1974. - Chasing Waves

I started thinking about becoming a professional surfer arou...

The wave spit me out and I made it out. - Chasing Waves

The wave spit me out and I made it out.

Blue's fifth score is 2.43. Total is 4.43. - Chasing Waves

Blue's fifth score is 2.43. Total is 4.43.

Right now, my goal is
to win a medal at the Olympics. - Chasing Waves

Right now, my goal is to win a medal at the Olympics.

When it comes to really heavy waves, - Chasing Waves

When it comes to really heavy waves,

Red grabs this wave. - Chasing Waves

Red grabs this wave.

The dream of getting a gold medal
might come true soon. - Chasing Waves

The dream of getting a gold medal might come true soon.

I heard about one or two meters before,
but never a seven-meter tsunami! - Chasing Waves

I heard about one or two meters before, but never a seven-me...

Blue is up. - Chasing Waves

My parents were both surfers,
so they did want me to surf. - Chasing Waves

My parents were both surfers, so they did want me to surf.

Hiromichi was probably
in junior high school - Chasing Waves

Hiromichi was probably in junior high school

The image that surfing
is a delinquents' sport was strong. - Chasing Waves

The image that surfing is a delinquents' sport was stro...

After that, he became
a professional surfer and... - Chasing Waves

After that, he became a professional surfer and...

Even from the beginning,
I feel she is not like a stranger to us - Chasing Waves

Even from the beginning, I feel she is not like a stranger t...

That's why I cried when she won
and qualified for the Olympic Games. - Chasing Waves

That's why I cried when she won and qualified for the O...

I feel like surfing has finally
been acknowledged as a proper sport. - Chasing Waves

I feel like surfing has finally been acknowledged as a prope...

I feel proud that she will represent Japan
in the Olympics. - Chasing Waves

I feel proud that she will represent Japan in the Olympics.

I don't get it, why is there no wave
when it's Connor's turn? - Chasing Waves

I don't get it, why is there no wave when it's Con...

When celebrities from overseas
came to Japan, - Chasing Waves

When celebrities from overseas came to Japan,

Well, my family is nearby... - Chasing Waves

Well, my family is nearby...

I used to live in Kamakura,
but I now I'm here in Hayama. - Chasing Waves

I used to live in Kamakura, but I now I'm here in Hayam...

I was so lucky with my work - Chasing Waves

I was so lucky with my work

For me, it's the first time this year
to have waves this big. - Chasing Waves

For me, it's the first time this year to have waves thi...

I have been traveling for
about a week now. - Chasing Waves

I have been traveling for about a week now.

There are some young surfers
from a long time ago in here. - Chasing Waves

There are some young surfers from a long time ago in here.

-I hope you get great waves in Hokkaido.
-Thanks. Looking forward to it. - Chasing Waves

-I hope you get great waves in Hokkaido. -Thanks. Looking fo...

Traveling with Guy until now, - Chasing Waves

Traveling with Guy until now,

Andy Irons passed away.
I like this picture though. - Chasing Waves

Andy Irons passed away. I like this picture though.

he has to head back for a competition.
Today is his last day. - Chasing Waves

he has to head back for a competition. Today is his last day...

Since many of surfers are competing
all around the world, - Chasing Waves

Since many of surfers are competing all around the world,

I wonder what kind of father
I'm going to be. - Chasing Waves

I wonder what kind of father I'm going to be.

I don't think of her as American
or Hawaiian, but as Mahina Maeda. - Chasing Waves

I don't think of her as American or Hawaiian, but as Ma...

-Absolutely, it became so popular.
-So many have started now... - Chasing Waves

-Absolutely, it became so popular. -So many have started now...

Yeah. So what does this mean,
like, what happens? - Chasing Waves

Yeah. So what does this mean, like, what happens?

I like her very much
as an individual person. - Chasing Waves

I like her very much as an individual person.

Thanks to this Olympics, a lot of surfers
will be able to make a living surfing. - Chasing Waves

Thanks to this Olympics, a lot of surfers will be able to ma...

Our family, the Ohanas, loves her.
Everyone is rooting for her. - Chasing Waves

Our family, the Ohanas, loves her. Everyone is rooting for h...

I feel like Yuma, in his heart,
is really not a competitor. - Chasing Waves

I feel like Yuma, in his heart, is really not a competitor.

Nothing we can do about that...
It's just, it is what it is. - Chasing Waves

Nothing we can do about that... It's just, it is what i...

His perspective is very worldly. - Chasing Waves

His perspective is very worldly.

Can I win a gold medal
under Kaito's training? - Chasing Waves

Can I win a gold medal under Kaito's training?

I think Japan will change
when we have more people like him. - Chasing Waves

I think Japan will change when we have more people like him.

Today we're going to Fukushima
and tomorrow we're going to Sendai. - Chasing Waves

Today we're going to Fukushima and tomorrow we're ...

Why are you crying? - Chasing Waves

Why are you crying?

How long did it take you to get back
to the ocean after March 11? - Chasing Waves

How long did it take you to get back to the ocean after Marc...

I know, right? - Chasing Waves

When we started
it was a hippie type thing to do. - Chasing Waves

When we started it was a hippie type thing to do.

Can't remember well, but I remember
a period we all stopped voluntarily. - Chasing Waves

Can't remember well, but I remember a period we all sto...

Bipolar disorder, a kind of depression
with severe ups and down. - Chasing Waves

Bipolar disorder, a kind of depression with severe ups and d...

After the competition,
you just have to come home. - Chasing Waves

After the competition, you just have to come home.

I found him when I came back from surfing. - Chasing Waves

I found him when I came back from surfing.

I just wanted to get back to surfing
as soon as possible. - Chasing Waves

I just wanted to get back to surfing as soon as possible.

My foreign friends were saying,
"That coastline is super dangerous." - Chasing Waves

My foreign friends were saying, "That coastline is supe...

Uhh, I'm still not sure.
But, but... - Chasing Waves

Uhh, I'm still not sure. But, but...

There was no note. No signs. - Chasing Waves

There was no note. No signs.

I was in middle school, in Chigasaki. - Chasing Waves

I was in middle school, in Chigasaki.

It shook like crazy. - Chasing Waves

It shook like crazy.

Today, I'm heading out of Aomori - Chasing Waves

Today, I'm heading out of Aomori

Our house was attached to the surf shop.
It was really big. - Chasing Waves

Our house was attached to the surf shop. It was really big.

After that... you remember those alarms
that sounded when aftershock came? - Chasing Waves

After that... you remember those alarms that sounded when af...

Hokkaido is an island that's separated
from Honshu, the mainland of Japan. - Chasing Waves

Hokkaido is an island that's separated from Honshu, the...

Because of such experiences
at quite a young age, - Chasing Waves

Because of such experiences at quite a young age,

I was lucky to visit Hokkaido once,
and was blown away by its powerful energy - Chasing Waves

I was lucky to visit Hokkaido once, and was blown away by it...

At 2:46 pm, a strong earthquake
struck the Tohoku area. - Chasing Waves

At 2:46 pm, a strong earthquake struck the Tohoku area.

It was that era when we all adored
foreign culture... western... - Chasing Waves

It was that era when we all adored foreign culture... wester...

So, I'm grateful to be visiting again. - Chasing Waves

So, I'm grateful to be visiting again.

The person who most influenced
my surfing life was my dad. - Chasing Waves

The person who most influenced my surfing life was my dad.

Surfing, fashion, cars,
were all very cool to me. - Chasing Waves

Surfing, fashion, cars, were all very cool to me.

So, first thing today...
we're going to check out a hot spring. - Chasing Waves

So, first thing today... we're going to check out a hot...

It's actually a hidden hot spring.
A secret hot spring. - Chasing Waves

It's actually a hidden hot spring. A secret hot spring.

Wow, that heavy thing? - Chasing Waves

Wow, that heavy thing?

It's not public, but a natural hot spring
on a piece of private property - Chasing Waves

It's not public, but a natural hot spring on a piece of...

They would walk in swim trunks and carry
a longboard on top of their head. - Chasing Waves

They would walk in swim trunks and carry a longboard on top ...

Akasaka, where I was born,
is smack in the middle of Tokyo. - Chasing Waves

Akasaka, where I was born, is smack in the middle of Tokyo.

The waters around Okinawa
are truly abundant. - Chasing Waves

The waters around Okinawa are truly abundant.

Boys got no choice. - Chasing Waves

Boys got no choice.

At our house, - Chasing Waves

And because it was dangerous,
I did bodyboarding. - Chasing Waves

And because it was dangerous, I did bodyboarding.

As I post YouTube videos from my travels,
and people tune in for the experience, - Chasing Waves

As I post YouTube videos from my travels, and people tune in...

He was growing up,
he looks like a full Japanese, - Chasing Waves

He was growing up, he looks like a full Japanese,

That was our daily life
through middle school. - Chasing Waves

That was our daily life through middle school.

How best to live my life is something
I'm always trying to figure out. - Chasing Waves

How best to live my life is something I'm always trying...

But before that it used to be pretty rare
to see each other. - Chasing Waves

But before that it used to be pretty rare to see each other.

This is such an insider spot. - Chasing Waves

This is such an insider spot.

Yeah, I stretch whenever my body
feels tight. - Chasing Waves

Yeah, I stretch whenever my body feels tight.

So for your event coming up at
the US Open, I prepped these three boards. - Chasing Waves

So for your event coming up at the US Open, I prepped these ...

What do you call this in English,
this sticky part of Natto? - Chasing Waves

What do you call this in English, this sticky part of Natto?

They live on blessings from the sea,
and in return - Chasing Waves

They live on blessings from the sea, and in return

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The unique and wonderful surf culture in Japan, highlighting the dramatic push and pull between convention and innovation.

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Genre: documentary, sport

Year: 2023

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Released: 11 Jan 2023

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