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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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I start getting worried
that I might get injured. - Chasing Waves

I start getting worried that I might get injured.

But you're still Japanese.
But I didn't... - Chasing Waves

But you're still Japanese. But I didn't...

This one especially, I made a little wider
than your other boards. Eighteen inches. - Chasing Waves

This one especially, I made a little wider than your other b...

Before, I used to think my sister
was so annoying - Chasing Waves

Before, I used to think my sister was so annoying

We moved to Okinawa because of the 2011
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. - Chasing Waves

We moved to Okinawa because of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake an...

I was mortified when I didn't qualify
for the Olympics - Chasing Waves

I was mortified when I didn't qualify for the Olympics

Now, he gets big, and tall,
and then, more full confidence. - Chasing Waves

Now, he gets big, and tall, and then, more full confidence.

But that eventually became my motivation - Chasing Waves

But that eventually became my motivation

That's very good
for surfing competition, I think. - Chasing Waves

That's very good for surfing competition, I think.

I remember how sad my dad was when I told
him, "I'm moving to Okinawa." - Chasing Waves

I remember how sad my dad was when I told him, "I'...

I feel like this place fills you
with wonder and love. - Chasing Waves

I feel like this place fills you with wonder and love.

If you want to win Olympic sports, - Chasing Waves

If you want to win Olympic sports,

"CONGRATS HIROTO OHHARA
THE OLYMPIAN FROM OUR TOWN!" - Chasing Waves

"CONGRATS HIROTO OHHARA THE OLYMPIAN FROM OUR TOWN!&quo...

I believe that places like this one exist
all around Japan. - Chasing Waves

I believe that places like this one exist all around Japan.

This is also a way for me to
express myself as a professional surfer. - Chasing Waves

This is also a way for me to express myself as a professiona...

What I've been doing in Okinawa for the
past ten years... - Chasing Waves

What I've been doing in Okinawa for the past ten years....

I started surfing a little
when I was seven years old. - Chasing Waves

I started surfing a little when I was seven years old.

Of course, it's not easy to live
as a professional surfer. - Chasing Waves

Of course, it's not easy to live as a professional surf...

I'm just not the type of surfer who can
live on winning competition prize money. - Chasing Waves

I'm just not the type of surfer who can live on winning...

Mostly with my dad
as my instructor, initially. - Chasing Waves

Mostly with my dad as my instructor, initially.

Wow, that's gorgeous,
where those clouds are over there. - Chasing Waves

Wow, that's gorgeous, where those clouds are over there...

To prepare for the next US Open, - Chasing Waves

To prepare for the next US Open,

I was in the professional JPSA. - Chasing Waves

I was in the professional JPSA.

What I want to do is really different,
and difficult to accomplish. - Chasing Waves

What I want to do is really different, and difficult to acco...

It's a great luxury to be able
to gather my family here this time. - Chasing Waves

It's a great luxury to be able to gather my family here...

So I have to create a new way
in which my lifestyle, and of course - Chasing Waves

So I have to create a new way in which my lifestyle, and of ...

There is part of me that is worried,
there is also a part of me - Chasing Waves

There is part of me that is worried, there is also a part of...

Dad's really good. - Chasing Waves

Dad's really good.

This being our first trip,
it got pretty stressful yesterday - Chasing Waves

This being our first trip, it got pretty stressful yesterday

But also as a parent,
I wonder if he'll be okay. - Chasing Waves

But also as a parent, I wonder if he'll be okay.

Apparently, one of the bolts securing
the engine has gone bad. - Chasing Waves

Apparently, one of the bolts securing the engine has gone ba...

My father is still doing what he's been
doing since back in the day. - Chasing Waves

My father is still doing what he's been doing since bac...

The parts weren't available,
but the shop said - Chasing Waves

The parts weren't available, but the shop said

Looking back at the Olympics and not
winning a medal, I do have some regrets. - Chasing Waves

Looking back at the Olympics and not winning a medal, I do h...

Connor is a goofy footer. - Chasing Waves

Connor is a goofy footer.

He sings and plays the guitar. - Chasing Waves

He sings and plays the guitar.

I want to win more than ever. And I want
to start by getting on the World Tour. - Chasing Waves

I want to win more than ever. And I want to start by getting...

She's got some miles on her,
so I was pretty worried. - Chasing Waves

She's got some miles on her, so I was pretty worried.

Basically, I am a musician. - Chasing Waves

Basically, I am a musician.

So, today, we're heading to Kyoto,
to meet an "urushi" lacquer artist. - Chasing Waves

So, today, we're heading to Kyoto, to meet an "uru...

I doubt she has one. - Chasing Waves

I doubt she has one.

I've never been good
at performing for others. - Chasing Waves

I've never been good at performing for others.

Then, I go home for lunch
and some errands, - Chasing Waves

Then, I go home for lunch and some errands,

21 millimeters. This is the next one? - Chasing Waves

21 millimeters. This is the next one?

We are going to a camping trip
to my favorite spot on the island - Chasing Waves

We are going to a camping trip to my favorite spot on the is...

Wow, that's incredible. - Chasing Waves

Wow, that's incredible.

Kyoto is incredible.
Huge temples everywhere - Chasing Waves

Kyoto is incredible. Huge temples everywhere

Aina, you're expanding,
but I guess this kid is also expanding. - Chasing Waves

Aina, you're expanding, but I guess this kid is also ex...

The Olympics will be held in my hometown,
of course, I want to be there. - Chasing Waves

The Olympics will be held in my hometown, of course, I want ...

I had this little dream of getting married
at around 25 and having a child. - Chasing Waves

I had this little dream of getting married at around 25 and ...

It feels like we walked right
into your studio. - Chasing Waves

It feels like we walked right into your studio.

The 2020 Olympics is taking place
in Japan's waters. - Chasing Waves

The 2020 Olympics is taking place in Japan's waters.

I'm actually very happy it happened. - Chasing Waves

I'm actually very happy it happened.

I'm going to do my best
and aim for gold. - Chasing Waves

I'm going to do my best and aim for gold.

I sort of know the basic idea
of cutting the tree - Chasing Waves

I sort of know the basic idea of cutting the tree

That's right. When the urushi tree is cut,
it tries to protect itself - Chasing Waves

That's right. When the urushi tree is cut, it tries to ...

When I first heard,
I was quite surprised. - Chasing Waves

When I first heard, I was quite surprised.

About how many years ago
did they start using this kind of process? - Chasing Waves

About how many years ago did they start using this kind of p...

I had a lot of worries
but after talking a lot - Chasing Waves

I had a lot of worries but after talking a lot

Has your family been crafting urushi
for many generations? - Chasing Waves

Has your family been crafting urushi for many generations?

I'd often come and play here as a child, - Chasing Waves

I'd often come and play here as a child,

And if I left them here, - Chasing Waves

And if I left them here,

But I'm not telling you what to do,
you should do what you like. - Chasing Waves

But I'm not telling you what to do, you should do what ...

I had no intention of doing so, - Chasing Waves

I had no intention of doing so,

I only know Hiro.
I don't really know Aina. - Chasing Waves

I only know Hiro. I don't really know Aina.

Hiro only knows surfing.
He doesn't know anything else. - Chasing Waves

Hiro only knows surfing. He doesn't know anything else.

It's the formal kimono for single,
unmarried women. - Chasing Waves

It's the formal kimono for single, unmarried women.

And once I started, I found it super fun. - Chasing Waves

And once I started, I found it super fun.

And I think it is good that you are going
to be learning together - Chasing Waves

And I think it is good that you are going to be learning tog...

In Japan, when you turn twenty years old, - Chasing Waves

In Japan, when you turn twenty years old,

But I still have those feelings
to be honest. - Chasing Waves

But I still have those feelings to be honest.

During this time, women often wear
this type of furisode kimono. - Chasing Waves

During this time, women often wear this type of furisode kim...

The thing that brought me here is - Chasing Waves

The thing that brought me here is

It's a very gorgeous long-sleeved kimono. - Chasing Waves

It's a very gorgeous long-sleeved kimono.

Connor's confidence is not enough
to be 100% yet. - Chasing Waves

Connor's confidence is not enough to be 100% yet.

What is the history of the furisode?
When did it start? - Chasing Waves

What is the history of the furisode? When did it start?

If you don't try and work hard
you won't be able - Chasing Waves

If you don't try and work hard you won't be able

Women began wearing
this furisode style as far back - Chasing Waves

Women began wearing this furisode style as far back

That's what you got to do. - Chasing Waves

That's what you got to do.

Oh wow, they turn out like this. - Chasing Waves

Oh wow, they turn out like this.

I think it's great that you can work hard
for your family - Chasing Waves

I think it's great that you can work hard for your fami...

So, if you compare it to the US, is it
like wearing a formal gown or dress? - Chasing Waves

So, if you compare it to the US, is it like wearing a formal...

Please welcome Sara Kohrogi,
who won the first heat. Congratulations! - Chasing Waves

Please welcome Sara Kohrogi, who won the first heat. Congrat...

It's great that you got married
but it's now your job. - Chasing Waves

It's great that you got married but it's now your ...

Surfing is the only thing I've been doing
since I was little, - Chasing Waves

Surfing is the only thing I've been doing since I was l...

Me using urushi on surfboards
like this is, well, - Chasing Waves

Me using urushi on surfboards like this is, well,

Then, on top of that you wear a juban,
which is a kimono under the kimono. - Chasing Waves

Then, on top of that you wear a juban, which is a kimono und...

On top of that, you wear the furisode
or a type of kimono called homongi. - Chasing Waves

On top of that, you wear the furisode or a type of kimono ca...

So, people stepping on urushi - Chasing Waves

So, people stepping on urushi

On the contrary, using urushi lacquer
on items that young people use, - Chasing Waves

On the contrary, using urushi lacquer on items that young pe...

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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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Production: Technisonor

Genre: documentary, sport

Year: 2023

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ImdbRating: 7.8

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Released: 11 Jan 2023

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