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Momentum Generation

And "The Drifter" helpedwith his sponsorships so that he couldactually go on tripsand make...

And "The Drifter" helped
with his sponsorships so that he could
actually go on trips
and make surf movies

Full Transcript

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And "The Drifter" helped with his sponsorships
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so that he could actually go on trips and make surf movies.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:26:43
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sundance Productions,DDC International,Priority Pictures,All Rise Films,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

A group of teenagers in Hawaii enter the world of professional competitive surfing in the 1990s and rise to super stardom.
Machado: Taylor Steele's responsible - Momentum Generation 00:07
Machado: Taylor Steele's responsible
( laughing ) - Momentum Generation 00:09
( laughing )
Rob was the first person who ever left the tour - Momentum Generation 00:07
Rob was the first person who ever left the tour
So I went to my sponsors and said, - Momentum Generation 00:17
So I went to my sponsors and said,
On a subconscious level, I felt like I needed to surf big waves - Momentum Generation 00:07
On a subconscious level, I felt like I needed to surf big wa...
Shane Dorian, the greatest big wave surfer of all time-- don't think you can debate that. - Momentum Generation 00:05
Shane Dorian, the greatest big wave surfer of all time-- don...
Shane has really focused on - Momentum Generation 00:11
Shane has really focused on
Shane Dorian: For some people, it's getting to the top of Everest-- - Momentum Generation 00:07
Shane Dorian: For some people, it's getting to the top ...
The ocean is throwing everything at you that it can, - Momentum Generation 00:12
The ocean is throwing everything at you that it can,
Rob leaving and having success definitely inspired me - Momentum Generation 00:06
Rob leaving and having success definitely inspired me
Rob Machado: At that time in my life, - Momentum Generation 00:14
Rob Machado: At that time in my life,
And he was pale, and he looked ten pounds lighter, - Momentum Generation 00:10
And he was pale, and he looked ten pounds lighter,
The contest was meant to start the next day, - Momentum Generation 00:10
The contest was meant to start the next day,
He withdrew from the contest and got on a plane and left. - Momentum Generation 00:05
He withdrew from the contest and got on a plane and left.
Kelly Slater: Through my most competitive and passionate years, - Momentum Generation 00:07
Kelly Slater: Through my most competitive and passionate yea...
But there was no way to have those - Momentum Generation 00:08
But there was no way to have those
I went through a pretty gnarly depression - Momentum Generation 00:06
I went through a pretty gnarly depression
And then after I won my sixth world title - Momentum Generation 00:10
And then after I won my sixth world title
That competitiveness was taking a toll on me, - Momentum Generation 00:09
That competitiveness was taking a toll on me,
And then my mother called me and said that my dad had cancer. - Momentum Generation 00:07
And then my mother called me and said that my dad had cancer...