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I needed to get out from under my parents' thumb
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Momentum Generation

I needed to get outfrom under my parents' thumb

I needed to get out
from under my parents' thumb

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I needed to get out from under my parents' thumb.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:28
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.
Growing up, my parents ran a restaurant. - Momentum Generation 00:05
Growing up, my parents ran a restaurant.
One day he got in a car wreck and lost his arm. - Momentum Generation 00:05
One day he got in a car wreck and lost his arm.
My parents split up when I was like 12 years old. - Momentum Generation 00:04
My parents split up when I was like 12 years old.
But following in my dad's footsteps - Momentum Generation 00:05
But following in my dad's footsteps
Benji Weatherly: I was born in Los Angeles, California. - Momentum Generation 00:04
Benji Weatherly: I was born in Los Angeles, California.
Big, intimidating guy with a beard. - Momentum Generation 00:04
Big, intimidating guy with a beard.
It was really tough love with my father. - Momentum Generation 00:04
It was really tough love with my father.
All his emotions came with physical stuff. - Momentum Generation 00:05
All his emotions came with physical stuff.
Kalani Robb: I was born in Kailua, - Momentum Generation 00:06
Kalani Robb: I was born in Kailua,
My mother would probably get arrested for child abuse - Momentum Generation 00:09
My mother would probably get arrested for child abuse
I'd get dropped off at like 5:00 a.m. at Waikiki - Momentum Generation 00:11
I'd get dropped off at like 5:00 a.m. at Waikiki
What are you gonna eat with $2 during the day? - Momentum Generation 00:05
What are you gonna eat with $2 during the day?
There was this pizza place, and there would be - Momentum Generation 00:08
There was this pizza place, and there would be
I was a ghetto-ass kid, man, - Momentum Generation 00:05
I was a ghetto-ass kid, man,
Get in a fight and steal some food, and surf. - Momentum Generation 00:04
Get in a fight and steal some food, and surf.
My way out was surfing. - Momentum Generation 00:04
My way out was surfing.
Ya know, "Things are chaotic? Go out in the ocean." - Momentum Generation 00:07
Ya know, "Things are chaotic? Go out in the ocean."...
Dorian: All these problems were happening in my life, - Momentum Generation 00:07
Dorian: All these problems were happening in my life,
That's when I had a real sense of purpose. - Momentum Generation 00:04
That's when I had a real sense of purpose.
"This is who I am." I was that surfer kid. - Momentum Generation 00:04
"This is who I am." I was that surfer kid.