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Machado: I started surfing in 1985
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Momentum Generation

I started surfing in 1985, and Tom Currenwon the world title that year

Machado:
I started surfing in 1985, and Tom Curren
won the world title that year

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Machado: I started surfing in 1985,
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and Tom Curren won the world title that year.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:32
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.
He was the first American to win the world title - Momentum Generation 00:07
He was the first American to win the world title
It had been dominated by Australians. - Momentum Generation 00:05
It had been dominated by Australians.
If you ask anyone in our generation, - Momentum Generation 00:07
If you ask anyone in our generation,
Announcer: Rob Machado winning the heat - Momentum Generation 00:04
Announcer: Rob Machado winning the heat
And by the time I was 18, - Momentum Generation 00:06
And by the time I was 18,
Announcer: Another youngster rapidly rising through the ranks - Momentum Generation 00:07
Announcer: Another youngster rapidly rising through the rank...
Four thousand dollars richer... - Momentum Generation 00:04
Four thousand dollars richer...
After finishing fourth at the World Amateur Titles, - Momentum Generation 00:05
After finishing fourth at the World Amateur Titles,
I think I ended up with $1200 a month, - Momentum Generation 00:04
I think I ended up with $1200 a month,
Announcer: Look at that! Slater's first big win. - Momentum Generation 00:04
Announcer: Look at that! Slater's first big win.
After a tremendous amateur career, - Momentum Generation 00:06
After a tremendous amateur career,
...signed the biggest sponsorship deal ever. - Momentum Generation 00:04
...signed the biggest sponsorship deal ever.
It was a big jump for me, - Momentum Generation 00:04
It was a big jump for me,
Coming from not having anything when I was a kid - Momentum Generation 00:06
Coming from not having anything when I was a kid
And to be able to buy my own lunch was a bonus. - Momentum Generation 00:05
And to be able to buy my own lunch was a bonus.
Yeah, definitely. Gives me a lot more confidence. Moving up in the ratings. - Momentum Generation 00:05
Yeah, definitely. Gives me a lot more confidence. Moving up ...
I was kinda scared about the whole concept - Momentum Generation 00:05
I was kinda scared about the whole concept
I was just a little kid. goin' surfing every day. - Momentum Generation 00:05
I was just a little kid. goin' surfing every day.
I was just out there for the pure enjoyment of it, - Momentum Generation 00:07
I was just out there for the pure enjoyment of it,
And now you put a piece of paper in front of someone - Momentum Generation 00:10
And now you put a piece of paper in front of someone