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Man 2: Rescue crew pulled 27-year-old Todd Chesser
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Momentum Generation

Rescue crewpulled 27-year-old Todd Chesser from the water just southof Waimea Bay

Man 2:
Rescue crew
pulled 27-year-old Todd Chesser from the water just south
of Waimea Bay

Full Transcript

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Man 2: Rescue crew pulled 27-year-old Todd Chesser
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from the water just south of Waimea Bay.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:07
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.
Man 3: The shore break at Waimea was critical at that time, - Momentum Generation 00:05
Man 3: The shore break at Waimea was critical at that time,
Man 4: We were trying to give him CPR, - Momentum Generation 00:04
Man 4: We were trying to give him CPR,
- ( chatter ) - Man: Come on, come on! - Momentum Generation 00:05
- ( chatter ) - Man: Come on, come on!
Jeannie Chesser: I got a call from this girl at work, - Momentum Generation 00:08
Jeannie Chesser: I got a call from this girl at work,
I jumped in my car and was praying, - Momentum Generation 00:16
I jumped in my car and was praying,
And then... ( sniffling ) - Momentum Generation 00:27
And then... ( sniffling )
But yeah, it was the worst day of my life. - Momentum Generation 00:04
But yeah, it was the worst day of my life.
( duet sung in Hawaiian dialect ) - Momentum Generation 00:04
( duet sung in Hawaiian dialect )
Kelly Slater: I remember just looking at grown men just bawling. - Momentum Generation 00:05
Kelly Slater: I remember just looking at grown men just bawl...
Ross Williams: It was just like losing a family member. - Momentum Generation 00:05
Ross Williams: It was just like losing a family member.
Kalani Robb: He was the unkillable, - Momentum Generation 00:07
Kalani Robb: He was the unkillable,
It was like... a giant was gone. - Momentum Generation 00:05
It was like... a giant was gone.
Janet Rollins: At first, it didn't-- it didn't make sense. - Momentum Generation 00:05
Janet Rollins: At first, it didn't-- it didn't mak...
And then... it just hit me, - Momentum Generation 00:10
And then... it just hit me,
And just swung it at my stomach - Momentum Generation 00:08
And just swung it at my stomach
Todd was like... a mentor for all us younger guys. - Momentum Generation 00:05
Todd was like... a mentor for all us younger guys.
( crying ) I just wanna say, "Cheese, we'll miss you." - Momentum Generation 00:17
( crying ) I just wanna say, "Cheese, we'll miss y...
I mean-- Fuck. It's hard, man. - Momentum Generation 00:05
I mean-- Fuck. It's hard, man.
I was so worried about Janet, I was so worried about Jeannie. - Momentum Generation 00:04
I was so worried about Janet, I was so worried about Jeannie...
I almost felt guilty for being so sad, - Momentum Generation 00:06
I almost felt guilty for being so sad,