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Rob was the first person who ever left the tour
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Momentum Generation

Rob was the first personwho ever left the tour who had success immediately

Rob was the first person
who ever left the tour who had success immediately

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Rob was the first person who ever left the tour
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who had success immediately.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:27:11
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.
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...
I had a few nights - Momentum Generation 00:07
I had a few nights
Like, why would my dad drink so much - Momentum Generation 00:05
Like, why would my dad drink so much
And I don't think my father - Momentum Generation 00:07
And I don't think my father