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Ross Williams: It wasn't just this little core group from Hawaii anymore
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Momentum Generation

It wasn't just this littlecore group from Hawaii anymore

Ross Williams:
It wasn't just this little
core group from Hawaii anymore

Full Transcript

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Ross Williams: It wasn't just this little core group from Hawaii anymore.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:58
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.
All of a sudden our group went from this big to this big to this big. - Momentum Generation 00:04
All of a sudden our group went from this big to this big to ...
( music playing ) - Momentum Generation 00:13
( music playing )
Benji's mom was so welcoming to everyone. - Momentum Generation 00:04
Benji's mom was so welcoming to everyone.
She never asked for a dime, - Momentum Generation 00:12
She never asked for a dime,
The sand was this thick in my living room. - Momentum Generation 00:04
The sand was this thick in my living room.
And after a while my mom just let go - Momentum Generation 00:12
And after a while my mom just let go
So to me, we were just a family, - Momentum Generation 00:05
So to me, we were just a family,
Benji: There were kids that were leaving their parents - Momentum Generation 00:08
Benji: There were kids that were leaving their parents
Like, "Our kids aren't home for Christmas!" Every year for, like, a decade. - Momentum Generation 00:05
Like, "Our kids aren't home for Christmas!" E...
Right about Christmastime everybody goes home - Momentum Generation 00:05
Right about Christmastime everybody goes home
Slater: A lot of us come from broken homes, - Momentum Generation 00:07
Slater: A lot of us come from broken homes,
Shane Dorian: Most of us went through - Momentum Generation 00:13
Shane Dorian: Most of us went through
One day I met Rob surfing where we surf, our little spot. - Momentum Generation 00:06
One day I met Rob surfing where we surf, our little spot.
And he brought me into Benji's house. - Momentum Generation 00:04
And he brought me into Benji's house.
Without that group, - Momentum Generation 00:07
Without that group,
- ( cheering ) - Whoo! - Momentum Generation 00:05
- ( cheering ) - Whoo!
Pat O'Connell: When Benji had his house at Pipeline, - Momentum Generation 00:10
Pat O'Connell: When Benji had his house at Pipeline,
We knew we needed to get out there and surf. - Momentum Generation 00:04
We knew we needed to get out there and surf.
Rob Machado: We'd all stand out on the deck, - Momentum Generation 00:07
Rob Machado: We'd all stand out on the deck,
Benji: Todd Chesser would walk through the yard, - Momentum Generation 00:05
Benji: Todd Chesser would walk through the yard,