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Momentum Generation

Seeing yourself on video wasa huge novelty at that time

Seeing yourself on video was
a huge novelty at that time

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Seeing yourself on video was a huge novelty at that time.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:30
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.
Benji: After each session, Taylor would only - Momentum Generation 00:08
Benji: After each session, Taylor would only
Slater: There's be like 25 of us, all screaming, - Momentum Generation 00:09
Slater: There's be like 25 of us, all screaming,
Dorian: One day, I remember Taylor telling us - Momentum Generation 00:09
Dorian: One day, I remember Taylor telling us
None of us really knew what was about to happen. - Momentum Generation 00:05
None of us really knew what was about to happen.
The guys were surfing faster and more energetic, - Momentum Generation 00:06
The guys were surfing faster and more energetic,
( punk rock music playing ) - Momentum Generation 00:08
( punk rock music playing )
And I didn't know it until I put in the first edit, - Momentum Generation 00:09
And I didn't know it until I put in the first edit,
But my parents, they just didn't get it. - Momentum Generation 00:05
But my parents, they just didn't get it.
The footage didn't look that great, - Momentum Generation 00:05
The footage didn't look that great,
All the surf movies I'd seen - Momentum Generation 00:05
All the surf movies I'd seen
O'Connell: At the time, surf movies were built on - Momentum Generation 00:08
O'Connell: At the time, surf movies were built on
But Taylor's movies were built in everyday conditions. - Momentum Generation 00:04
But Taylor's movies were built in everyday conditions.
Benji: All of a sudden, the kids could relate. - Momentum Generation 00:04
Benji: All of a sudden, the kids could relate.
I just got to watch the best surfers - Momentum Generation 00:07
I just got to watch the best surfers
Betty: We didn't relate to it, but we said, "What we'll do is - Momentum Generation 00:11
Betty: We didn't relate to it, but we said, "What ...
When Taylor came back and said he sold all of 'em, we were in shock. - Momentum Generation 00:05
When Taylor came back and said he sold all of 'em, we w...
We started liking it. My husband would work out to the music. - Momentum Generation 00:05
We started liking it. My husband would work out to the music...
Man: Wow, look at all those people coming! - Momentum Generation 00:04
Man: Wow, look at all those people coming!
It was such a success that Taylor immediately was like, - Momentum Generation 00:16
It was such a success that Taylor immediately was like,
They were the thing that bonded us, kept us together, - Momentum Generation 00:07
They were the thing that bonded us, kept us together,