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Slater: Coming from Florida, being a small wave guy
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Momentum Generation

Coming from Florida,being a small wave guy, there was a lot of eyes onwhether I could surf...

Slater:
Coming from Florida,
being a small wave guy, there was a lot of eyes on
whether I could surf in Hawaii

Full Transcript

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Slater: Coming from Florida, being a small wave guy,
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there was a lot of eyes on whether I could surf in Hawaii.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:32
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.
You can be the king of your beach, wherever that is, - Momentum Generation 00:07
You can be the king of your beach, wherever that is,
I grew up surfing the Great Lakes on a giant surfboard. - Momentum Generation 00:05
I grew up surfing the Great Lakes on a giant surfboard.
The first couple times I went to Hawaii, I hated it. - Momentum Generation 00:05
The first couple times I went to Hawaii, I hated it.
It's "big fish, small pond" to "small fish, big pond." - Momentum Generation 00:11
It's "big fish, small pond" to "small fi...
The waves are bigger, stronger, they move faster-- - Momentum Generation 00:06
The waves are bigger, stronger, they move faster--
Like, "No way I'm gonna paddle out at Pipeline. - Momentum Generation 00:05
Like, "No way I'm gonna paddle out at Pipeline.
Like... no chance." - Momentum Generation 00:08
Like... no chance."
When you're a 135-pound skinny haole, - Momentum Generation 00:08
When you're a 135-pound skinny haole,
Slater: I was pretty terrified of Derek Ho and Dane Kealoha, - Momentum Generation 00:08
Slater: I was pretty terrified of Derek Ho and Dane Kealoha,
These were the guys who could put you in your place real fast. - Momentum Generation 00:04
These were the guys who could put you in your place real fas...
Robb: Like Brazil is to soccer, Hawaii is to surfing. - Momentum Generation 00:04
Robb: Like Brazil is to soccer, Hawaii is to surfing.
Hawaii is like, "Respect? Door is wide open. - Momentum Generation 00:05
Hawaii is like, "Respect? Door is wide open.
No respect? Door is closed and your ass is kicked." - Momentum Generation 00:07
No respect? Door is closed and your ass is kicked."
Sunny Garcia : Some of these tourists that show up, - Momentum Generation 00:06
Sunny Garcia : Some of these tourists that show up,
If I see someone acting like a privileged prick, - Momentum Generation 00:11
If I see someone acting like a privileged prick,
Either you can go home while you still can walk, - Momentum Generation 00:10
Either you can go home while you still can walk,
( man singing in Hawaiian dialect ) - Momentum Generation 00:12
( man singing in Hawaiian dialect )
Queen Lili'uokalani was held up in her palace at gunpoint - Momentum Generation 00:06
Queen Lili'uokalani was held up in her palace at gunpoi...
Being a white person in Hawaii, - Momentum Generation 00:08
Being a white person in Hawaii,
I don't remember anyone's parents being over there. - Momentum Generation 00:04
I don't remember anyone's parents being over there...