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Slater: I think it's really important for American surfing
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Momentum Generation

I think it's reallyimportant for American surfing, because our level of surfinghas...

Slater:
I think it's really
important for American surfing, because our level of surfing
has improved drastically compared with the Australians
over the last few years

Full Transcript

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Slater: I think it's really important for American surfing,
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because our level of surfing has improved drastically
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compared with the Australians over the last few years.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:57
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.
Announcer 2: And the money goes to Rob Machado - Momentum Generation 00:06
Announcer 2: And the money goes to Rob Machado
( announcers continue, indistinct ) - Momentum Generation 00:13
( announcers continue, indistinct )
All of a sudden, being a pro surfer was a reality. - Momentum Generation 00:05
All of a sudden, being a pro surfer was a reality.
Different boards being rode... - Momentum Generation 00:04
Different boards being rode...
More aerials, more tail slides, - Momentum Generation 00:06
More aerials, more tail slides,
It was a different way of surfing from what was being done before, - Momentum Generation 00:06
It was a different way of surfing from what was being done b...
OK, we've got that, but now we're gonna start going above the lip. - Momentum Generation 00:05
OK, we've got that, but now we're gonna start goin...
Al Merrick: Kelly and I were really working on - Momentum Generation 00:08
Al Merrick: Kelly and I were really working on
I remember one time Kelly came down the line, surfing this wave, - Momentum Generation 00:16
I remember one time Kelly came down the line, surfing this w...
Fletcher Dragge: Back in the '70s and '80s, - Momentum Generation 00:05
Fletcher Dragge: Back in the '70s and '80s,
Pat O'Connell: At that time, there was a major drug culture - Momentum Generation 00:09
Pat O'Connell: At that time, there was a major drug cul...
And that was the thing that you could also package up - Momentum Generation 00:21
And that was the thing that you could also package up
Surfing used to be a subculture, - Momentum Generation 00:06
Surfing used to be a subculture,
Hurley: You bring on the X Games, - Momentum Generation 00:06
Hurley: You bring on the X Games,
MTV, youth movement, - Momentum Generation 00:10
MTV, youth movement,
The Momentum guys just leapfrogged - Momentum Generation 00:05
The Momentum guys just leapfrogged
The surf world just went 180 degrees-- broop! - Momentum Generation 00:05
The surf world just went 180 degrees-- broop!
Ross Williams: Those magical years - Momentum Generation 00:10
Ross Williams: Those magical years
As embarrassed as Kelly is by doing "Baywatch," - Momentum Generation 00:06
As embarrassed as Kelly is by doing "Baywatch,"
That turned a light on for surfing, - Momentum Generation 00:13
That turned a light on for surfing,