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We were all rooting for him to win the world title
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Momentum Generation

We were all rooting for himto win the world title

We were all rooting for him
to win the world title

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We were all rooting for him to win the world title.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
10
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:16
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.
Machado: In '91, Kelly finished 44th. - Momentum Generation 00:05
Machado: In '91, Kelly finished 44th.
And then that next year, - Momentum Generation 00:05
And then that next year,
( crowd cheering ) - Momentum Generation 00:09
( crowd cheering )
Our levels were all rising, - Momentum Generation 00:07
Our levels were all rising,
Slater: I think it's really important for American surfing, - Momentum Generation 00:09
Slater: I think it's really important for American surf...
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,