Riding Giants

Stacy Peralta follows up Dogtown And Z-Boys with an equally stunning documentary about the history of big-wave surfing culture. You are transported into the daring and free-spirited life of the pioneers whose passion for the sport spawned an industry that today touches the lives of millions. We meet Greg Noll, whose relentless push into Hawaii's "unridden realm" in the late 1950s earned him the nickname "The Bull." And Jeff Clark, Northern California's lone frontiersman who, after discovering the massive waves of Maverick's near San Francisco, rode there alone for over a decade. Riding Giants makes palpable the magnitude and terrifying power of the waves they seek to conquer, and the almost unfathomable combination of adrenaline and fear that the surfers experience each time they take on a monster swell.