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Riding giants / - Special ed. - Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Classics : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2005] - 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. - Sony Pictures classics . - Sony Picture classics. .

Special features: director and editor's commentary ; writer and surfers' commentary ; the making of Riding Giants (28 min.) ; Fuel TV Blue Carpet special: Riding Giants (21 min.) ; deleted scenes (16 min.) ; Milan Records promo ; Quiksilver promo ; previews.

Start -- Southern California -- Hawaii = paradise -- Astronauts of surfing -- Waimea Bay -- The impossible -- Wipeout -- The legends -- Gidget -- The big wave -- Surfing revolution -- Northern California -- Mavericks -- Making the wave -- Surviving the wave -- The leash -- Death of a surfer -- Invisible -- Oahu, Hawaii -- Laird -- Catching the wave -- Surfing evolution -- Jaws -- Hazardous to your health -- Purification -- Depression -- King of the waves -- The ultimate wave.

Edited by Paul Crowder ; director of photography, Peter Pilafian ; original music, Matter ; narration by Stacy Peralta. Edited by Paul Crowder ; director of photography, Peter Pilafian ; original music, Matter ; narration by Stacy Peralta.

Featured surfers: Greg Noll, Jeff Clark, Laird Hamilton.

Opening with a two-minute animation recapitulating the first 1000 years of surfing history, Riding Giants goes on to summarize the story of the big wave riding. Interviews with legendary big wave surfers, at celebrated breaks from Hawaii's North Shore to California's Mavericks, help explain how surfing became not just a hobby, but a culture and way of life. Viewers without any interest in surfing will come away with a greater appreciation for the sport, and a better understanding of what drives those who have given their lives to it.

MPAA rating: PG-13.


DVD, NTSC; Region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1 stereo, presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1, widescreen.


Restrictions: Educational use and Personal use.


In English, with optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned.

ISBN: 1404959750 9781404959750

Standard No.: 043396060067

Publisher. No.: 06006 Sony Pictures Classics

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hamilton, Laird.
Noll, Greg, 1937-
Clark, Jeff, 1957-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Surfing.
Ocean waves.
Surfing--Hawaii.
Surfing--California.
Surfing--History.--United States
Surfers--United States--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Films for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Sports films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

LC Class. No.: GV839.6 / .R53 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 797.3/2