Верхом на гигантах (Riding Giants)

Верхом на гигантах (Riding Giants) Верхом на гигантах (Riding Giants)

Год выпуска: 2004
Вид спорта: Surfing
Участники: Jeff Clark, Darrick Doerner, Laird John Hamilton, Dave Kalama, David H. Kalama Jr., Brian L. Keaulana, Buzzy Kerbox, Titus Kinimaka, Gerry Lopez, Mickey Munoz, Greg Noll, Gabrielle Reece, Evan Slater, Kelly Slater, Darryl Virostko, Mike Waltze, Grant Washburn
Продолжительность: 1:41:13
Комментарий: Профессиональный (полное дублирование)

Лучший фильм о истории серфинга, да и вообще об экстремальных видах спорта. Очень качественно сделан фильм, о серфкультуре рассказано много такого, что не узнаешь, если не будешь находиться в этой культуре очень долго. В кино принимает участие огромное количество легенд серфинга. Потрясающие съемки.

The presentation is on DVD, widescreen, with excellent picture and sound.
"Riding Giants" traces the history of surfing, at least in and around the USA, beginning about 1000 years ago, when history tells us early Hawaiians began using some type of board to ride the surf. But the movie begins in earnest in the 1950s, when 20-something surfers like Greg Noll became what was commonly called "beach bums" and surfed every day, all day, if they could.
An interesting fact presented is the influence of the "Gidget" movies with Sandra Dee, and similar movies which followed. While they presented an unrealistic, fantasy viewpoint of the surfing scene, they became the catalyst for the surfing explosion. Withing a few years from the late 1950s to the early 1960, the number of surfers went from a few thousand to a few million.
One of the producers of "Riding Giants" is Laird Hamilton, professional surfer, generallyconsideredthe bestof thebigwavesurfers. The movie ends with him, profiling how he got into surfing as a young boy, and how he and his buddies invented the modern method of big wave surfing, being towed into a wave by jet ski, which also became the rescue boat. With this method they are now able to surf big, fast moving waves that are impossible to access the conventional way. Plus, this has allowed them to use much smaller boards, similar to snow boards, for more speed and agility.
Overall a very well-made and fascinating look at surfing. My favorite was Greg Noll who today is a heavy, round-faced older man in his 60s, but many film clips from the 50s and 60s showed him in action, considered the best of his generation. His present day interviews are both enlightening and very funny. Верхом на гигантах (Riding Giants) Верхом на гигантах (Riding Giants)