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His second, Riding Giants, telling the parallel story of surfers such as Laird Hamilton, Jeff Clark and Kelly Slater, who pioneered the art of big-wave riding.
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Hawaiian big-wave legend Dave Kalama and actor James Marsden, best known as Cyclops from the X-Men films, also dropped in on the camp.
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Unlike the more traditional big-wave surfing documentaries that followed in the wake of Bruce Brown's 1966 genre groundbreaker, The Endless Summer, Keep Surfing has very little to do with ocean surfing.
George Heymont: Surfing Opposites: Hawaii's North Shore Versus Munich's Eisbach George Heymont 2011
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Unlike the more traditional big-wave surfing documentaries that followed in the wake of Bruce Brown's 1966 genre groundbreaker, The Endless Summer, Keep Surfing has very little to do with ocean surfing.
George Heymont: Surfing Opposites: Hawaii's North Shore Versus Munich's Eisbach George Heymont 2011
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Big difference between that film and capturing the danger and majesty of big-wave surfing, however.
Curtis Hanson to Direct Film About Surfer Jay Moriarity; Sean Penn May Appear | /Film 2010
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Unlike the more traditional big-wave surfing documentaries that followed in the wake of Bruce Brown's 1966 genre groundbreaker, The Endless Summer, Keep Surfing has very little to do with ocean surfing.
George Heymont: Surfing Opposites: Hawaii's North Shore Versus Munich's Eisbach George Heymont 2011
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Laird Hamilton's Maui Home Sells for $2.4 Million The Maui north-shore compound of big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton and his wife, professional volleyball player Gabrielle Reece, has sold for $2.4 million.
Private Properties 2011
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As for the big-wave folks, they're an intense crowd.
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An annoyed Dave Kalama, Ms. Casey says, put Mr. Sharp in a headlock at a charity event, telling the showman: "You represent everything I hate about big-wave surfing."
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"The Wave" is at its best when it dovetails discussions of big-wave science with reports of surfers 'efforts to climb aboard one of the behemoths.
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