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Riding Giants is a 2004 documentary film produced by Agi Orsi and directed and narrated by Stacy Peralta, a famous skater/surfer. The movie traces the origins of surfing and specifically focuses on the art of big wave riding. Some of the featured surfers are Greg Noll, Laird Hamilton, and Jeff Clark, and surfing pioneers such as Mickey Munoz.
Greg Noll (né Lawhead; February 11, 1937 – June 28, 2021) was an American pioneer of big wave surfing [1] and a prominent longboard shaper. [2] Nicknamed "Da Bull" by Phil Edwards in reference to his physique and way of charging down the face of a wave, [3] he was on the U.S. lifeguard team that introduced Malibu boards to Australia around the time of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. [1]
Riding Giants: English-speaking territories: July 16, 2004: Touch of Pink: Worldwide excluding the U.K., Ireland, India and Greece: Zhou Yu's Train: English-speaking territories and Latin America: July 28, 2004: She Hate Me: September 3, 2004: Warriors of Heaven and Earth: North America: September 17, 2004: Head in the Clouds
55: Riding Giants - 6.86 An exhilarating documentary on the history and culture of big wave surfing, featuring pioneering surfers, breathtaking footage, and the evolution of the sport from its ...
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Darryl "Flea" Virostko (born December 25, 1971) is a professional "big wave" surfer from Santa Cruz, California.He graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1991. He is a three-time Mavericks competition winner.
Mickey Muñoz, aka Mickey Munoz, nicknamed "The Mongoose", [1] (born 1937) is an early surfing pioneer and surfboard shaper.. He was featured in the 2004 surfing documentary Riding Giants.
Mel appeared in the movies Step into Liquid, Riding Giants, Chasing Mavericks and Peaking, Peter Mel. Mel has appeared opposite Gerard Butler in Chasing Mavericks. Mel is a broadcaster for the World Surf League. [2] He finished eighth in the 1998 Surfer Magazine Reader’s Poll Awards. [5]