Riding Giants

from Film Forum, 08/26/04

Joining this year's parade of impressive documentaries, Riding Giants ,director Stacy Peralta's documentary about surfing, has critics and audiences cheering.

Michael Elliott (Movie Parables) says, "Peralta does much more than show us the exploits of the handful of men who rise to the top of the wave—he succeeds in getting us to understand a little of what drives them to the top in the first place… Riding Giants is a fascinating portrait of the trendsetters—the men who continued to push the envelope by seeking bigger waves and more inventive ways to ride them."

The film's getting positive buzz from mainstream critics.