i have this movie on dvd and must have watch it thirty time by now . i must really love it and right . well and not really . i be a surfer earlier in my life and and i love the sport . to this day and i be fascinate by good surfing . rid giant have plenty of that and and thus i be a sucker for the thing . but i definitely have some bone to pick with it . ( peralta and you listen . ) . first and the movie have too little faith in it subject matter . the cutting and editing of the wave be such that the majority of them be sort of ruin . very and very few wave be actually show ridden from start to finish . peralta seem addict to a hyper kinetic and cut and pace method . it get especially bad in the middle section on the spot maverick in northern california . not a single wave be ridden start to finish . almost the entire section on maverick ( one third of the movie ) be a jarring montage of clip with an equally jarring soundtrack . i can understand the effect peralta be try to achieve with maverick and a the place be a truly frightening mix of bone crush wave in frigid open ocean chop and but he go way too far . maverick be not just a bad acid trip . wave be actually ridden there and even with great performance . it would have be good to see some of them . if peralta think this be a grand sport ( and i be sure he do ) and then why do he insist on mess with the subject matter so much . at time and the editing reduce the movie to the inscrutable . there be one fast clip in the section on peahi in hawaii and which i still can not understand . even if i run it on slow motion on dvd and the image be too fast to be decipherable . it must be a couple of frame in length at the max . second and have the guy who make this thing ever learn about understatement . it be particularly galling to watch the narrated director version on dvd . these guy sound like two over the top valley girl . the same sentiment show up in the main production . every thing be always so goddamn amazing etc . one character in particular be just plain obnoxious sam george and the editor of surfer magazine and who be practically pee in his pant every time he have anything to say . he be a super drag on the movie . there be a tremendous amount of effort that go into this movie . i mean and just to get the old movie shot they have and and also and all of the interview . the movie be a great story and and i think it be generally captivating entertainment . thematically it be well lay out and with the three part center around greg noll and jeff clark and and laird hamilton respectively . there be some us of still photography that be phenomenal . in the director narration and they say it be a new type of 3d technology and and it really work . the three principle character shine and both in their interview and in the water . a an athlete and laird hamilton be a revelation . he rise to the pinnacle of his sport in a way that i have only see michael jordan do in basketball . and too and the story of his meet his father be a gem . it really touch me . it be just that the movie could have be so much more . the very last part of the movie and when the credit roll and give a hint of what it could have be . there be some beautiful panoramic shot of wave with a magnificent soundtrack . ( the soundtrack in the rest of the movie be rubbish and though you may like it if you be fan of the modern and frenetic school of rock . ) anyway there my two cent .