Holy Surf! - Once Upon a Wave

2024

7.3 (3)

French

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The history of surfing is like one long ride in which surfers relay the baton to each other across the years on a single, endless wave. In order to understand how this ancestral Polynesian tradition was able to span the globe and the eras until it became a competitive sport and eventually won a place at the Olympics, we’ll plunge into its history through the exceptional stories of those who allowed it to survive and be reinvented.

Status
Released
Production
Yami 2, Bilderfest, MacTV

Keywords

  • surfing
  • olympic games
  • tahiti
  • sports documentary
  • french polynesia
  • social & cultural documentary
  • surfers
  • surfing contest

Top Cast

Kelly Slater as Self

Top Crew

Benjamin Morel · Director

Christophe Bouquet · Director

Full cast & crew

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