Riding Giants

Riding Giants
Directed byStacy Peralta
Written byStacy Peralta
Sam George
Produced byAgi Orsi, Jane Kachmer (producer)
Franck Marty, Nathalie Delest, Laird Hamilton (executive producer)
StarringGreg Noll
Jeff Clark
Peter Mel
Laird Hamilton
Gerry Lopez
Mickey Munoz
Darrick Doerner
Narrated byStacy Peralta
CinematographyPeter Pilafian
Sonny Miller
Edited byPaul Crowder
Music byMatter
Production
company
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • January 2004 (2004-01)
(Sundance)
  • July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09)
(United States)
Running time
101 minutes
CountriesUnited States
France
LanguageEnglish

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. The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.