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A short documentary featuring waterman Kalani Lattanzi challenging the boundaries of Big Wave Surfing. Filmed in Nazaré and Rio de Janeiro, he faces the biggest waves in the world, in the most pure form of wave riding: bodysurf.
Kalani: Gift from Heaven
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WHY IS THIS NOT A FULL 90 MINUTES?!?! A stunning, jaw-dropping doc film about an extraordinary surfing legend. It's barely 25 minutes, and I could've so easily watched another 65 minutes more of it. I get that the whole gimmick of this particular doc is that you don't hear anything from Kalani to pretty much immortalize him to legendary status, but I was really really waiting for him to say something. Anything. At least a word. Still, he is an absolutely glorious all-time badass. My goodness, those waves!!
Kalani is a bit like Alex Honnold, he's a one-of-a-kind adventure sports legend doing something barely anyone else can do. And in this case, it's the purest result of: What if there…
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This was honestly the craziest thing I've ever seen anybody do. Bodysurfing in 50+ ft waves is insane and some of the shots in this capture it so well. The score was amazing, especially the opening track. My critiques would just be that there's a fairly large portion of the movie that's just people surfing (which was still beautiful to watch) and I would have liked to see other bodysurfers. I also would have liked to have heard from Kalani himself. He doesn't say anything in the movie which I though was slightly odd.