247 - Momentum Generation director Michael Zimbalist

Filmmaker Michael Zimbalist talks about the process and journey to make Momentum Generation. From 9 hour interviews with Kelly Slater, which characters and storylines got cut, Michael Zimbalist reveals gossip he unearthed within the hundreds of hours of archived Taylor Steele footage, and why HBO was interested in helping share a surf story. This interview was co-hosted by Marcus Sanders. Enjoy!

Momentum Generation Trailer

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HBO made a cool little clip of all of us on the red carpet. Link in bio to view it. Getting excited for December 11th. #momentumgeneration #hbodocs
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Here we go. Big Day tomorrow with the Momentum Generation crew. @taylorsteele took this photograph of @kellyslater getting prepped to appear on Australia’s The Project.
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Hawaii ‘95 Robs choice for the Strawberry pint. Kalani looks to be in approval of his choice. ? unknown
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Ross Williams and Benji Weatherley captured on the North Shore of Oahu on Halloween 1990. Just two wild and crazy guys dressed up as Steve Martin and Dan Ackroyd playing the Saturday Night Live Czech-born Festeunk Brothers, Yortuk and Georg. ? from @benjiweatherley archives.
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