The Perfect Wave: Big Wave Surfing in Portugal

The Perfect Wave: Big Wave Surfing in Portugal (2018)


  • Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 2018-04-05
  • Runtime: 0h 30min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Spiegel TV
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Director: Frank Gensthaler

Summary

The small Portuguese coastal town of Nazaré is unique in Europe. It became the Olympus of surfing in the 2010s. Monster waves roll ashore here between late autumn and spring. They are the largest in the world, so Nazaré is a hotspot for big wave surfers such as the German professional Sebastian Steudtner, the only German extreme athlete in this field who belongs to the world's elite. The giant waves are spectacular, but they are also extremely dangerous. They have given the former fishing port a new boom, because the activities of the surfers now attracts tourists in droves to the place even in winter. But accidents with serious injuries occur again and again. The documentary shows how the coastal town is handling the new attraction and how Sebastian Steudtner is preparing for a new record ride on the biggest wave on earth.

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  • Sebastian Steudtner

    as Self - Interviewee & Portrait Subject
  • Walter Chicharro

    as Self - Interviewee
  • Joao Vitorino

    as Self - Interviewee
  • Axel Haber

    as Self - Interviewee
Directing Frank Gensthaler Director
Writing Frank Gensthaler Writer
Crew Reinhart Lohmann Commissioning Editor
Camera Daniel Ritter Director of Photography
Editing Martin Mayer Editor

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