Ride the Wave

Ben is a big surfer talent and travels around the world with his dad to compete. But he struggles to find his place in the rule-bound world of competitive surfing. At home on the tiny and remote Scottish island Tiree, he isn't faring much better at trying to fit in at school. Instead, he becomes fascinated by the extreme challenges of big wave surfing. After a particularly violent encounter with the local bullies, his parents decide to pull all their three children out of school. They go to Ireland to give Ben a chance to surf the infamous monster waves at Mullaghmore. No one as young as Ben has surfed them before, and there is a very real risk of serious injury or even death.

Director Marty Robinson followed Ben for three years, and Ride the Wave has become a heart-warming documentary about growing up, finding your passion, and not least about the meaning of family.