Please note: Waveriders will be showing at DCA at 4.15 and 9.00 on 7, 8, and 9 July, NOT at 3.00 and 8.00 as stated in the DCA Cinema Guide. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Waveriders is the untold story of the unlikely Irish roots of the worldwide surfing phenomenon and today’s pioneers of Irish big wave surfing. Shot through with the action and adrenalin you’d expect from a surf movie, Waveriders is also a meticulous charting of the sports origins. Narrator Cillian Murphy introduces the story of George Freeth, the son of an Ulsterman who re-introduced the Polynesian art of wave riding in Hawaii at the start of the 20th century after it had been stamped out by missionaries. The film traces how Freeth went on to transform and popularise the sport in California where he became the world's first lifeguard.

At the core of the film is the journey of a cast of top surfers as they trace an unexpected Irish connection to surfing and strive to meet the latest challenge of big wave tow surfing in Ireland. UK surf champion Gabe Davies, World champion Kelly Slater and American superstar surfers the Malloy brothers come together attempt to conquer the biggest swell to ever have been ridden in Ireland by catching monster waves of over fifty feet.

It will be the closest you'll get to experience the terrifying power of the ‘big ones’ short of diving in yourself, though if anything could tempt you to a life immersed in saltwater, it’s this film. Waveriders is most definitely not just for surfers; it will appeal to anyone who loves the outdoors and the sea.