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On this episode of RISS, we document the most recent career achievements of Carissa Moore, a four time surfing world champion and Olympic contender. The perseverance that she has displayed throughout her life has brought her to this moment, the change to qualify for the U.S. Olympic surfing team. Watch this episode to see how far she has come.

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RISS is a docs-series capturing the ascent of four time surfing world champion and Olympic contender, Carissa Moore. Directed by Peter Hamblin, the series covers Carissa’s career from her youth to her chance to compete in surfing at the highest level, the Tokyo Olympics.

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Transcript
00:00Who wants to dance? Who wants to slow dance?
00:05We're back, rabbit down the hole, rabbit down the hole.
00:13I want a chance...
00:14Why is she smiling, you may ask?
00:16Yeah, she loves flying down long walls in pink suits,
00:19but this specific smile has something more.
00:22It's filled with joy, the joy that comes from a party wave,
00:25a family wave, a wave with Luke.
00:27Lipstick like dynamite.
00:30Those are like my favorite moments of surfing,
00:33is getting to share what I love with the people I love.
00:35We even had a party wave, baby.
00:37That's special, that's what I live for.
00:39Family is everything to me.
00:42I wouldn't be where I am today without them.
00:47Family is love, family is home.
00:49I'm so lucky to have so many people that love and care
00:53and are behind me and are there win or lose
00:56ups, downs, happy, sad.
00:59Like, they're always there.
01:01And they're steadfast.
01:03And, um, yeah.
01:06Family is everything.
01:08You recorded it!
01:09You already tracked it a little bit.
01:10No way!
01:11So you just can stand there?
01:12I'll just pretend.
01:13Taking time for others is important to me, selfishly,
01:17because it feels really good.
01:18It makes me happy.
01:19Um, and there is a hope that if I take time for others,
01:22that hopefully that will spark something in that person
01:25to do that for somebody else.
01:27That's what people will remember, is how you make them feel.
01:43It was cool because, um, I read a quote today when I was on a walk on one of the
01:48benches,
01:48and it says, life ends, but love is forever.
01:51And I feel like those little random acts of kindnesses are little bits of love.
01:55So, um, that's my goal.
01:58Oh no, I'm done!
02:04Whoop!
02:05That was Groovy!
02:06Great job!
02:07Great job!
02:09High five!
02:10Yeah!
02:13Light key.
02:14Okay.
02:14I'll do it again.
02:15How do I start again?
02:16I say...
02:17France was epic.
02:19Chris's performances were amazing.
02:21She's number one in the world.
02:22She has a chance to win in Portugal.
02:25Unfortunately for her, it did not go well.
02:28Lakey Peterson got some revenge.
02:30Portugal was a lot.
02:33It has now pushed the world title all to Maui.
02:36Three girls, all from the USA, fighting for not only the world title, but Olympic birth.
02:42We're here.
02:43We're in the thick of it.
02:44The reality is, world title scenarios, I can't pretend that it's not going to happen.
02:47Like, I'm not putting expectations on myself.
02:50Of course, I would love to win it at the end of the year.
02:52Ultimately want to, like, focus on my personal goals.
02:55That's what's most important to me.
02:57I think if you're having fun and you're enjoying what you're doing, that's when the magic happens.
03:03That's when other people can feel the magic.
03:05Pat shrugs to the camera and makes for some decent entertainment.
03:09I got my teeth now, memories.
03:11It seems to me that when you give authentically, you receive authentically.
03:15And on the eve of the showdown, they all came to support.
03:18By all, I mean Luke and Tuffy sitting quietly on the cliff.
03:21To Mitch, Bob, Leigh, Brandon, Dad.
03:24Always looking nervous and not much of a hugger.
03:27Greg, sis, mom, nana, pops, gran, Josh, the more aloha crew.
03:32The entire crew, friends and family from across the globe.
03:35A cliffside littered with love.
03:37They came to see Riss rise, and rise she did.
03:40Here's the reason why Carissa Moore is such a favorite here.
03:43Since the event came back on the schedule in 2014, she's only missed the final once.
03:48You kind of get an idea now of what Peterson and Marks are up against in this final event of
03:53the season.
04:12I mean, it kind of like chandeliered.
04:14I was like, it'll open up, it'll open up.
04:16And it opened up.
04:17So I'm stuck.
04:19I don't know anywhere like that.
04:23You're starting to realize it's time for the Lakey Peterson, Tyler Wright.
04:26He's seeing the impact of what that really means for the entire season.
04:30Tyler Wright looking pretty strong here this morning.
04:33Beautiful drive off the bottom.
04:35Little wave on the way.
04:37Lakey Peterson with priority.
04:39So a one maneuver wave for Lakey.
04:41Tyler Wright pushing hard with that rail work into a second turn.
04:45She stomps it.
04:46Just at the very end of the heap.
04:48Little decisions with priority.
04:50Taking the wrong wave.
04:51Starting to show the nerves and the drama and the pressure of that moment.
04:56Tyler Wright plays the ultimate spoiler in the title race.
05:01Lakey Peterson knocked out.
05:04Thought I would step in here.
05:06To avoid any confusion, Lakey being knocked out means that Carissa and Caroline Marks qualify.
05:12It's definitely, I wrote this goal to make the Olympics back last year.
05:15After J-Bang.
05:17After J-Bang.
05:18And...
05:19I'm so still.
05:21I don't even...
05:23Both.
05:26Okay, I'm done.
05:27You're not done yet, Riss.
05:29Two contenders remain.
05:30This next heat has considerable implications.
05:34Just trying to stay calm.
05:35If Stephanie can defeat young Caroline Marks, Carissa Kainani-Moore, Riss, will win her fourth world title.
05:42Ladies, let the drama unfold.
05:45And Caroline Marks looking to get started right now.
05:48Nice clean backside snap of the pocket.
05:51Hard off the bottom.
05:53Big section.
05:54Tags it.
05:55And takes a crazy wipeout.
05:57Nice hack in the pocket for Gilmore.
06:00Digs into a searing card.
06:036-7-3.
06:04Just leaving the door slightly open for Caroline Marks on a bomb out the back.
06:0827 seconds, babe.
06:11Waiting for scores though?
06:12Still waiting for scores.
06:13Right?
06:14Zero...
06:15Zero seconds.
06:18Caroline needs a what?
06:198.
06:20She needs an 8.
06:21They're really deliberate.
06:22I don't like...
06:24Waiting on that number.
06:26Chasing down a big score.
06:28It is not enough.
06:2915.
06:30She got a 6.
07:00I got 19 now memories.
07:04There's no better place to win a world title than home in front of your family and friends and in
07:08home waters.
07:09You know, it came full circle for me.
07:11We've had a mighty heart to show.
07:15In the sun.
07:19Trouble beating fires while the hell.
07:23Emotional reason.
07:26What's this one?
07:277?
07:308?
07:31We'll keep with the purple theme.
07:32There's 10.
07:349-10.
07:35Thanks for holding my lays, girls.
07:37Okay.
07:37Oh, wait.
07:38Hold on.
07:39I've...
07:40Five...
07:40Four more to give you.
07:42Ugh.
07:42I could be fast for a better end to my year.
07:45I mean...
07:48Wow.
07:49It was so much like...
07:51It was a good day.
07:52I...
07:53You will not be able to wipe this smile off my face.
07:55Like...
07:56For a really long time.
07:59It feels weird, kinda.
08:08I think there's just more surfing to do, you know?
08:11Love is ultimately all of our biggest goals in life.
08:15It's to find...
08:16Find love.
08:17To share love.
08:18To create that human connection.
08:20And...
08:21I feel very blessed that I...
08:22I have a life surrounded with love.
08:24And I have an incredible husband.
08:26Like...
08:26I found the person that wants to spend the rest of his life with me.
08:29So that's pretty awesome.
08:31Um...
08:31But then...
08:32Just being able to...
08:34Yeah.
08:35Share that love with other people, too.
08:37Have a dream.
08:39Be authentic.
08:40And fill it with love.
08:42Remind us, Riss.
08:43What was your dream again?
08:45What I wanna be when I grow up is a pro surfer.
08:48I don't really wanna surf...
08:49I don't wanna be a big wave surfer, but I wanna be like...
08:52Um...
08:54Like...
08:54Megan Abubo.
08:56And like...
08:56Take those kind of surf trips where you have...
08:59Go like to Fiji.
09:01And...
09:01Um...
09:02Australia.
09:03And that's...
09:04That's really what I wanna do.
09:05Just enjoy surfing and...
09:07Go surfing around the world with some of the girls.
09:10Well...
09:11Okay then.
09:12Cue the slow motion footage.
09:35Cause you...
09:43You mean...
09:46That's all.
09:47A little more...
09:47Oh, Oh.
09:47Oh, Oh.
09:49Oh.
09:50Oh, oh, oh.
09:57Oh, oh.
10:27Thank you!
10:31For listening again, or for the first time, or for the last time, we share this moment, and I am
10:41grateful for this.
10:43I was born to rage, for my father's pain, with my brother's style, for my mother's reign.
10:59We could use some hope, we must learn to cope, so be good with goodbyes, so be good with goodbyes!
11:15All right now!
11:17People, people, have you heard the good news?
11:21There's people, and people, they're running just like you.
11:25Today, I'll say, it's all that matters for now, for you and I.
11:32So people, people, have you heard the good news?
11:37There's people, and people, they're running just like you.
11:41Today, I'll say, it's all that matters for now, for you and I.
11:46Today, I'll say, it's all that matters for now, for you and I.
11:49So people, people, have you heard the good news?
11:53Today, I'll say, it's all that matters for now, for you and I.
12:22Well, that was freaking intense.
12:24It may not look like it at this point in time, but everything was good in the world.
12:29Riz, having won her fourth world title in qualifying for the Olympics, was honored
12:33at the Duke statue in Waikiki.
12:35Dad threw out a few hugs, which were well-documented, and Luke graduated from professional shell collector
12:41to official spokesperson for the more aloha spirit.
12:45In closing, Carissa's love-sharing mechanics have come full circle, packaged with a shitload
12:51of more aloha, so there is not much more to say other than...
12:56Ta-da!
12:56Who wants to dance, who wants to slow dance?
13:03With that rabbit down the hole, rabbit down the hole.
13:10I want a chance, I want to slow dance.
13:16And trap that rabbit down the hole, rabbit down the hole.
13:24Lipstick like dynamite, seven sticks of dynamite.
13:31Lipstick like dynamite.
13:38Lipstick like dynamite.
13:41Seven sticks of dynamite.
13:45Lipstick like dynamite.
13:48Thay night or wine.
14:04Who wants to dance, who wants to slow dance?
14:10To that!
14:11Rack it down the hole, rack it down the hole.
14:17Ooh, I want to dance, I want the last dance.
14:24And try that, rack it down the hole, rack it down the hole.
14:30I'll have to break it.
14:31Can I eat this?
14:32Yeah, sure.
14:34Well, it seems hard. I think you're lying.
14:39Okay.
14:40Okay, now here, wait.
14:40No, you look like...
14:43Dad.
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