Beyond Sight: The Derek Rabelo Story (2014)
84 min
Amidst the small beautiful city of Guarapari, Brazil, Derek Rabelo's father prayed that his son would become a famous professional surfer. Unfortunately on May 25th 1992, his prayer seemed unanswered when Derek was born blind. Seventeen years later Derek decided that despite his blindness he still wanted to surf and that he wanted to surf Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu. Through the encouragement of his parents, best friend, and surf coach, Derek embarked on a three-year journey of grueling mental, physical and spiritual training. As Derek perseveres towards his goal of surfing Pipeline, he inspires the best pro-surfers in the world including Kelly Slater, Damien Hobgood, Rob Machado, Lakey Peterson, Taj Burrow, Laird Hamilton and more, who are featured in the film. You will learn from Derek's story that the best journeys in life are walked by faith, and not by sight.
- Release date
- March 7, 2014
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
- Music
- Timothy Hosman
Cast
- Makua Rothman as Self
- Bethany Hamilton as Self
- Laird Hamilton as Self
- Faith Fay as Self
- Kala Alexander as Self
- Kelly Slater as Self
- Mike Stewart as Self
- Koa Rothman as Self
- Derek Rabelo as Self
- Rob Machado as Self
Crew
- Nathan Apffel · Producer
- Faith Fay · Producer
- Bryan S. Jennings · Producer
- Bruno Lemos · Producer
- Timothy Hosman · Composer
- Nathan Apffel · Cinematographer
- Faith Fay · Cinematographer
- Steve Kennedy · Cinematographer
- Bruno Lemos · Cinematographer
- Nathan Apffel · Editor