| Sports documentaries 15:51 - Jan 7 with 1693 views | hatch |
Just finished watching 100 foot wave - incredible six part doc on sky (hopefully available elsewhere too).
I’m not usually into sports docs but found this one great and I have zero interest in surfing. It follows about a 10 year period of big waves been discovered for surfing in Nazare, Portugal. It’s jaw dropping footage and some twists and turns through the documentary that sucked me in.
Also watched 14 peaks on Netflix this week which was a documentary about Nims Purja’s attempt to climb 14 +8000ft peaks in 7 months. Never been done before.
There’s the obvious list of All or Nothing Docs, Sunderland til I die, The Last Dance etc but wondered if there were any more niche ones that surprised people. I really need to find time to get through Drive to Survive as well. |  | | |  |
| Sports documentaries on 15:56 - Jan 7 with 1661 views | Charlie_pl_baxter |
Really wanted to watch this but didn't know it was on Sky, thanks for flagging! |  |
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| Sports documentaries on 15:59 - Jan 7 with 1642 views | Giant_Midget |
The two Escobars, which is on Iplayer currently. And Free solo are both very good. |  | | |
| Sports documentaries on 16:00 - Jan 7 with 1642 views | pablo_canooga |
Free Solo is probably the maddest thing I've ever seen. Quite incredible what Alex Honnold accomplished. |  | | |
| Sports documentaries on 16:22 - Jan 7 with 1597 views | Illinoisblue |
Don’t know if they’re available in UK but ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary series has some incredible work. Their one on Hillsborough was really well done. Obviously most of their content is US-centric but still some great viewing. |  |
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| Sports documentaries on 16:50 - Jan 7 with 1565 views | Bluespeed225 |
Is that where the surfers have an equally nutty jet skiing mate to tow them out, and to grab them before they get smashed into the rocks? Bonkers! |  | | |
| Sports documentaries on 16:53 - Jan 7 with 1561 views | hatch |
| Sports documentaries on 16:50 - Jan 7 by Bluespeed225 |
Is that where the surfers have an equally nutty jet skiing mate to tow them out, and to grab them before they get smashed into the rocks? Bonkers! |
That’s the one.
Rated 100% on rotten tomatoes.
Gnarly stuff
You can actually watch the live webcam where they’re currently surfing some beasts: https://nazarewaves.com/en/webcams [Post edited 7 Jan 2022 16:57]
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| Sports documentaries on 19:11 - Jan 7 with 1488 views | factual_blue |
Escape To Victory tops the lot. Fantastic true story. |  |
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| Sports documentaries on 19:13 - Jan 7 with 1483 views | hype313 |
I believe in miracles about Clough is very good. |  |
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| Sports documentaries on 19:28 - Jan 7 with 1466 views | thecheek |
Team Foxcatcher (Wrestling) on Netflix
Red Penguins (Ice Hockey) - BBC Storyville documentary
Both highly recommended, incredible stories [Post edited 7 Jan 2022 19:38]
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| Sports documentaries on 19:44 - Jan 7 with 1439 views | budgiebasher |
| Sports documentaries on 16:22 - Jan 7 by Illinoisblue |
Don’t know if they’re available in UK but ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary series has some incredible work. Their one on Hillsborough was really well done. Obviously most of their content is US-centric but still some great viewing. |
A clutch of them are available on Disney Plus in the UK. Mainly basketball related. Not my sport some great docs there - Survive and Advance is an incredible story - highly recommend it |  |
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| Sports documentaries on 19:50 - Jan 7 with 1421 views | budgiebasher |
Some others worth watching: Hoop Dreams, Maradonna, King of Kong (not quite sport but amazing story), fire in Babylon … | |
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| Sports documentaries on 19:56 - Jan 7 with 1409 views | WeWereZombies |
Some more surfing for you, saw this at the Gaumont when it came out, mainly for the Pink Floyd soundtrack:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125713/
This is on YouTube but split into six parts and with Portuguese subtitles. |  |
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| Sports documentaries on 20:02 - Jan 7 with 1402 views | Coastalblue |
| Sports documentaries on 19:50 - Jan 7 by budgiebasher |
Some others worth watching: Hoop Dreams, Maradonna, King of Kong (not quite sport but amazing story), fire in Babylon … |
King Of Kong probably one of my all time favourite documentaries.
I really enjoy Drive To Survive, I know you already mentioned it, not that into F1 these days but do enjoy that and pretty much happy to use that as my way of watching, albeit somewhat behind.
The one about the England Cricket team was good, can't remember the name, The Edge maybe? |  |
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| Sports documentaries on 20:10 - Jan 7 with 1387 views | Snedders |
Icarus - Netflix
Lance - BBC
The Trials of Oscar Pistorius - BBC
The Test: A New Era for Australia's Team - Amazon Prime |  | | |
| Sports documentaries on 20:42 - Jan 7 with 1362 views | budgiebasher |
| Sports documentaries on 20:02 - Jan 7 by Coastalblue |
King Of Kong probably one of my all time favourite documentaries.
I really enjoy Drive To Survive, I know you already mentioned it, not that into F1 these days but do enjoy that and pretty much happy to use that as my way of watching, albeit somewhat behind.
The one about the England Cricket team was good, can't remember the name, The Edge maybe? |
Yeah, King of Kong is too good - one of my all time favourites as well | |
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| Sports documentaries on 21:42 - Jan 7 with 1308 views | eastangliaisblue |
100ft wave and 14 peaks are both very good.
Another interesting documentary is the one about Andre the Giant. Its on Sky documentaries I believe. |  | | |
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