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• The Ultimate Wave Tahiti Premieres in LA

The Stephen Low Company announces completion of production on The Ultimate Wave--Tahiti. The film premieres February 8th, 2010 at the California Science Center IMAX Theater.

The Ultimate Wave plunges audiences into the stunning beauty of an island paradise on a quest to find the perfect wave-riding experience. Filmed in 3D, The Ultimate Wave - Tahiti features nine-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater and showcases groundbreaking stereo footage of surfing action.

The Film. Kelly Slater and Tahitian surfer Raimana Van Bastolaer and a group of friends seek out the best waves breaking on the reef at Tahiti’s famed surf site Teahupo’o. As the surfer's quest unfolds, the audience is plunged beneath the surface of things, to explore the hidden forces at work shaping ocean waves and the islands that lie in their path. We navigate the cosmos and an ocean storm in a search for the source and nature of a wave’s energy. Exploring mountainous Tahiti, we are thrust into the turbulent volcanic past of the island and its neighbours and discover the seagoing, wave-riding roots of the islanders themselves—a culture still rich in the music, dance and lore of the sea. Beneath the ocean, swimming with our surfers, we explore the fragile beauty of the reef habitat—a turbulent, wave-shaping interface that envelops the island and nurtures the ocean’s multitudes in motion—fish, dolphins, sharks and whales. When the truly big surf arrives at Teahupo’o, surfing play becomes surfing survival as the riders artfully tackle some of the heaviest surf on the planet—spectacularly captured on the giant screen for the first time.

The Ultimate Wave Tahiti is produced by The Stephen Low Company and co-distributed with K2 Communications Inc.

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