The Ripple Effect

Documentary 2016

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Twitch S2, E1: The road to success is a winding one. High school friends Justin Kan and Emmett Shear played with many different business ideas before they cracked the code and changed the way people look at video games with the online esports network Twitch TV.

Documentary 2016

EPISODE 1

GoPro

While on a surf trip escaping the aftermath of a failed U$4m investment, Nick Woodman hadn't planned to develop the prototype for the GoPro camera. But from a wrist-mounted surf camera held together by scraps, a whole new industry was born.
EPISODE 2

Vans

One of America’s most iconic brands struggled to get off the ground until Steve Van Doren made two decisions that launched Vans into the forefront of skateboarding and punk-rock culture.
EPISODE 3

O'Neill

Jack O’Neill’s passion for the sea was powerful enough to change the world of watersports. His innovation in design and knack for marketing pioneered the modern surf industry.
EPISODE 4

Surfline

Predicting the behaviour of the ocean was thought to be impossible until Sean Collins cracked the code. His research came from a desire to surf perfect waves, but his findings had a bigger global impact.
EPISODE 5

Quiksilver

From the bar bet where the Quiksilver brand was launched to its growth into a billion-dollar behemoth and then its eventual bust, the company's ride has been anything but mundane.
EPISODE 1

Twitch

The road to success is a winding one. High school friends Justin Kan and Emmett Shear played with many different business ideas before they cracked the code and changed the way people look at video games with the online esports network Twitch TV.
EPISODE 2

Wired

A group of prophetic technophiles fuse art, design, and technology to become the mouthpiece of the digital revolution. Wired magazine rides the bleeding edge of new age media and transforms scientists and nerds into the new rock stars.
EPISODE 3

Reddit

College roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian set out to create "the front page of the internet", a more efficient way to read news online, but wind up starting a media revolution that completely changes how the world interacts with content.
EPISODE 4

Juxtapoz

Blending the essences of punk rock, psychedelics, and pulp comics, Robert Williams invented the Lowbrow art movement. Shunned by traditional art media, he created a magazine to champion the misfits of the art world that led a creative revolution.
EPISODE 5

Moog

Bob Moog, an inventor and technologist with an obsession with electronic instruments, blends science and music to create a seismic shift in the sonic landscape with a modular synthesiser that opens up a new world of musical possibilities.
EPISODE 6

Atari

Nolan Bushnell, a businessman with carnival barker charm and a touch for electronics, changes global entertainment with his creation of the video game Pong. He not only revolutionises how people play games, but becomes the father of Silicon Valley.

Peter Hamblin

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The Ripple Effect

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These entrepreneurs changed action sports and youth culture. Their game-changing products, brands and breakthroughs have become larger than life, with influence still relevant today.

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Studio: MULTI
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016

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