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- Season 9 War in Congo- Trapped in a spiral of violence
- Season 9 Life between hearing and deafness
- Season 9 Is the sea swallowing up the land?
- Season 9 The intestine- The body's underappreciated control center and gut health
- Season 9 A childhood between Togo and Munich - In search of the truth
- Season 9 Pure luxury or bitter poverty - Living on a roof
- Season 9 The dilemma of international egg donation: going abroad for a baby
- Season 9 Cambodia - How microcredit is making the world's poor even poorer
- Season 9 In the shadow of trauma- Life after Auschwitz
- Season 9 Gas from Africa- Europe’s search for new suppliers
- Season 9 Challenges, heartache and confidence: Stories from Eastern Europe
- Season 9 Should we bring extinct species back to life?
- Season 9 How farmers are protecting the soil and our food security
- Season 9 Teenagers of Donbass: Growing up in war
- Season 9 Saving beavers and pond turtles
- Season 9 Haiti- The iron grip of the gangs
- Season 9 The fight for water in Bangalore
- Season 9 Africa‘s tech pioneers- Innovative solutions for a sustainable future
- Season 9 The American abortion war
- Season 9 Life in Canada's Great Bear Rainforest
- Season 9 The coronavirus pandemic and its consequences
- Season 9 Uganda - Protheses for a new life
- Season 9 Climate protection from moors
- Season 9 Rivers ans risk- Water crisis on four continents
- Season 9 The return of vultures to Europe
- Season 9 Luxury clinic for valuable horses
- Season 9 Panama - Navigating crises at the canal
- Season 9 Agribusiness in the USA - The dark side of productivity and profitability
- Season 9 Tracking pandemics: Detecting new diseases early
- Season 9 Hackers, malware and the darknet
- Season 9 Pirates - Simple sailors or brutal thieves?
- Season 9 Life after violence and explotation- The dark side of sex work
- Season 9 The global organ trafficking network
- Season 9 Camel racing in Egypt
- Season 9 Eternal Life? The secrets of the centenarians
- Season 9 The life of Pope Francis and its most important moments
- Season 9 Dr. Sanduk Ruit’s Himalayan mission
- Season 9 A sperm donor and his 30 children
- Season 9 Francis - A pope for the poor and the marginalized
- Season 9 Orlando- The dark side of the world's theme park capital
- Season 9 The Vietnam War
- Season 9 Bioplastics and other innovations against climate change
- Season 9 Nigerian communities vs. Big Oil
- Season 9 Germany’s rivers are dying - Pollution, extinction and the fight for clean water
- Season 9 How our relationship to work is changing
- Season 9 Buthan- Back to the roots, with a Buddhist monk
- Season 9 Son of the Mullah- Escape from Iran
- Season 9 Danger from the North Sea- The search for explosive ordnance from WWII
- Season 9 Hitler's Reich- Diaries of Nazi supporters, opponents and victims (1/4)
- Season 9 1945- The world after World War Two
- Season 9 Mennonites- A hidden world in Argentina
- Season 9 The cartels that control Mexico's mega market
- Season 9 A tough business- The oyster farmers of Arcachon
- Season 9 José Mujica- Life in a globalized world
- Season 9 Hitler's Reich- Diaries of Nazi supporters, opponents and victims (2/4)
- Season 9 What's life like for Canada's queer indigenous community?
- Season 9 A global longevity movement- Eternal life with biohacking?
- Season 9 Animals on Instagram - Costumed dogs and tigers in Lamborghinis
- Season 9 Hitler's Reich - Diaries of Nazi supporters, opponents and victims (3/4)
- Season 9 AI and biodiversity
- Season 9 The new face - The hyaluron beauty hype
- Season 9 Illegal cobalt mining in the Congo
- Season 9 Hitler's Reich- Diaries of Nazi supporters, opponents and victims (4/4)
- Season 9 Australia's king eucalyptus
- Season 9 Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci
- Season 9 The trade in human skulls from the colonial era- A disturbing legacy |
- Season 9 Orca interactions- Danger in the Strait of Gibraltar
- Season 9 The wonderful world of fungi
- Season 9 Exploiting Africa
- Season 9 Why did the Neanderthals die out?
- Season 9 The psychological impact of a world in crisis
- Season 9 The sacred birches of the Taiga
- Season 9 Defenseless people- The Yazidis and their lives after the genocide
- Season 9 War in Sudan- A surgeon and his team working to save lives in the Nuba Mountains
- Season 9 Artificial intelligence in agriculture
- Season 9 How a village in Senegal is using solar energy to bring itself into the modern age
- Season 9 An endless war: Iran, Israel and United States (1/2)
- Season 9 An endless war: Iran, Israel and United States (2/2)
- Season 9 How the internet warps our emotions
- Season 9 By train to Hudson Bay
- Season 9 Cape Verde: Island paradise with a dark side
- Season 9 Switzerland’s gold
- Season 9 Caregivers from South America negotiate Germany's jungle of red tape
- Season 9 Everyday life in the Bosnian War - What happened in Srebrenica?
- Season 9 How sustainable are tomatoes?
- Season 9 Crypto fraud: The OneCoin scandal
- Season 9 Superpower or escape from reality: What is maladaptive daydreaming?
- Season 9 Oppenheimer after Trinity
- Season 9 Without time, without light - How do the brain and body react?
- Season 9 Racism, hatred and terror - The global network of rightwing extremists
- Season 9 New alliances in East Asia?
- Season 9 Deep sea mining: What’s the true cost of renewable energies?
- Season 9 Nitrous oxide - How harmless is laughing gas really?
- Season 9 Are fish smarter than we thought?
- Season 9 A small Polish village saves the moors
- Season 9 Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union: Operation Barbarossa (1/2)
- Season 9 Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union: Operation Barbarossa (2/2)
- Season 9 Wars and their toxic legacy
- Season 9 Hiroshima - A story of survival, loss and forgiveness after the atomic bomb
- Season 9 Water - Too much and not enough
- Season 9 Burnout - What are the warning signs?
- Season 9 Treasure islands in the Pacific (1/2)
- Season 9 Treasure islands in the Pacific (2/2)
- Season 9 Is there an effective alternative to antibiotics?
- Season 9 Surfing - Once upon a wave
- Season 9 International adoptions - A global scandal
- Season 9 Superpower laughter - How humor makes us strong
- Season 9 PFAS - "Forever chemicals" in drinking water
- Season 9 Can Norway’s wild salmon be saved?
DW Documentary - Season 9 Episode 105 Surfing - Once upon a wave
0.00 48 minutes The documentary tells the fascinating story of surfing. With breathtaking footage, the film provides insights into a sport that has its origins in Polynesian culture. It was filmed on the coasts of Tahiti, Hawaii and California.
Surfing is a sport that’s far more than just a game: It’s also the expression of a culture.
In this case, it is the culture of a people who live with and on the water - the Polynesians. The art of riding the waves is their ancient heritage. Surfing was on the verge of extinction almost a century ago - a thorn in the side of Christian missionaries.
It owes its resurrection to a handful of young runaways, businessmen and rebellious young men and women from all over the world. Their stories are told here. Surfing grew in popularity around the world, and eventually became a competitive sport, earning a place in the Olympics.
