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Skateboarder Danny Way at the Woodward Mega Ramp in 2010. Way is the topic of the documentary "Waiting for Lightning." Jacob Rosenberg | Samuel Goldwyn Films

Movie review: ?Waiting for Lightning? for skateboard fans only

By Sean P. Means

| The Salt Lake Tribune

First Published Dec 06 2012 02:16 pm ? Updated 4 hours ago

The documentary "Waiting for Lightning" is equal parts action-sports highlight reel, touching personal story and infomercial for DC Shoe Co.

It focuses on Danny Way, the pro skateboarder who in 2006 jumped over the Great Wall of China on a skateboard. The film follows the preparation for this big stunt, as Way?s crew and Chinese contractors set up the massive ramp, while also interweaving Way?s backstory ? which includes family problems and his discovery of several father figures who guided him as he pursued his skateboarding dreams from an early age.

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?Waiting for Lightning?

Opens Friday, Dec. 7, at the Tower Theatre; PG-13 for dangerous sports action, some language and thematic material involving drugs and alcohol; 96 minutes.

Director Jacob Rosenberg interviews Way and many of his friends, relations and peers, but he never digs too deeply or draws out of them much more than the clich?d "this is what he was born to do" talking points. If you?re a fan of the sport, though, you?ll enjoy the footage of Way in action.

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