Ride; the waves in Helen Hunts new movie

‘Ride’ is the tale of a single mother who travels across the US to join her college dropout son as he begins his new life as a surfer.

The film is written and directed by Helen Hunt: “I had this idea hearing the phrase ‘soccer mom’ all the time, in Canada you hear ‘hockey mom’, in LA you hear ‘surf moms.’ And there’s all these moms sort of benched while their kids play and I thought, ‘You should be flipping that around and we need to get the mother on the field or in the water so that was sort of the impetus for the movie.”

As well a writing and directing ‘Ride’ Hunt steps from behind the camera to perform in the movie, she says it was inevitable: 

“The first movie I made I told myself, I played this game with myself as if I wasn’t going to be in it and then ultimately I was. This time I didn’t bother because I really didn’t think I could get another actor to put up with what I put up with. I was in the ocean for nine hours at a stretch. You can’t ask a civilized human being to do that.”

‘Ride’ is currently making waves in the US and Canada.

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7.2 earthquake hits off Papua New Guinea, warning of 'hazardous tsunami waves'

Published time: May 07, 2015 07:33
Edited time: May 07, 2015 08:48 Screenshot from earthquake.usgs.gov

An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck off Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the US Geological Survey reported. This is just two days after a 7.4-magnitude jolt shook the southern coast.

The quake, which struck 150km southwest of the town of Arawa, appears to be relatively shallow. There have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties, Reuters says.

A tsunami alert has been issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre for islands in the region. "Hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300km of the epicenter along the coasts of Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea," the agency has warned.

7.2 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 07:10:22 UTCLat/Lon: -7.2771/154.534Depth: 22.11 http://t.co/4YueY5Bd5X

— Earthquake & Tsunami (@EQTW) 7 ??? 2015

It's the latest in a series of strong tremors to hit the region in recent days.

Tsunami threat to the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea from magnitude 7.2 earthquake. http://t.co/nbw2S4RQGS #PTWC

— NWS PTWC (@NWS_PTWC) 7 ??? 2015

READ MORE: 7.4 quake, aftershocks hit Papua New Guinea prompting tsunami scare

Papua New Guinea sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, the point of collision of several tectonic plates. There are a number of active volcanoes and earthquakes are common.

5.0 earthquake, 142km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. May 7 18:12 at epicenter (19m ago, depth 10km). http://t.co/ATnV7fIFcX

— Earthquakes Tsunamis (@NewEarthquake) 7 ??? 2015

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