Release Date: Jan 1, 2001 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.7/5
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In this youthful surfing adventure, a hot young surfer wins a wave-tank contest in his native Arizona and decides to temporarily abandon his studies to hit the fantastic waves of the Hawaiian North shore pipeline. Once there, he is derided by the other surfers because nobody believes that a boy from the desert could possibly know anything about surfing real waves. Fortunately, an aging hippie (and supremo surfer), who designs boards for a living, believes in him and so teaches him the ropes.
Jan 1, 2001 Wide
Jan 7, 2003
MCA Universal Home Video
All Critics (5) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (2)
Not bad for an 80's surf movie. I've been trying to remember this one for a while. All I could recall was that there was film that was kind of like the Surf version of Karate Kid. There was a "retired" old pro - that had mellowed out to be more in tune with the waves, the world ;) - training him reluctantly, but making
April 2, 2011
Super Reviewer
A favorite. Call me crazy, but I like this! Great!
December 29, 2007Super Reviewer
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