Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 33. Chapters: A Scene at the Sea, Surf's Up, Point Break, Surf II, Surf Ninjas, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Soul Surfer, Beach Party, Meet the Deedles, Blue Juice, Shelter, Blue Crush, Big Wednesday, NYSurfFilmFestival, Ride the Wild Surf, Lost Prophets - Search for the Collective, Don't Make Waves, Surf film, Johnny Tsunami, Gidget Goes to Rome, Back to the Beach, North Shore, Chairman of the Board, Newcastle, Rip Girls, Monty Webber, In God's Hands. Excerpt: Surf's Up is a 2007 American computer-animated mockumentary family comedy film directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck. It stars the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel and Jon Heder among others. In production since 2002 at Sony Pictures Animation, it was the studio's second theatrical feature. The film premiered in the United States on June 8, 2007, and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is a parody of surfing documentaries, such as The Endless Summer and Riding Giants, with parts of the plot parodying North Shore. Real-life surfers Kelly Slater and Rob Machado have vignettes as their penguin surfer counterparts. To obtain the desired hand-held documentary feel, the film's animation team motion-captured a physical camera operator's moves. A documentary crew follows the events of Cody Maverick (voiced by Shia LaBeouf) a 17-year-old rockhopper penguin residing in Shiverpool, Antarctica. After a childhood visit from surf legend Zeke "Big Z" Topanga, Cody aspires to emulate the renowned legend by becoming a famous and respected surfer. Talent scout Mikey Abromowitz (voiced by Mario Cantone) arrives in Shiverpool scouting for surfers to compete in the Big Z Memorial Surf Contest. Cody joins the group of surfers, and quickly befriends Chicken Joe (voiced by Jon Heder), an easy-going surfer from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Soon after...