![]() While returning the necklace, Geek finds Cody sitting on a koa log and offers to help him make a surfboard. Cody wakes up, but cannot find the souvenir necklace given to him by Big Z. Lani rescues him and takes him to her uncle, "Geek", to help Cody recover from his injuries. Tank wins the duel while Cody nearly drowns and is stung by a sea urchin named Ivan. Cody sees Tank vandalizing Z's memorial and immediately challenges him to a surfing duel. He also meets the arrogant king penguin Tank "The Shredder" Evans, who has won the contest nine times since it was first held after Z's presumed death during a previous match ten years ago. The entrants arrive at Pen-Gu Island, where Cody meets and immediately falls in love with Lani Aliikai, a female gentoo penguin who is a lifeguard. En route to the contest, Cody befriends another entrant, Chicken Joe, a friendly but dimwitted rooster surfer from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. ![]() When talent scout shorebird Michael Abromowitz arrives to find entrants for the Big Z Memorial surfing competition on Pen-Gu Island, Cody jumps at the chance. In a mockumentary, teenage northern rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick, living in Shiverpool, Antarctica, with his mother Edna and his older brother Glen, has yearned to be a professional surfer ever since meeting the famous surfer emperor penguin Zeke “Big Z” Topanga many years ago. A sequel, titled Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, was released direct-to-video in the United States on January 17, 2017, and theatrical in select countries. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 80th Academy Awards. The film grossed $152 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million. Surf's Up was released in the United States on June 8, 2007, by Sony Pictures Releasing, and received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the animation and humor. To obtain the desired hand-held documentary feel, the film's animation team motion-captured a physical camera operator's moves. Real-life surfers Kelly Slater and Rob Machado have vignettes as their penguin surfer counterparts. It is a parody of surfing documentaries, such as The Endless Summer and Riding Giants, with parts of the plot parodying North Shore. ![]() The film stars the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, and James Woods. It was directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck from a screenplay they co-wrote with Don Rhymer and producer Chris Jenkins, based on a story by Jenkins and Christian Darren. Surf's Up is a 2007 American animated mockumentary comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
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