North Shore (film)

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North Shore
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William Phelps
Produced by	Bill Finnegan Tim McCanlies
Written by	Randal Kleiser Tim McCanlies William Phelps
Starring	Matt Adler Nia Peeples Gerry Lopez John Philbin Gregory Harrison
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	1987
Running time	96 min
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

North Shore is a 1987 film about Rick Kane (Matt Adler), a young fictional surfer from a wave tank in Arizona, who heads to surf the season on the North Shore of Oʻahu and see if he has what it takes to cut it as a pro surfer. As he prevails on his journey, he finds out the qualities he possesses are not going to pull him through alone.

1 Synopsis
2 Professional surfers
3 Popular culture
4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Kane quickly finds out he has neither the skills nor the attitude to make it. After the Hui, led by Vince (surfing legend Gerry Lopez), take his stuff, he fortuitously runs into Turtle (John Philbin). Turtle introduces him to Chandler (Gregory Harrison), a shaper and soul surfer, who teaches Rick to surf and indoctrinates him in the nuances of the North Shore scene.

Kane also falls in love with Kiani (Nia Peeples),a beautiful local girl who encourages him to follow his dream.

[edit] Professional surfers

North Shore features professional surfers Shaun Tomson, Gerry Lopez, Laird Hamilton, Mark Occhilupo, Robbie Page (who plays Alex Rogers), Mark Foo, Derek Ho, Hans Hedemann, Ken Bradshaw and several others.