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 Oahu and see if he has the skills to cut it as a pro surfer.
As he progresses on his journey, he learns the qualities he possesses are not going to pull him through alone.
The film climaxes with a surf contest on Banzai Pipeline.