| North Shore | |
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| 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 |
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North Shore is a 1987 film about Rick Kane (Matt Adler), a young 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.
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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.
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.
Popular culture
The movie plot is the narrative for the song "Hui" by the Christian swing/ska band The W's on their CD titled Fourth From the Last.
