North Shore (1987)

Directed by

William Phelps

Genre

drama film, action film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young surfer from Arizona travels to Hawaii to try to make it as a professional. He learns that his natural talent is not enough and he needs help from others.

energeticaspirationalsunnynostalgiclightheartedcoming-of-agesports-drivenmildly dramatic

What happens

North Shore is a 1987 American action drama surf film directed by William Phelps. The film is 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 to 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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