Surf's Up (2007)
Bodacious Bods: Cody Maverick (Shia LaBeouf), Zeke "Big Z" Topanga/Geek (Jeff Bridges)
Why So Cool? True, it's for, you know, kids, but this surfing penguin docu-'toon is still spot-on.
When young, up-and-coming wave-jumper Cody Maverick wipes out during the Penguin World Surfing Championship, he needs to restore his confidence.
Thank goodness, then, that he's got oddball Geek (Bridges, channelling The Dude with ease) to mentor him - since he also happens to be Cody's favourite legendary board-walker known as Big Z.
It's a CG 'toon, but the montage of Cody learning to respect the ocean and trust in himself is a great surf moment.
Wipe Out Words: "You let the wave do the work. You don't fight the wave. You can't fight these big waves."
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