Surf's Up Page #5

I would have to say it's not

the nicest board in the world...

...but it is a pretty good board.

The ancient Hawaiians believe

that "mana" or heart...

...was transferred into the surfboard

as you shaped it.

What are your thoughts on that?

What's up with the hair?

You could fit a whole fish in there.

My dream surfboard.

It's pretty powerful.

You can add a lot of attachments to it,

like a grenade launcher attachment.

Anybody know whose board this is?

- I'm pretty sure it's the chicken's.

- Has anybody seen the chicken?

Cody!

I know he's out here.

I can feel it in my nuggets.

Aren't you nervous out here

in the jungle? It's kind of dangerous.

Dude, the jungle is the most

peaceful place on the planet.

- Hold it steady.

- This is a dream come true.

This is a dream come true,

to be here with Z, doing this.

- And it's koa wood.

- Where's the...

All the best boards

are made from koa wood.

All right, now,

I drew this pattern as a guide.

Do you want to have your board

with a lot of rocker or just a little?

I don't know.

What you want is something

in-between. Trust me.

- I'm the expert here.

- Okay.

So...

...here are your shaping tools.

Now, remember, the board's

already inside there, see, somewhere.

And what you're doing

is you're trying to find it.

- Reveal it. All right?

- Okay.

Every carve counts.

Why are you smiling? Don't smile.

- I'm not smiling. I'm excited.

- This isn't like hacking a piece of ice.

It takes patience and finesse.

All right already. Can you just

give me the tools, please?

- Here, take it. Go ahead.

- Thank you.

- Here we go.

- What are you doing?

If you're gonna do it, do it right.

All right, look.

First of all, with the grain.

With the grain.

You see what I'm doing here?

You let the tool do the work.

You see?

Just like you're riding a wave.

You let the wave do the work.

You don't fight the wave.

You can't fight these big waves.

Long strokes. Loads of finesse.

Find the board within the tree.

- Nice and easy.

- Yeah, I got it.

See that? You just...

- You just...

- Maybe I could do it now.

Move with...

- With the...

- Can I do it now?

Can I do it now?

Yeah. I got carried away.

Sorry about that.

- It's your board.

- My board.

Okay, with the grain. I got it.

Don't forget to eyeball it

once in a while.

- Long strokes, with the grain.

- Not too long.

Here we go.

- You're doing it wrong.

- Will you just let me...

I can't... No finesse

when you're in my face. Okay?

Just let me make the board.

- Do you want my help?

- No, I don't want your help.

I don't want your help.

- You don't want my help?

- I don't want your help.

- All right. Fine.

- I want to make my board.

- Build the board yourself, all right?

- Thank you.

I don't care what the board

looks like. You're the one...

...who's got to ride the thing.

- Fine. Thank you.

- It's in there somewhere.

- Walk over there, please! Please.

Don't cut yourself.

So it's day three, yeah?

I come across Pen Guans.

I'm Chicken Joe. Joseph.

It's long for Joe.

Sweet, man.

And they treat me as their king

and put me in a hot tub.

It is, I guess, their royal hot tub.

It got kind of hot and steamy.

But really opened up

my pores, you know?

It was kind of cool.

They served me food

while I was in there.

It was like dinner and a show.

As enjoyable as it was,

I still had a vision of my quest.

Thank you. See you guys later.

I gotta get going.

Not again.

You know what else it was?

I had the board.

The board was fine.

The board was great.

- How's it going?

- It's going great, man. It's great.

It did look a little rough.

A little rough? The board looked

a little... It's a work in progress, bro.

You think it's good enough

for the big waves?

I think it's good enough

for any wave.

Hang on.

- Okay, let's say I'm a big wave.

- Hold on. No, no, no, no.

- Hey, where you...

- Hold on!

- Where are you going?

- It's my board, man, all right?

Why don't you take your board

and go try it out?

Maybe I will. Piece of junk. Watch!

Nice ride, man.

Nice ride.

This is supposed to be fun.

I got three days until the contest.

I don't have time for fun.

No time for fun, huh?

- Hey, Cody!

- What?

Bring me some clams

when you come back!

I'm not coming back!

- He'll be back.

- No, I won't!

He'll be back.

- You guys like barbecue?

- Yeah, sure.

Got some wood here.

I wasted my whole day and I have

nothing to show for it, which is...

- I was just going to check on you...

- That's why you were...

...and the Geek.

- Listen. The Geek is Big Z.

- What?

- I know.

- You know?

- How did you find out?

- We went to the beach.

- You got him to the beach?

- Yeah.

I've been trying to get Z

out of that tree for 10 years...

...and you got him all the way

down to the beach in one day?

This is fantastic!

It's amazing!

Do you want to go somewhere fun?

Do you want to go somewhere

really, really fun?

Unless you want...

Did you want to get back to Big Z?

- I'm sorry. I shouldn't have invited you.

- No, no, no.

- What? Okay. No?

- No, look. I want to have fun.

- Okay.

- Do I need mints or something?

- You tell me.

- No, you won't need mints.

Z used to carry us up here on his

shoulders. We'd have so much fun.

- It's one of my favorite spots.

- Really?

- Boy, to be 8 years old again.

- What is this?

You don't want to

get all cut up, do you?

Hold on. What are you doing?

No, no, no. I'm out of here.

I'm better off...

It's going down! No, no, no!

- This is insane!

- Stop fighting it, Cody! Just let go!

All right!

Now I'm in front of you.

What's going on now?

It's not a race!

Okay, wait, don't take the left...

Cody!

- Give up, slowpoke! It's over with now!

- Not for long!

Give up now, sucker!

- I beat you!

- Congratulations, you sure did.

You should probably

get out of there.

Why is that? This stuff is...

Look at me. It's so beautiful.

Look at it. What is this stuff?

See those things up above you?

They're glowworms.

So you're right beneath them.

Yeah, that's poop.

You know how some stinks stink

and other stinks smell good?

- Yeah.

- This is, like, a good stink.

A good stink?

Can I tell you something personal?

We're in the shower together.

You can say whatever you want.

I'm serious. I'm really, really

jealous of you.

Why?

I couldn't get Z off his butt

for the last 10 years...

...and then you come along and...

He must really think a lot of you.

I don't know. I've been a jerk to him.

I don't know what he thinks.

- You haven't.

- I have. I've been a jerk.

- I have.

- Then go not be a jerk.

What does it matter to you anyways?

He's my uncle.

He's the only family I've got.

Okay.

Z? No.

No, no, no, don't you do it.

Z, don't do it. No.

- No.

- Let's see here.

- I swear...

- It's stronger than I thought.

...if you break it...

- Should've been broken by now.

Come on! Come on!

Look at that.

That's the best place

in the world to be, in the tube.

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