Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780788832000 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC ISBN: 078883200X Label: Walt Disney Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Walt Disney Video Release Date: March 05, 2002 Running Time: 92 minutes Studio: Walt Disney Video Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 1999 Sales Rank: 1406
Description: Hawaii's own Johnny Kapahaala suddenly finds himself in the cold mountains of Vermont, without his friends, his grandfather, and those famous Kauai waves! When some jealous locals make fun of his "island style," he must find a way to unite his past and present -- which leads to some awesome snowboarding and a radical downhill race! Starring Brandon Baker (THE JUNGLE BOOK: MOWGLI'S STORY) and Kirsten Storms (ZENON, GIRL OF THE 21ST CENTURY) JOHNNY TSUNAMI is one great ride full of surfing, skiing, snowboarding, and just plain fun, wherever you're from!
Amazon.com: In Hawaii 13-year-old Johnny has the market cornered on cool--his grandfather's the legendary surfer Johnny Tsunami, and he himself is a righteous riptide or two away from riding into the sunset, hang-10 style, with a surfing medal. He's also, in the familiar formula fashion of the bulk of family entertainment, a great kid who's about to be plunged willy-nilly into a world without waves (the Kauai-style waves he craves, anyway). In Vermont, where his creased-too-tight Dad's accepted a job at a la-di-da academy, waters get plenty choppy for Johnny. The prepsters don't dig his dress code, and to him, their snobbery in keeping "urchins"--public-school kids--from snowboarding on their side of the mountain is totally gnarly. As tensions with his schoolmates mount, already prickly Johnny-Pop relations plummet. Johnny and an urchin pal, army brat Sam, hop a military ride to Hawaii, where they hang with Johnny the elder and--yawn--figure out for themselves that they can't run, or surf or snowboard, away from their problems. Back in Vermont, Grandpa enjoins Johnny to inject his passion for surfing into snowboarding. That way, he's sure to wallop big-mouth Bret, an academy kid, in a mountainside ski/snowboard showdown. Suspense not being Johnny Tsunami's strong suit, guessing the winner isn't likely to inspire a lot of head scratching. Instead, what this flick may inspire is an appreciation for cool, air-catching sports and the concept that changing coasts or climates needn't mean social catastrophe for kids. --Tammy La Gorce
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Where is the DVD?
I just bought Johnny Kapahala-Back on Board on DVD, but this movie is still not available that way, I want both on DVD, not the 1st. on VHS and 2nd. on DVD.
Rating: - Not a review
I have found this movie at tower records, Dimple, and many other places for $4. Charging this much for a movie is totally ripping everyone off. The movie wasent that good, and you really need to lower ... Read More
Rating: - Johnny Tsunami
Johnny Kapahaala is living the good life: friends, beach, and awesome surfing. The only thing that threatens to ruin his fun is his dad, who approves of surfing just as much as Johnny would approve of ... Read More
Rating: - YES TOTTALY RICTER
this movie was totally ricter. My bra's and i were hangin out every single day just because this movie is the bomb!! I would recoment this movie to anyone who likes love movies or just totally narly shredding ... Read More
Rating: - Heart and Soul
This is a great movie! Johnny's parents are not very good "listeners," but his Grandfather is completely there for him. It's a Disney movie formula, but there's some truth to it...a kid doesn't really require a ... Read More
- Where is the DVD?
- Not a review
- YES TOTTALY RICTER