Beyond the Break is an American drama series set in Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

, that debuted on The N in June 2006.

Synopsis

The series focuses on four women in the sport of professional surfing

Surfing

Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...

. Birdie Scott (Tiffany Hines

Tiffany Hines

Tiffany Hines is an American television actress and singer best known for her role as Michelle Welton on the Fox series Bones and Jaden on The CW's Nikita. She also co-starred in the TeenNick series Beyond the Break as Birdie Scott...

), Lacey Farmer (Natalie Ramsey

Natalie Ramsey

Natalie Ramsey is a television actress. She currently stars in the television series Beyond the Break as Lacey Farmer. She has also starred in Cruel Intentions 3 and Cherry Falls.-External links:...

), Dawn Preston (Suzie Pollard

Suzie Pollard

Suzie Pollard is a Canadian actress. She was one of the stars in the television series Beyond the Break as Dawn Preston. She has also had guest appearances on CSI: NY and Malcolm in the Middle....

), and Kai Kealoha (Sonya Balmores

Sonya Balmores

Sonya Balmores is an actress and beauty queen from Kalaheo, Hawaii who has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Balmores won the Miss Hawaii Teen USA title on May 16, 2004 at the Waikiki Sheraton Resort, at the same time Jennifer Fairbank was crowned Miss Hawaii USA 2005. Balmores represented...

) must overcome their differences in order to capture surf stardom. David Chokachi

David Chokachi

David Chokachi is an American television actor. He's best known for his role in the TV series Witchblade, Baywatch, and Beyond The Break. His father is Turkish and his mother is Finnish.-Early life:He attended Tabor Academy, an elite boarding prep school in Marion, Massachusetts...

, Baywatch

Baywatch

Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production...

 star, also stars as the girls' surfing instructor. Ross Thomas

Ross Thomas (actor)

Ross Schuler Thomas is an American film and television actor who currently has the regular role of Bailey Reese on the teen drama television series Beyond the Break.-Early life:...

 and Jason Tam

Jason Tam

Jason Tam is an actor and dancer. His most notable roles include Markko Rivera on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live, Paul in the 2006 revival of the Broadway musical A Chorus Line and Shoe on the teen drama Beyond the Break...

 round out the cast as two male surfers who have their eyes on Birdie and Dawn. Michael Copon

Michael Copon

Michael Sowell Copon is an American actor, model, producer, and singer. He is known for his role of Felix Taggaro in the television series One Tree Hill, playing Vin Keahi in the television series Beyond the Break, and starring in Power Rangers: Time Force.-Early life:Copon was born in Chesapeake,...

 has a recurring role as both Kai and Lacey's love interest. Season 2 premiered with an hour long episode January 5, 2007.

History

The show debuted in June 2006. Of the first 20 episodes filmed, the first 10 were shown as Season 1, while the following 10 aired subsequently as Season 2. The third season, consisting of 14 episodes, was originally set to premiere in early 2008 but did not officially air in the US until June 2009.

Throughout late 2007 and 2008, there had been many cancellation rumors largely due to the fact that The N had not aired any advertisements for a new season and rarely aired reruns of the show. The N later ran a promo announcing that free episodes of Beyond the Break were available on The Click (The N's broadband media player), possibly because of these rumors.

The third season of Beyond the Break first aired on the Canadian network Razer

Razer

MTV2 is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel. MTV2 is a lifestyle and general entertainment channel aimed at youth and teen audiences, airing a mix of music video programs, drama, comedies, talk shows and more....

 (now MTV2

MTV2

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...

). After a two year hiatus, it premiered in the US on June 8, 2009 on The N.

The N Soundtrack, released in 2006, contains songs from the series.