Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
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Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board is the 70th Disney Channel Original Movie and is the sequel to the 1999 film Johnny Tsunami
. The movie premiered on Disney Channel
on June 8, 2007. 1.3 million viewers watched this movie in the U.L placing 3rd in its timeslot. It was outrated by two new Hannah Montana
episodes following it (1.7 million and 2.2 million).
, Hawaii
, for the wedding of his hero – his grandfather, local surf legend Johnny Tsunami – and to catch a few famous Oahu wave. He is excited for his grandpa to get married as he anticipates finally getting an uncle to hang out with. As soon as he comes, he meets up with his old friend, Sam who moved to Hawaii from Iceland after four years. After catching his grandpa giving surfing lessons to a bratty kid on the beach he meets his fiancee- a young widow named Carla from Philadelphia. He gets excited to hang out with his new uncle until he realizes his "Uncle Chris" is the 12 year old kid his grandpa was teaching to surf. They quickly get off to a bad start, but Johnny remains determined to get Chris to like him.
The next morning, Johnny's grandpa shows him the reason Carla and Chris moved to Hawaii- a dilapidated surf shop she has to open to generate money that his grandpa plans on opening too- in one week. Chris is seen across the street at the local Skate shop. The crew there is the Dirt Devils. The crew was led by Jared, the team captain and Troy the owner of the shop whom they all depended on to get them sponsorship. The group, except for Val, all pick on Chris which causes him to want to prove himself. They tell him to do a dangerous ride down a large sanddune on illegal property but gets caught by the police and kicked off. Chris is banned from dirt boarding further straining his relationship with Johnny.
The next day after catching his grandpa in a suit doing business with an interesting looking man at the bank, Sam and Johnny catch Chris heading off with the Dirt devils. They follow him to a barge set up with a skate park. But before Chris can skate, Johnny and Sam show him up by skating the barge. Annoyed, Chris runs away and when he gets home gets into a fight with Johnny and tells him to leave him alone. So, the next morning, Johnny's grandpa lets him go off and surf. He bumps into Val and gives her a surfing lesson, making Chris jealous and upset. Forced to hang out with Chris, Johnny and Sam blackmail him into coming along with him for a day. With Val, they go dirtboarding, ride ATVs, and to Chris' surprise, have a good time and Johnny and Chris finally start getting along. Oddly enough, the strange business man he saw earlier was Val's dad- Val said he liked to "own stuff", like profits and businesses.
Meanwhile, at the shop, Jared and Troy got into an altercation with Johnny's Grandpa and Carla when they planned to sell dirtboards and when Chris comes in telling Troy about the great time he had at Val's he says to Johnny's grandpa to "keep his little spy away from his place", upsetting Chris. The next day, the group headed out to a dirt boarding event to meet Akoni Kama and possible sponsors but they kicked Val out of the Dirt Devils for hanging with Johnny and Chris, the "competition". Johnny and Sam, who were looking for Chris who had run away from home, drove to the event with Val, to find Chris fighting with Jared on when he could join the Dirt Devils. He agrees to do a dangerous jump the next day during the rehearsal dinner for Carla and Johnny's wedding and the night before the opening of the shop.
Though Johnny tells him that he isn't allowed to go to do the jump, he tricks Johnny into think he has changed and comes along with him into town to get items for the rehearsal dinner that night, but runs away to find the Dirt Devils. By the time Johnny finds him, he does the jump- and ends up with a broken arm/wrist. They go back home and begin to set aside their differences and get along, when they got news of a break-in at the shop. The store was trashed. Jared is immediately arrested after he is found with a bag of broken gear from the shop. Troy comes over and denies being involved in the break-in. He then tells Chris that he is fit to join the Dirt Devils, which he still wants to do even after the break-in at the shop and their indifference when he was injured, but both Johnnys say no. Chris runs away saying that he hates the family, leaving Carla feeling guilty about bringing him along.
Carla decides to move back to Pennsylvania in a conversation with Johnny's Grandpa, which Chris overhears. He feels guilty about causing their break-up. He feels even more guilty after a conversation with Val in which he decides he has to do something to fix it, but doesn't know how to. Johnny then says that he is lucky he has a smart nephew and tells him to follow him. Eventually with help from Val, Sam and Johnny he fixes the surf shop and decides to stop hanging with the Dirt Devils. Then at the opening, the store becomes a huge success, with even pro-dirt boarder Akoni Kama coming.
Meanwhile across the street at the Dirt Devils, they find Troy in a heated argument with Val's dad over negotiations breaking down on condos being built for him to move to, leaving the Dirt Devils and over him supplying for Johnny and Carla's shop. Even the Dirt Devils, betrayed and angry, turn on Troy. He then gets into a fight with Johnny's grandpa over who can sell dirt boards in their shop. Johnny, realizing that he's never seen the "godfather of dirtboarding" ride before tells him to be quiet and eventually challenges him to a mountain boarding race to see who can sell the dirt boards. If Johnny wins, they can both sell them and if Troy wins, he can sell them.
The next morning, Johnny prepares for the race by eating his Wheaties. He and Chris finally reach terms of friendship and he helps him with the race, by describing the course set up by Val's father so the Dirt devils could mountain board safely and legally. The race begins with Troy in the lead for a large portion of the time, until the ending when he falls when doing one of three required tricks and Johnny wins the race, and crashes into the barrier at the finish line. Carla and Johnny finally decided to get married and both Johnnys get a new friend.
Johnny Tsunami
Johnny Tsunami is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie. It was nominated in 2000 for the Humanitas Prize as Children's Live-Action Category. Johnny Tsunami is the predecessor to Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board, released in June 2007.-Plot summary:...
. The movie premiered on Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
on June 8, 2007. 1.3 million viewers watched this movie in the U.L placing 3rd in its timeslot. It was outrated by two new Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
episodes following it (1.7 million and 2.2 million).
Plot summary
Johnny "Pono" Kapahala, a teen snowboarding champion from Vermont, returns to OahuOahu
Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
, 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...
, for the wedding of his hero – his grandfather, local surf legend Johnny Tsunami – and to catch a few famous Oahu wave. He is excited for his grandpa to get married as he anticipates finally getting an uncle to hang out with. As soon as he comes, he meets up with his old friend, Sam who moved to Hawaii from Iceland after four years. After catching his grandpa giving surfing lessons to a bratty kid on the beach he meets his fiancee- a young widow named Carla from Philadelphia. He gets excited to hang out with his new uncle until he realizes his "Uncle Chris" is the 12 year old kid his grandpa was teaching to surf. They quickly get off to a bad start, but Johnny remains determined to get Chris to like him.
The next morning, Johnny's grandpa shows him the reason Carla and Chris moved to Hawaii- a dilapidated surf shop she has to open to generate money that his grandpa plans on opening too- in one week. Chris is seen across the street at the local Skate shop. The crew there is the Dirt Devils. The crew was led by Jared, the team captain and Troy the owner of the shop whom they all depended on to get them sponsorship. The group, except for Val, all pick on Chris which causes him to want to prove himself. They tell him to do a dangerous ride down a large sanddune on illegal property but gets caught by the police and kicked off. Chris is banned from dirt boarding further straining his relationship with Johnny.
The next day after catching his grandpa in a suit doing business with an interesting looking man at the bank, Sam and Johnny catch Chris heading off with the Dirt devils. They follow him to a barge set up with a skate park. But before Chris can skate, Johnny and Sam show him up by skating the barge. Annoyed, Chris runs away and when he gets home gets into a fight with Johnny and tells him to leave him alone. So, the next morning, Johnny's grandpa lets him go off and surf. He bumps into Val and gives her a surfing lesson, making Chris jealous and upset. Forced to hang out with Chris, Johnny and Sam blackmail him into coming along with him for a day. With Val, they go dirtboarding, ride ATVs, and to Chris' surprise, have a good time and Johnny and Chris finally start getting along. Oddly enough, the strange business man he saw earlier was Val's dad- Val said he liked to "own stuff", like profits and businesses.
Meanwhile, at the shop, Jared and Troy got into an altercation with Johnny's Grandpa and Carla when they planned to sell dirtboards and when Chris comes in telling Troy about the great time he had at Val's he says to Johnny's grandpa to "keep his little spy away from his place", upsetting Chris. The next day, the group headed out to a dirt boarding event to meet Akoni Kama and possible sponsors but they kicked Val out of the Dirt Devils for hanging with Johnny and Chris, the "competition". Johnny and Sam, who were looking for Chris who had run away from home, drove to the event with Val, to find Chris fighting with Jared on when he could join the Dirt Devils. He agrees to do a dangerous jump the next day during the rehearsal dinner for Carla and Johnny's wedding and the night before the opening of the shop.
Though Johnny tells him that he isn't allowed to go to do the jump, he tricks Johnny into think he has changed and comes along with him into town to get items for the rehearsal dinner that night, but runs away to find the Dirt Devils. By the time Johnny finds him, he does the jump- and ends up with a broken arm/wrist. They go back home and begin to set aside their differences and get along, when they got news of a break-in at the shop. The store was trashed. Jared is immediately arrested after he is found with a bag of broken gear from the shop. Troy comes over and denies being involved in the break-in. He then tells Chris that he is fit to join the Dirt Devils, which he still wants to do even after the break-in at the shop and their indifference when he was injured, but both Johnnys say no. Chris runs away saying that he hates the family, leaving Carla feeling guilty about bringing him along.
Carla decides to move back to Pennsylvania in a conversation with Johnny's Grandpa, which Chris overhears. He feels guilty about causing their break-up. He feels even more guilty after a conversation with Val in which he decides he has to do something to fix it, but doesn't know how to. Johnny then says that he is lucky he has a smart nephew and tells him to follow him. Eventually with help from Val, Sam and Johnny he fixes the surf shop and decides to stop hanging with the Dirt Devils. Then at the opening, the store becomes a huge success, with even pro-dirt boarder Akoni Kama coming.
Meanwhile across the street at the Dirt Devils, they find Troy in a heated argument with Val's dad over negotiations breaking down on condos being built for him to move to, leaving the Dirt Devils and over him supplying for Johnny and Carla's shop. Even the Dirt Devils, betrayed and angry, turn on Troy. He then gets into a fight with Johnny's grandpa over who can sell dirt boards in their shop. Johnny, realizing that he's never seen the "godfather of dirtboarding" ride before tells him to be quiet and eventually challenges him to a mountain boarding race to see who can sell the dirt boards. If Johnny wins, they can both sell them and if Troy wins, he can sell them.
The next morning, Johnny prepares for the race by eating his Wheaties. He and Chris finally reach terms of friendship and he helps him with the race, by describing the course set up by Val's father so the Dirt devils could mountain board safely and legally. The race begins with Troy in the lead for a large portion of the time, until the ending when he falls when doing one of three required tricks and Johnny wins the race, and crashes into the barrier at the finish line. Carla and Johnny finally decided to get married and both Johnnys get a new friend.
Cast
- Brandon BakerBrandon BakerBrandon Baker is an American actor. He is known for the made-for-TV movies, such as Disney movies Johnny Tsunami and its sequel Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board as well as for his role on the short lived NBC sitcom One World. In 2002, he appeared in episodes of the Disney Channel original series...
as Johnny "Pono" Kapahala - Jake T. AustinJake T. AustinJake T. Austin is an American actor and voice actor. Beginning a career as a child actor at the age of seven, Austin is a five-time Young Artist Award nominee, best known for his role as Max Russo, the youngest of three wizards on the Disney Channel original series Wizards of Waverly Place, and as...
as Christopher "Chris" - Cary-Hiroyuki TagawaCary-Hiroyuki Tagawais a Japanese-American actor.In addition to his extensive film work, he has appeared on television in Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Encounter at Farpoint" , Thunder in Paradise , Nash Bridges , Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding , and Heroes . He also provided the voice of Sin Tzu for the video game...
as Grandpa Johnny "Tsunami" Kapahala - Robyn LivelyRobyn LivelyRobyn Elaine Lively is an American actress. Lively is best known for her role in the film Teen Witch, as well as for her roles in the TV shows Doogie Howser, M.D., Twin Peaks, and Saving Grace.-Early life:...
as Carla - Mary Page KellerMary Page KellerMary Page Keller is an American actress known for roles on both daytime and primetime television.-Career:On daytime, Keller played the role of Amanda Kirkland on Ryan's Hope and the role of Sally Frame on Another World...
as Melanie Kapahala - Yuji OkumotoYuji Okumotois an Japanese-American actor best known for his intimidating movie roles, such as Chozen in The Karate Kid, Part II.-Early life:...
as Pete Kapahala - Lil' JLil' JJonathan McDaniel , known as Lil' J, is an American actor and rapper. He is best known for his role as Devon Carter on the hit Disney Channel show That's So Raven. He has also appeared in the direct-to-video release Nora's Hair Salon...
as Sam Sterling - Andrew James AllenAndrew James AllenAndrew James Allen is an American television and film actor.Allen was born in Redmond, Washington to Robert and Susan Allen. Susan is a retired radiology technician and his father Robert is an artist and environmentalist. He has been acting since 9 years old, first appearing in commercials...
as Jared - Rose McIverRose McIverRose McIver is an actress from New Zealand. She is most famous for her role as Summer Landsdown/Ranger Operator Series Yellow in 2009's Power Rangers: RPM...
as Valerie "Val" - Phil Brown as Troy
- Nick JonasNick JonasNicholas Jerry "Nick" Jonas is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor best known as one of the Jonas Brothers, a pop-rock band he formed with his brothers Joe and Kevin. The Jonas Brothers originally started as an attempted solo singing career for Nick, but the record producer liked the...
as Writer - Akoni KamaAkoni KamaAkoni Keoni Kama is a professional All-Terrain Boarder. His accomplishments include over 16 first place finishes. He is one of the few dirt boarders to attempt a Double Backflip; his attempt was close, but he did not successfully ride away...
as himself - Thomas NewmanThomas NewmanThomas Montgomery Newman is an American composer and conductor, best known for his many film scores. He is one of the more respected and recognized composers for modern film and has scored over fifty feature films in a career which spans nearly three decades.Newman has received a total of ten...
as Bo - Fasitua Amosa as Officer
- William Wallace as Officer
Mountainboarding
Mountainboarding stunts performed by:- Akoni KamaAkoni KamaAkoni Keoni Kama is a professional All-Terrain Boarder. His accomplishments include over 16 first place finishes. He is one of the few dirt boarders to attempt a Double Backflip; his attempt was close, but he did not successfully ride away...
- Leon Robins
- Kody Stewart
- Jarrad Cronin
- Ryan Slater
- Ben Toulmin
- Joe Lawry