Quotes

Cody Maverick

Any other skills besides surfing?

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Cody: I mean, I already lost one father... Overvoice: What do you mean by that? Cody: N...nothin'.... Just forget it.

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I knowww.

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Cody: [he and Big Z are hanging upside down] Can we do some training? Like, seriously, please? Big Z: What are you talking about? Whaddaya think we're doing? Cody: We're acting like a couple of nut jobs, that's what I think we're doing. Big Z: Yeah, good. You're learning.

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[in a "vox pop" segment] My surfboard, uh, well, it's made out of palm wood... and while it's not very pretty... [the skeg of the surfboard falls off and Smudge tries to put it back on] ...it does the job quite well.

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Lani: [Cody and Lani wash off under a waterfall] Can I ask you something personal? Cody: Lani, we're in the shower together! Y'can say whatever you want.

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[teaching Cody to carve a board] 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 the wave, you let the wave do the work. You don't fight the wave. You can't fight these big waves.

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Cody: Why didn't you come back after you fell off the wave? Big Z: [miserably] That wave... [sighs. Flashback is shown where young Z and Tank are competing] That last day, winning had become everything to me. I knew I was gonna beat Tank. But then uh, you know... he starts to surf circles around me. I saw what he was doing, I couldn't do what he was doing. Times had changed, you know, he... I didn't wanna walk back on that beach with all my fans there, you know, "Loser. I'm lookin' at Big Z, the loser, the has-been." So... [camera footage is shown where in a massive wave, Z had let go of his board and it smashed into the rocks] poof! Big Z's dead, and that's how it's gonna stay. Let me play that song. [begins playing his guitar] Cody: [shocked] What about "Never give up?" What about "Find a way?" Big Z: [sighs] Yeah, well... Cody: You're giving up, Z! You're giving up! Big Z: Yeah! I'm givin' up, that's my way. Givin' up. Cody: I- I thought you were the one guy. Big Z: [fed up] You don