* *1/2 out of 4.

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 2002)

Surfer chick Anne Marie (Kate Bosworth) takes care of her little sister after her mother deserted them and surfing in the early morning hours preparing for a surf competition before going to work as a maid with her two best friends. A pro football player (Matthew Davis) becomes Anne Marie's love interest and she finds herself struggling between love and surfing.

Follows a tired predictable path, but the cast is engaging and the surf sequences terrific. Also, with this outing there is character development, the competition is refreshingly friendly & supportive and the film manages to avoid being cliched while presenting it's material in a realistic fashion.
Rated PG-13; Sexual Situations and Profanity.