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| Directed by | David Mueller |
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| Cinematography | Kev Robertson |
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| Music by | Edward White |
Production companies | Portfolio Films America, Inc. |
| Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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New Yorker late-teen Nicole (Aimee Teegarden) visits her estranged grandmother (Patricia Richardson) in Santa Cruz, California for the summer. She learns family history, meets a boy, takes a road trip to Mexico, learns to surf, and discovers her missing-or-presumed-dead grandfather.
Professional surfer Holly Beck surfs in a non-speaking cameo role. [4]
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