This story follows a teenage rock hopper penguin named Cody Maverick from his hometown

of Shiverpool, Antarctica, where all of the other penguins think he's nothing but a surfing fool,

to the "Big Z Memorial Surf Off" on Pen Gu Island. Young Cody is determined to win the most

important competition in the world of penguin surfing in honor of "Big Z," a deceased surfing

legend whom he has idolized since childhood. But the waves in Pen Gu are different than in

Shiverpool, and the competition is steep. The current champ, egotistical Tank Evans, isn't

just about to let this little penguin knock him from first place without a fight. When Cody

wipes out and encounters Geek, a recluse aging former surfer, living in the jungle, he learns

some important lessons about life and surfing, and even teaches Geek a thing or two.