Cody Maverick quotes from Surf's Up (2007)

Cody Maverick

Like what, like singing and dancing? [laughs] No, not me man, I just surf.

Cody Maverick

Singing and dancing refers to Happy Feet, another animated feature film with penguins.

Cody Maverick

I hope the cameras are rolling cause you're gonna want to watch this over and over and over again.

Cody Maverick

Cody being interviewed about his fathers death - Cody " I'm not the only kid on this island that their dads have been... eaten."

Cody Maverick

Interviewer "Still, it must have been traumatic." Cody "No not for me man, not for me."

Sea urchin in the foot, that sounds pretty nasty. How do you cure something like that?

You pee on it.

That's disgusting.

I knowww.

Cody

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.

My surfboard, uh, well, it's made out of palm wood... and while it's not very pretty... [the skeg of the surfboard can be seen falling off] ...it does the job quite well.

Cody

This is insane.

Lani

Stop fighting it, Cody! Just let go!

Lani

Can I ask you something personal?

Cody

Lani, we're in the shower together! Y'can say whatever you want.

Big Z

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.

Any other skills besides surfing?

Cody

I mean, I already lost one father...

What do you mean by that?

Cody

N...nothin'.... Just forget it.
[Cody turns and tearfully walks away]

Cody

Why didn't you come back after you fell off the wave?

Big Z

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

What about "Never give up?" What about "Find a way?"

Big Z

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

You don't like it, find your own way! [walks back to his shack] Leave me out of it! Leave me out of it.