Blue Crush is a 2002 American sports film directed by John Stockwell and based on Susan Orlean's 1998 Outside magazine article "Life's Swell". It stars Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake and Mika Boorem. … See more

Blue Crush was the first film to use Hawaii's Act 221, a progressive local tax incentive that called for a 100 percent state tax credit for high-tech investments meeting the … See more

In October 2017, NBC revealed that it was in the early stages of developing a possible television series based on the film; as of 2023, no such series has been produced. See more

Anne Marie, her fourteen-year-old sister Penny, and good friends Eden and Lena, live in a small house on the North Shore. They all have been helping raise Penny since her mother … See more

• Kate Bosworth as Anne Marie
• Michelle Rodriguez as Eden
• Matthew Davis as Matt
• Sanoe Lake as Lena
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Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 61% of 144 critics' reviews are positive, with an … See more

• Blue Crush 2, the unrelated direct-to-video sequel
• Ride the Wild Surf, a 1964 film about three men visiting Hawaii to surf See more