Juan Barrela's best friend Jamie faces a violent home situation, so the tenth-grader steals his mother's car and drives with Jamie's sister Amber to Mexico.
A daughter of missionaries from Papua, New Guinea, spends the summer in Los Angeles with her cousin and ends up in debt after getting caught up in the consumerism of wealthy surfer life.
As summer draws to a close, everyone tries to finish the season as a champion as the surfing competition heats up, with Lucas putting his reputation on the line and Kai wanting to stay in Sun Haven.
Snowboarder Cece Morgan, struggling to get used to life in Los Angeles after her family is relocated from Wyoming and being picked on by a girl at school, discovers surfing and begins to think she might like her new home after all.