Jun 04, 07 · In 'Surf's Up,' penguins again are the goto birds By Susan King Cody Maverick, the upandcoming teenage surfer, and the Big Z, the washedup surfer dude he idolizesAn animated feature that goes behind the scenes of the highoctane world of competitive penguin surfing The film profiles Cody Maverick, an upandcoming suSurf's Up Tank Evans is a penguin who competed against the famous surfer, Big Z, during a surfing contest on Pen Gu Island During the surf off, Tank wiped Big Z out Tired and knowing that he could not compete against Tank, Big Z faked a disappearance Surf S Up Soundtrack Music Complete Song List Tunefind Big z surfs up penguins