

Sometime after this, competed in a surfing contest with his old-rival named Tank ''The Shredder'' Evans, who wiped him out. He met a young penguin named Cody Maverick and gave him his necklace. He had a close bond with his niece Lani Aliikai since her childhood.īig Z made various tours, and once made a visit to Shiverpool, Antarctica all the penguins of Antarctica admired him.

When he was young, Big Z was originally a legendary Surfer.

When the tenth year came, he finally came out of hiding and decided that he needed to "take in the island air" as he puts it, he did not know Cody was trying to let him know it was him and simply ingnored it. confused and scared for him, Lani tried to get him out of his tree home for ten years. two years before the events of the movie, big z went into hiding and avoided social interaction after a horrific accident during one of the island's famous surf opens. He was noticeably taller than other penguins and had a large upper body, although was relatively less buff than Tank.īig Z Is an open-minded, sympathetic, stocky, laid-back, nice, kind-hearted, collected, calm, friendly, larger-than-life, legendary guy who is one of the main characters in the 2007 documentary film surf's up, he is one of Cody Maverick's closest friends and Lani Allikai's Uncle. Geek is an obese emperor penguin with feathers for hair and a big head accompanied by yellow pupils with brown eyes and a long beak, he has a round stomach with Hawaiian flower tattoos.ĭuring his prime as Big Z his physique was far more athletic.
