Theres a big surf competition coming up. Eight-year-old Lisa is determined to take part, but shes scared. Will she be good enough? What if she comes last? Her coach and family and the top paddler, Mia, encourage her, so she sets up a training programme, improves, and soon shes on Mias tail. But days before the competition, disaster strikes when her canoe is swamped and shes tipped out and held under by a wave. Lisas shaken up and invents a reason not to train the next day. So her mum suggests going to the river. Being in the warmth, feeling the earth and hearing the sound of gentle water and birds calms Lisa, and as she voices her fears, her self-belief slowly returns. The day of the competition arrives, and the waves are huge. Lisas unsure but remembers all she was told by her family and coach. She paddles out, focuses on the race and soars home on a massive wave, just behind Mia, in her best race ever.