Johnny Tsunami is a 1999 American sports drama film released as a Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM).

The film focuses on a young surfer from Hawaii who must adapt to new challenges when his father's job forces the family to move to Vermont.

When Pete gets a sudden job transfer, the family is forced to move to Vermont, while Tsunami stays in Hawaii.

Pete tries unsuccessfully to defend his actions with Melanie, who reveals that she wishes that he could be the easy-going husband that she once loved, before he became the way he is.

Johnny and Sam enjoy surfing and the warm weather in Hawaii, but they decide to return to Vermont along with Tsunami.

Brothers Randy and Ronnie, who own the opposite sides of the mountain, reveal their story as they were the original Sky and Urchin.

Their parents divorced long ago and they could not agree on what should happen when they inherited the mountain after their father died 10 years earlier.

[3] In 2012, Complex ranked the film at number 2 on the magazine's list of the 25 best Disney Channel Original Movies.

Page ranked Johnny Tsunami at number 30 and wrote that it "managed to combine surfing and winter sports into a veritable smorgasbord of sick Disney stunts".