Lacey Farmer ditches her dysfunctional family and runs away to Hawaii to win a spot on the WaveSync pro surfing team. But it's not as easy as she thinks.
Although Lacey gets help from her old friend Justin, who is coaching an all-female surfing team, she finds that starting a new life is harder than she thought.
Lacey tries to scrape together the entry fee for a surfing contest, Kai's old friends hate her new life at Wavesync, and Birdie finds out why Dawn has spent $3000 at the resort in the past week.
The first event in the Makaha surf tournament tests whether the WaveSync girls have what it takes, in the water and inside themselves. Also, Lacey and Kai discover how important they are to the other people in their lives.
Birdie and Dawn date soldiers. Lacey is uncomfortable with the attention she is getting from Vin, whom she knows Kai likes.
WaveSync hosts a party to introduce the team, at which Lacey and Kai have a confrontation over Vin.
Jealous over Lacey's relationship with Vin, Kai admits to Lacey that she's in love with Vin. Dawn is shocked by what she finds out about Shoe, and Birdie tells Bailey what WaveSync holds for his future.
Birdie nudges Bailey toward resuming his surfing career, Shoe tries to save his troubled relationship with Dawn, and Kai's friends Mily and Lani decide to give Lacey a lesson about staying away from Vin.
Trying to deal with the pain of her injuries, Lacey reveals to Kai her past problems with narcotics addiction. Kai tries to overcome her guilt about the beating her friends gave to Lacey, and enjoy her time with Vin. Meanwhile, Dawn decides to try to find a girlfriend for Shoe, and Marcus starts to become jealous of the time Birdie and Bailey have been spending together.
Birdie has Marcus and Bailey competing over her, Dawn continues trying to get a date for Shoe, and Kai shows her feelings for Vin.