The Backyardigans: Surf's Up!

Sadly we have now come to the end of this wonderful musical series created by Janice Burgess. We own all five DVDs, and the first one "It's Great to be a Ghost" is still a regular on our play list, as are the others. This one has four episodes as usual, two of which were also included in the Nick Jr Favorites DVDs. The list for this one is: Surf's Up: Pablo, Tyrone and Uniqua brush up their "rad" surfing moves in order to ride the perfect wave at Tiki Beach, but who is that mysterious lifeguard? Riding the Range: Tyrone is on his way to Texas, and meets up with Pablo, Uniqua and Tasha who're tracking down a jump-rope bandit. Race to the Tower of Power: Two supervillains battle it out with two superheroes for possession of the Key to the World and with it, world domination. Whahahahhahaha!! The Quest for Flying Rock: Four explorers quibble over the directions on a mysterious map, and end up having an obstacle race. This series is highly recommended for children of all ages, and is one of the most imaginative and entertaining at the moment. If some of the other shows make you want to put on earplugs and run out of the room, you'll find this one a refreshing change. Please Ms. Burgess, may we have some more? Amanda Richards, June 14, 2006 Edited to note: The series has been renewed and there are more DVDs available since I wrote this review.

I'm a parent, and my daughter loves the Backyardigans. It was the first show that really got her attention when she wasn't even a year old. In the last 3 years, -I've- gotten into the Backyardigans, and know nearly all the songs by heart. This dvd contains some of the most memorable episodes and songs, and that's saying a lot considering how catchy so many of them are. Surf's Up is the episode where Pablo's looking for the perfect wave on Tiki Beach. While searching, he joins up with Tyrone and Uniqua, while being followed by the mysterious lifeguard, Austin. The music for this episode is Afro-pop, and very cool. And you gotta love those super super rad, totally rad moves the gang shows off on their boards. Riding the Range has Tyrone going to a hoedown while Uniqua, Pablo and Tasha look for a bandit. The music here is more hip-hop, and it's great having Tyrone hopping along with those smooth hoedown moves to the beat. Ridin' the range, let's go! This episode has a little bit of western action involving horses too! Then there are the two 'bonus' episodes. I don't like how they're listed as bonus episodes when they could just say that this dvd has 4 regular episodes. These two are Race to the Tower of Power and The Quest for the Flying Rock. Tower of Power is a cool superhero episoe where Tyrone and Pablo are the bad guys, and Uniqua and Austin are the heroes trying to stop them from doing bad guy-type things. Music genre for this episode = Latin. Finally is my favorite episode of the bunch, and one of my top episodes, the Flying Rock. The gang looks for a magical flying rock (yeah, it doesn't actually give you powers, it's just a small, flying rock that they want to go see) and splits up into two teams, trying to beat eachother to it. This is a kind of boys vs girls episode with insanely good disco music. The first song and dance in this episode needs to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's right up there with Thriller I tell you. If you don't have cable and want to give your child a shot with the show, I highly recommend this dvd because of the music and episode theme diversity. Though that goes for most of the other Backyardigans dvds, I guess I'm just biased because this one has the Flying Rock episode. 5 stars, easy.

I got this DVD for my two year old son. He occassionally watches the cartoon on TV but Spongebob is his thing. I was hoping he would get interested in something different. He's watched it through a few times and seems happy with it and it's a welcome relief for me to watch/listen to anything else. I recommend The Backyardigans to anyone with very young children. The color catches their attention. There is also singing and the concepts of the stories are simple to understand. I just wish the DVD was longer. It has only four different episodes on it and runs for only an hour. It's still great for the kids though!

All of The Backyardigans adventures are great! I think that this one is my two and a half year old's favorite. He loves Surf's Up! and almost has the whole episode memorized. He jumps up on furniture and pretends that he's surfing like Pablo! It also includes Race To The Tower Of Power, The Quest For The Flying Rock and Riding The Range. It also includes two music videos that are Buffalo Girls and Shake Your Body. The price is right for this collection because you're definitely getting your money's worth.

Love all the Backyardigans. My three older grandchildren loved them, too, when they were little. I got rid of the "videos" long ago. Now I unexpectedly had a new baby granddaughter, and first DVDs I ordered were this entire series. My 14-yr-old granddaughter was excited to see I had these. The one-year-old granddaughter is still a little too young to appreciate them. She will grow to love them, though, just like me and the rest of my grandchildren!

This is my boys' favorite Backyardigans DVD. They love Surf's Up and all of us get the Flying Rock song stuck in our heads. So fun and catchy. This DVD was hopping from player to player and somewhere along the way, we lost it. So we had to order another one before our beach trip so we can watch it in the car on the way. Love Prime shipping!! :)

Surfs Up is the episode that introduced us to the Backyardigans and where my children fell in love with Pablo. I enjoy the music being rhythmic enough to be able to listen to on very long road trips without making you want to stop and change it every time it is done playing. This is the movie that my littlest child loves to dance too. She is very shy but doesn't care who is around when this video is playing, just ignoring us and dancing!

My son loves ... loves this DVD. He couldn't get enough of it. He loves to watch and sing and dances along with it all day, again & again for the past 3 weeks now. I am looking forward to a few more peaceful weeks. For a super busy mother, this is definately well worth the money! Buy it now!

BACKYARDIGANSは どれもウチの息子には 楽しいようです。 いつも、空想の世界に遊びにいって、 色々楽しい経験をして、 もどってくるんですが、 surf's upも楽しかったです。 音楽もいいので、 大人がみていても それなりに楽しめます。

Always a favourite with the kids, it's a treat for adults to watch too. These songs stay with you and all Backyardigans stories are so teachable after. This one is fantastic and it has always been a favourite in our house

Everything perfect!!happy with my dvd!!!my son will love it!!got really fast and in perfect conditions!! Thnk you very much,Irene Obeso

I bought this DVD for my 18-month old baby girl. She's not into it yet. Whenever I play it, she'd look at the screen but after the introduction, she's not that interested anymore. Maybe I have to wait a little more :D