What nationality is Brandon Baker?
American
Brandon Baker/Nationality
Is Johnny Tsunami on Disney?
Johnny Tsunami is a 1999 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. It was nominated in 2000 for the Humanitas Prize in the Children’s Live-Action Category.
What is Brandon Baker doing now?
He currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He also starred alongside Jessica Alba in the 1999 movie P.U.N.K.S. After a six-year hiatus, Baker starred in the 2014 comedy The Formula alongside Reginald VelJohnson and Sasha Jackson.
Does Brandon Baker really surf?
I’m a surfer, a snowboarder…more of a sports guy. I just like being active. I am actually Hawaiian, and to play a Hawaiian character, be part of a family, then, on top of that, to be able to do surfing and snowboarding — it was just heaven for me.
What does Pono mean Johnny Tsunami?
Pono is commonly translated as ‘righteousness’. In fact, it’s right there in the state motto, which reads Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono, and literally translates to ‘The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness’.
Does Brandon Baker surf?
I’m a surfer, a snowboarder…more of a sports guy. I just like being active. We definitely share that. I actually auditioned for the original movie [while wearing] a cast because I’d broken my arm snowboarding.
What is Johnny Tsunami nickname?
Brandon Baker was so synonymous with the 1999 movie about a Hawaiian kid stuck in Vermont—who, in a confusing twist, is actually named Johnny Kapahala while his grandfather is the one they call “Johnny Tsunami”—that he can’t escape it 20 years later.
What does not pono mean?
Careless, informal, improper, any kind of (preceding a stem). For example: Ponoʻai, to eat in any way or anything, take potluck.
What happened Brandon Baker?
Brandon is now a wedding officiant. While Brandon continued to act on Disney’s Even Stevens and The Proud Family after his initial role in Johnny Tsunami, 2015 marked the year he put the Hollywood industry behind him and instead became a wedding officiant for the low-cost wedding planning company, Simply Eloped.
How old is Johnny Tsunami?
13-year-old
Delivering a nice message of tolerance in an obvious but engaging way, the Disney Channel’s original movie “Johnny Tsunami” takes a 13-year-old champion surfer from the North Shore of Hawaii to the ski slopes of Vermont — and everybody learns a lesson along the way.
What is the meaning of pono pono ya?
righteousness
Pono (pronounced [ˈpono]) is a Hawaiian word commonly rendered as “righteousness”. For instance, the Hawaii state motto: Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono or “The sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”.