The Beach Crew

The Beach Crew is a series of Australian animated adventure/comedy/family shorts created by Simon Schauble, who also wrote the scripts and the theme song. It was co-produced by Victorian-based production company, The Beach Crew Productions, and Toonz Media Group, with animation and designs by Smart and Sheard Productions, which was owned and named after Damian Smart and Mark Sheard. The purpose of these shorts is to promote healthy eating, physical fitness, and beach/sun safety.

Plot
Two different kinds of anthropomorphic boards (a boogie board named Billy and a surfboard named Sammy) go on adventures, often around their beach called Beachville, with a young lady named Minnie Malibu. Also, they're constantly defending their beach from a well-off but insatiable business tycoon known as Cash Coin and his sidekick, Slimy Seaweed, who want to possess it for their own ill-intentioned purposes.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The art isn't that bad and the flash animation is well done most of the time.
 * 2) While the writing of the episodes' storylines may be simple, they're also decent enough.
 * 3) The characters are likable enough, especially the heroes.
 * 4) The character designs are well drawn.
 * 5) Nice, catchy, surf-style theme song.
 * 6) Some funny moments, like the relationship between Barry and Sammy, and the riffs they have with each other.
 * 7) Most of the voice acting sounds fine.
 * 8) This series's intentions in its purpose gets its point across very well.
 * 9) The beach culture is well-represented and reminiscent of Malibu, California and one episode had the trio visiting Hawaii.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) At times, people and objects in the backgrounds that should move don't and remain static.
 * 2) Whoever voiced Slimy Seaweed sounded too monotone and didn't put enough effort in emoting when certain situations called for it.
 * 3) Beachville probably may not be the best name for the main setting, but it still represents what the place is all about well.

Trivia

 * There's only one holiday episode, "Ghost On The Coast", which is a Halloween episode.