First adult character film role for Nicole Kidman whose previous film credits had been in family or teen movies such as Bush Christmas (1983), BMX Bandits (1983) and Wills & Burke (1985). All these three films had had an Australian classification rating of "PG" or "G". As such, this movie was the first time that Kidman appeared in a movie with a higher classification rating which was an "M" (recommended for ages 15+).
Nicole Kidman's first nude scenes.
The wind-surfing 360° loop jump performed in this movie was not actually done during production filming. It was created out of editing footage which included a shot of a wind-surfing spiral arc jump less than 360 degrees.
Scenes showing Nicole Kidman sing in this movie (Kidman plays a singer called Jade) were lypsynched by the actress. Kidman is not actually singing in these scenes, it is not her voice.
One of the deleted scenes taken out of the movie's script had the Jade character (who was played by Nicole Kidman) wind-surf topless past a cruise ship to the surprise of some passengers.
George Greenough: Uncredited, the Australian water photographer as a guy at the windsurfing contest.