- Kelly Slater
Kelly Slater (b. Robert Kelly Slater February 11 1972, Cocoa Beach, Florida) is the most successful professional surfer in the history of the sport. Slater is an eight time world champion, and competed in the X-Games in 2003 and 2004. In May 2005 in the final of the Billabong Tahiti Pro contest at Teahupoo, … - Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (born Jack Hody Johnson, May 18, 1975) is a Hawaii-born musician who has achieved commercial success and a dedicated following since the release of his debut album, "Brushfire Fairytales". His latest album is "Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George". - Laird Hamilton
Laird Hamilton (born Laird John Zerfas on March 2, 1964 in San Francisco) is an American big-wave surfer and former male model. - Mick Fanning
Mick Fanning is a professional surfer from Australia. He was born in Perinth, New South Wales on June 13, 1981. His young vibrant spirit is making the pro tour an entertaining place by land and sea, day and night. Fanning learned to surf at the age of five in coastal New South Wales, but did not go full on until his family moved to Tweed Heads when he was twelve. - Andy Irons
Andy Irons (born 24 July 1978) is a professional surfer. Irons, a Hawaiian, was reared on the dangerous and shallow reefs of the North Shore in Kauai, and has 3 world titles (2002, 2003, 2004). An inspiration to many young groms, he and his family host the Annual Irons Brothers Pinetrees Classic, a contest for youngsters, to give back to the community that has given them so much. The governor of Hawaii deemed February 13 forever 'Andy Irons day'. - Taj Burrow
Taj Burrow is a well-know Australian surfer, born June 2, 1978 in Western Australia at Yallingup to Vance and Nancy Burrow. He began surfing at the age of seven in 1985 and discovered he was regular footed. He began to become better and win contests several years later, becoming recognized as a grom. He went professional in 1998, and has since been recognized as one of the best surfers in the world of all time, even entering into the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame. - Sunny Garcia
Sunny Garcia (b January 14, 1970) is a famous American surfer from Maile, Oahu. He was the 2000 world surfing champion and several computer games use his name. Sunny discovered his talent for surfing at the young age of seven when his friends literally threw him into the ocean. Within a few minutes he was already riding waves to the shore. At the age of five, Sunny was suspended from kindergarten for brawling. - Tom Curren
Tom Curren (born July 3, 1964, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American surfer. He was world champion three times - 1985, 1986, 1990. He achieved near-mythical status both for his competitive drive and for his smooth, powerful surfing style. He made a high-profile decision to retire from competitive surfing in the mid-1990s. He led the surfing revolution in the early '80s and inspired many of the surfers today, showing them how to surf a wave. - Bruce Irons
Bruce Irons (born November 16, 1979) is a regularfoot professional surfer from Hanalei, Kauai and younger brother of three-time world champion Andy Irons. Best known for his radical aerial maneuvers and fearless tuberiding abilities, he claims he will surf any wave on the planet. Born in Lihue, Kauai, he was raised on the North Shore where he began surfing at age seven. After a successful amateur career with several wins in the United States Surfing Championships, … - Rob Machado
Robert Edward Machado (better known simply as Rob Machado) (b. October 16, 1973 Sydney, Australia) is an Australian professional surfer from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a community in Encinitas (San Diego County), California. Machado attended San Dieguito Academy, and is known for his casual, "laid-back" style both in and out of the water. - Bethany Hamilton
Bethany Meilani Hamilton (born February 8, 1990) is an American surfer. She is known for surviving a shark attack in which she lost her left arm, and for overcoming the serious and debilitating injury to return to surfing. - Bobby Martinez
Bobby Martinez (born May 26, 1982) is a professional surfer from Santa Barbara, California. Though he is relatively new to the surfing world as a pro, his style often draws comparisons to that of legendary surfer Kelly Slater. Martinez began surfing at age 6. When he was old enough he joined the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) where he would go on to win a record 7 national titles. - Gerry Lopez
Gerry Lopez, aka "Mr. Pipeline," (born November 7, 1948, Honolulu, Hawaii) is a world-renowned surfer and occasional film actor. He won the prestigious Pipe Masters competition in 1972 and 1973. In 1982 he co-starred in the film "Conan the Barbarian" with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Other film appearances include "Big Wednesday" (1978), "North Shore" (1987), and "Farewell to the King" (1989). He has also appeared in numerous surfing documentaries, … - Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 - January 22, 1968), is generally regarded as the person who popularized the modern sport of surfing. He was also an Olympic champion in swimming. - Damien Hobgood
Damien Hobgood (born July 6, 1979) is a professional surfer from Satellite Beach, Florida. He is known for having the highest grand final score in the history of pro surfing by scoring 19.9 Out of 20 at The Quiksilver Pro Fiji in 2004. - Layne Beachley
Layne Beachley (born May 24, 1972) is a professional surfer from Manly in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is regarded as the best female professional surfer in history, having won the World Championship for six consecutive years. ... Layne made a remarkable rise through the ranks in the masculine world of surfing: at the young age of 16 she became professional, and by the age of 20 she already ranked sixth in the world. - Mark Occhilupo
Marco Jay Luciano Occhilupo is an Australian surfer and winner of the 1999 World surfing champion title. Occhilupo - also known as Occy, began his professional career in the World Championship Tour (WCT) at the age of 17. Occhilupo’s strength under pressure ushered him into surfing’s most memorable heats. Born June 16, 1966 Occhilupo was born in Kurnell, New South Wales, where he began surfing at the age of nine. - Donavon Frankenreiter
Donavon Frankenreiter, born December 10, 1972, in Downey, California, is an American musician and surfer. He is a long-time friend of Jack Johnson and his debut self-titled album was released in 2004 on Johnson's Brushfire Records through Universal Music and made the Australian ARIA Top-40 charts in April 2004. - Bruce Brown
Bruce Brown (born December 1, 1937 in San Francisco, California) is an American documentary film director, known as an early pioneer of the surf film. He is the father of filmmaker Dana Brown. His surf films were "Slippery When Wet" (1958), "Surf Crazy" (1959), "Barefoot Adventure" (1960), "Surfing Hollow Days" (1961), "Waterlogged" (1962), and his most well known film, … - Greg Noll
Greg Noll (born at San Diego, California on February 11, 1937) also known as "Da Bull" is a pioneer of big wave surfing. Noll became famous after surfing Waimea Bay in 25-30 ft surf when it had previously been thought impossible. It was at Makaha, in December 1969, that he rode what many at the time believed to be the largest wave ever surfed. He and other surfers such as Pat Curren were viewed as the most daring surfers of their generation. - George Greenough
George Greenough is a surfer from Santa Barbara, California who now resides in Byron Bay in N.S.W Australia. He is known for creating the modern surfboard fin. He changed the design from a useless keel to a more powerful fin. His equipment was different from the longboard design of the day. George rode short kneeboards under 5'5" and rode surf mattresses regularly. He is credited as being the best mat rider ever. George still surfs air mattresses. - Shane Dorian
Patrick Shane Dorian (born July 19, 1972), or "Shane", is an American surfer from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. He spent 11 years touring on the World Championship Tour surfing. - Joel Tudor
Joel Tudor is a world famous longboard surfer from San Diego, California. He started out in skateboarding and, while in his early teens, gained both recognition and sponsorship for this. On the water, his apparently effortless skill saw him win his first professional ASP competition at age 14. Unlike the vast majority of his contemporaries who were riding only modern short surfboards, he also rode the out-of-fashion longboard, … - Nat Young
Robert Harold "Nat" Young (born November 17, 1947) is an Australian surfer and author. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Young grew up in the small coastal suburb of Collaroy. In 1964, he was runner-up in the Australian junior championship at Manly, and two years later was named world surfing champion in 1966. He won the title again (then called the Smirnoff World Pro/Am) in 1970. Young won three Australian titles in 1966, 1967 and 1969, … - Shaun Tomson
Shaun Tomson was born on August 21, 1955 in Durban, South Africa. He is considered one of the world's most significant surfers and was the 1977 world champion. He first gained notoriety while surfing at Jeffery's Bay. He currently lives in Montecito, CA and is active with the The Surfrider Foundation. He is involved with his family clothing venture, Solitude. Son Mathew died on 24 the April 2006 in Durban, … - Dennis Wilson
Dennis Carl Wilson was an American rock and roll musician best known as a founding member and the drummer of The Beach Boys. - Eddie Aikau
Edward Ryan Makua Hanai Aikau (May 4, 1946 - March 17, 1978) was a well-known Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer. As the first lifeguard at Waimea Bay on the island of Oahu, he saved many lives and became well known as a big-wave surfer in his own right. - Robert August
Robert August (born 1945) is an American surfer and surfboard shaper. He is most famous as one of the subjects of Bruce Brown's 1966 surf documentary "The Endless Summer", along with his friend Mike Hynson. The film follows the two around the world pursuing their hobby during the California offseason, meeting other surfers and discussing surf culture. August picked up surfing in the 1950s, when the sport's popularity had just begun to grow. - Mark Richards
Mark Richards (born 7 March 1957), known as MR, is an Australian surfer, four times world champion (1979-1982), and highly respected by his peers. - Stacy Peralta
Stacy Peralta (born October 15, 1957 in California) is an American director, as well as a former professional skateboarder, team surfer and entrepreneur. He is one of the original Z-Boys. At age 16, Peralta began competing with the Zephyr team, a group sponsored by the surf shop "Jeff Ho and Zephyr Surfboard Productions". His second sponsor was "Gordon and Smith." The Del Mar Nationals was his first competition, a contest with two board skate categories, … - Serena Brooke
Serena Brooke (born January 9, 1976) is a professional surfer from Coolangatta Queensland, Australia. - Tom Carroll
Thomas Victor (Tom) Carroll (born 29 November 1961 in Newport, New South Wales) is a former Australian surfer. He won the Australian Junior Title in 1978, the Pro Juniors in 1977 and 1980, the 1983 and 1984 ASP World Title, and the 1987 Pipe Masters. He was the first surfing millionaire after signing a contract with Quiksilver in 1989. A portrait of him by artist Jan Williamson was hung in the Archibald Prize in 2000. - Miki Dora
Miki Dora (1936-2002) "'An Autobiography of a Legend Mickey Chapin Dora, Miklos S. Dora III, Miki Dora, MSD III. The names are many, and so are the facets of the man they call "Da Cat"'." Mickey Dora is surfing's Black Knight, the consummate antihero of the Malibu era. Born in Budapest, Hungary to Miklos and Ramona Dora (who soon divorced), his stepfather, the great surfer Gard Chapin, … - Rochelle Ballard
Rochelle Ballard is a professional surfer who appeared in several movies, most notably Step Into Liquid, and Blue Crush. According to imdb.com Rochelle Ballard was born on February 13, 1971 in Montebello, CA. She surfs for Team O'Neill on the surfing World Championship Tour. She also co-founded International Women's Surfing (IWS). - Megan Abubo
Megan Abubo (born January 28, 1978) is a professional female surfer from Hawaii. - Corky Carroll
Corky Carroll was a professional American surfer and is considered a pioneer in the sport by becoming the first real professional surfer as well as being the first to receive endorsements. Carroll started his career in 1959 at a very early age and by the time he retired in 1972, he was only 24 years old. From 1966-70 he won the United States Surfing Championship and also won the International Surfing Championship three times. - Mike Parsons
Mike Parsons (born March 3, 1965) is a surfer sponsored by the Billabong company who famously set a world record for the tallest ocean surface wave ever surfed successfully, a 66-foot wave at Cortez Bank, CA in 2001, for which he was awarded $66,000, the highest prize ever awarded in the history of professional surfing. - C. J. Hobgood
Clifton James "C.J." Hobgood (born June 7, 1979) in Melbourne, Florida; is an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship surfer. He entered his first surfing contest in 1989 and made the Open Boys final. He placed second in a national competition the following year. He won several other championships and in 1998 he was selected as the model for the new NSSA logo. In 2001 he won the ASP World Championship. - Jeff Clark
Jeff Clark (Surfer) (born March 26, 1957 Redwood City) is one of the most noteworthy and respected big wave surfers, famous for surfing Mavericks alone for 15 years before it was widely discovered by the big-wave surfing community. As of the year 2000, Jeff Clark is the only active ambidextrous big wave surfer in the world, and one of the few in history. A natural goofyfooter, Jeff spent ten years learning to ride regularfoot. - Allan Weisbecker
Allan C. Weisbecker is a novelist, screenwriter, memoirist and surfer. He is the author of the novel "Cosmic Banditos", the memoir "In Search of Captain Zero" and "Can't You Get Along With Anyone". Allan has also written for several surfing magazines, including "Surfing" and "The Surfer's Journal", as well as scripting episodes of the television series "Crime Story" and "Miami Vice".
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