- Victor Rasuk
Born in Harlem and raised in the Lower East Side of Manhatten nineteen-year old Victor Rasuk started acting at the age of 13. He graduated in January 2003 from the Professional Performing Arts High School and has appeared in several plays and short films including the off-off Broadway play WHITE BOY. In 1999, Rasuk starred in Peter Sollett 's short film titled FIVE FEET HIGH AND RISING. - Xavier Rudd
Xavier Rudd is an Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in 1978 and grew up in Torquay, Victoria. He has developed a strong reputation for playing live performances at musical festivals and concerts in Australia and in North America. His following is particularly strong in Australia and in Canada, where he has recorded several albums. - Chris Carter
Chris Carter (born October 13, 1956) is an American screenwriter and producer, best known as the creator of "The X-Files". He was born in Bellflower, California to William and Catherine Carter. In college, he majored in journalism, graduating from California State University Long Beach in 1979. His brother, W. Craig Carter, is a Lord Foundation Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. Carter began writing for Surfing magazine out of college. - Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges, (born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III on December 9, 1941 in Los Angeles, California), is an American actor. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Simpson. He was nicknamed "Beau" by his mother and father after Ashley Wilkes' son in "Gone with the Wind", the title of the book they were reading at the time. Bridges is also the older brother of actor Jeff Bridges, born in 1949. - Simon Baker
Simon Baker (b. July 30, 1969 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia) is an Australian film and television actor. Baker was a former champion sportsman who competed at state level in surfing and water polo. He began acting on Australian television during the late 1980s using the name Simon Baker Denny. - Tosh Townend
Tosh Townend (b. March 12, 1985) is a professional skateboarder from Huntington Beach, California. He turned pro at the age of 15. Tosh Townend got sponsored by Element when he was 11, and is now on the pro team with which he releases signature decks. Tosh Townend's father is Australian Peter Townend, the 1976 surfing world champion. His father would have boards around the house and would let Tosh ride them. When Tosh turned 16 he decided to drop out of high school, … - Tom Williams
Tom Williams (born October 16, 1970, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian television presenter and personality. After graduating from high school at the Jesuit St Aloysius' College, Williams worked as a builder, and competed in surfing and snowboarding championships. The turning point in William's life occurred in 2000, when he phoned into a radio show hosted by comic duo Merrick & Rosso. His style interested them so much that he was given a regular segment on the show. - Alby Falzon
Albert Falzon (born 1945) is an Australian surf filmmaker, photographer and publisher. He grew up in the beachside suburb Maroubra in Sydney but didn't begin surfing until age 14 when the family moved to the New South Wales Central Coast. In 1970 he founded "Tracks" magazine with David Elfick and John Witzig. In 1971 he directed "Morning of the Earth", released the following year, a highly influential surf film. - Sean Doherty
Sean Christopher Doherty is an Australian surf writer (who surfs himself), today editor of "Tracks" magazine. In 2002 and 2003 Doherty gained the cooperation of surfer Michael Peterson and his family on a substantial warts-and-all biography of Peterson's life. - Tim Baker
Tim Baker is an Australian journalist specialising in surf culture. He is a recipient of the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame Media Award, and a former editor of Tracks and Australia's Surfing Life magazines. His work has appeared in a range of publications, including Rolling Stone, GQ, Inside Sport, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Way, Playboy, as well as numerous surfing magazines. - Shogo Kubo
Shogo Kubo, born in Kagoshima City, Japan, was a member of the legendary Z-Boys skateboarding crew. Kubo moved to the United States at a relatively young age without any knowledge of the English language. For his inability to speak English, he was teased and thought of as "slow". When he moved to the United States, he took an interest in surfing. He became friends with Jay Adams after responding to a newspaper ad about a surfboard Adams was selling. - Darin Shapiro
Darin Shapiro (born October 251973) is a professional wakeboarder from Orlando, Florida and the most winning rider in the history of the sport of wakeboarding. He has not competed in the pro tour since 2004 season. He currently runs the Ride the Spot wakeboarding camp. Shapiro appeared in most major Wakeboard movies and influenced the development of the sport. - Tony Asher
Tony Asher is an American lyricist who co-wrote much of The Beach Boys 1966 album "Pet Sounds" in conjunction with frontman Brian Wilson, including such classic songs as "God Only Knows" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice". Asher, who formally only helped Wilson's ideas come into words, still managed to have some influence on the album. In Asher's own words, "The general tenor of the lyrics was always [Brian's], and the actual choice of words was usually mine. - Monty Webber
Monty Webber (born March 25, 1961 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian cinematographer whose work is primarily surf films, with an emphasis on water photography. He lives at Angourie Point, on the New South Wales north coast, where he surfs, writes and makes films that stretch the medium to the point that they are recognised internationally as art. Australia's most revered surf film maker Alby Falzon describes Monty's most recent film, … - Marco Almera
Marco Almera (born November 1969) is a Southern California Artist. His work centers around the Southern Calfiornia themes of Surfing, Punk and Rock Music, Hot Rods, Religion, and Pin-up girls. Originally creating album covers and rock posters, he has moved into the medium of Fine Art and freestyle graphics. Almera's work includes album covers for Dropkick Murphys and posters for Gwar, The Misfits, Sublime, and Turbonegro. - Cris Judd
Cristan Lee Judd (born August 15, 1969, in Abilene, Texas) is an American actor and choreographer, but is probably best known for his failed marriage to Jennifer Lopez. Before Hollywood, Cris spent his early years growing up on Air Force bases in Angeles City in the Philippines and Hawaii. The Air Force then moved his family to Niceville Florida, where he spent his high school years. While in Florida, Cris, an avid athlete, spent a lot of time surfing and golfing. - Lisa Miskovsky
Lisa Miskovsky is a Swedish musician. Lisa Miskovsky quickly placed herself on the Swedish rock music charts with her debut album "Lisa Miskovsky" and single "Driving one of your cars" with Swedish releases in 2001. Following this release, she received two Swedish Rock Bear awards; one for Best Swedish Newcomer, and the other for Best Swedish Female Artist of the Year. She followed up her musical success forcefully with the album "Fallingwater", … - Kristin Herrera
Kristin Lisa Almendarez (born February 21, 1989) is an American actress. She was born of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent in Los Angeles, California, where she resides. Kristin has two older brothers, named Ryan and Justin. She is athletic and enjoys sports. Her favorite sports are basketball and snow boarding she is also interested in Surfing. Herrera has a long list of acting credits. Her first TV role was in a phone service commercial. - Merrell Fankhauser
Merrell Fankhauser (b 23 December 1943, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s with bands including the Exiles, Fapardokly, HMS Bounty, and MU. After moving to San Luis Obispo, California in his teens, he began playing guitar, and got his first break playing in movie theaters and talent shows. - Kate Bell
Kate Bell is an Australian actress. She played the role of Bec Sanderson in the television series Blue Water High. Before playing Bec, She played Susie in Home And Away and also had a small role in the Power Rangers. One of her favorite hobbies is surfing, and she has received a lot of intensive training. Acoording to an interview made to her, Kate goes to Wollongong University. - Lee Watkinson
Lee Watkinson (born October 18, 1966) is an American professional poker player, originally from Cheney, Washington. At the 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Watkinson finished 2nd in the $5,000 pot limit Omaha event. He also finished in the money of that year's $10,000 no limit Texas hold 'em main event, finishing 113th. Watkinson made back-to-back World Poker Tour (WPT) final tables during its third season. The first time he finished 2nd to Eli Elezra, … - Zach Ashton
Zach Ashton (born Zachary Ashton Smith, April 23, 1976 in Denver, Colorado) is a pop-folk singer-songwriter. Known for his dreamy lyrics and melodic delivery, Ashton, a self-taught musician, uses his music and art to document his journeys throughout the world and his life. Although he writes of personal experience his compositions touch the human spirit. - Celeste Thorson
Celeste Thorson is an American actress, model, photographer and writer. She is best known for her role as a host in the Destination X Hawaii TV Series and modeling campaigns for Body Glove, Nokia, Yahoo!, BIOQUE, and Paul Mitchell. A political activist Thorson has worked with the Save the Children, Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, Public Interest Research Group, and Sierra Club. Along with modeling she's also appeared in several music videos including the Rolling Stones - Rain Fall Down. - Kayla Ewell
Kayla Ewell, (born August 27 1985 in Long Beach, California) is an American actress known for her role as Caitlin Ramirez on CBS soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" from 2004 to 2005. Her other acting credits include roles on "The Sullivan Sisters", "Freaks and Geeks", "Profiler", "Boston Public", "The O.C.", "Veronica Mars" and the film "Bloodhounds, Inc". She graduated from Los Alamitos High School in 2003. - Zachary Knighton
Zachary Knighton (born October 25, 1978) is an American actor. In 2007, he starred in the horror film remake "The Hitcher", playing the role originally performed by C. Thomas Howell. Knighton was born in Virginia and in 1996, graduated from Frank W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Afterwards, he attended Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a fan of horror films and surfing. - Candace Allen
Candace Allen is a beauty queen from Washington, DC who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Allen won the Miss District of Columbia USA 2006 title in a state pageant held in late 2005. On April 21, 2006 she competed for the title of Miss USA 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland and placed in the top 10. Allen was also one of twenty six Miss USA Delegates who appeared on Deal or No Deal in April 2006. Allen graduated from Cheltenham High School in Wyncote, … - Amy Purdy
Amy Purdy was born in Las Vegas. She is a double amputee, competitive snowboarder and spokesperson for the Challenged Athletes Foundation. At the age of 19, she contracted Neisseria meningitis, a form of bacterial meningitis. Due to the disease, which affected her circulatory system, both of her legs had to be amputated below the knee. Her spleen and a kidney had to be removed. Two years later, she received a kidney transplant from her father. - Katee Stearns
Katee June Stearns is a beauty queen from Orono, Maine who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Stearns was crowned Miss Maine USA 2006 on Thanksgiving Weekend, 2005 at the The Sheraton Hotel in South Portland, ME. This was her first year competing in the pageant, and she was crowned by outgoing titleholder Erica Commeau. On April 21, 2006 she represented Maine in the Miss USA 2006 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland. - Daniel S. Loeb
Daniel Seth Loeb is an American hedge fund manager and founder of Third Point LLC, a New York based hedge fund managing over $3.5 billion in assets. Loeb is well known in the financial world for writing public letters in which he expresses disapproval of the performance and conduct of other financial executives. - Darrell Eastlake
Darrell Eastlake is an Australian television presenter with the Nine Network. Starting out on radio in the 1960s, he was involved with surfing. Since he joined the Nine Network he has commentated a huge array of sports, including motor racing (with his great mate Barry Sheene), rugby league, weightlifting, surfing, and ironman events. He is well known for being available for any sport that isn't deemed as 'mainstream', … - Lady Davina Lewis
The Lady Davina Elizabeth Alice Benedikte Lewis is the elder daughter of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and The Duchess of Gloucester, née Birgitte Eva Henriksen (later van Deurs). She is currently 21st in the line of succession to the British throne. She was born Lady Davina Windsor at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London. Lady Davina was educated at Kensington Preparatory School in Notting Hill, followed by St. George's School, Ascot in Ascot, … - Grazielle Oganna
Grazielle Oganna (born March 22, 1980) is an Australian-born Brazilian singer. She was born in Auburn, New South Wales, Australia and raised in Santa Catarina, Brazil, and is of Japanese descent on her mother's side and Norwegian on her father's side. She made her album debut after meeting the Italian guitar player Marsteel who also produced her single "Goodbye", originally written in memory of his father. She graduated from School of Media, Film and Theatre, Sydney, … - Ian Titherington
Ian Titherington (b.1966) is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. He is standing for Swansea West in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007. Ian Titherington was born in Swansea ("Abertawe") where he was educated and raised. Ian currently lives in Cardiff. Ian Titherington was Plaid Cymru candidate in the 2005 General Election, and is an active campaigner. He is secretary of UNDEB - Plaid Cymru's trade union - and is a Unison Branch Officer. - Radasha Ho'Ohuli
Radasha Leialoha Hoohuli is a beauty queen from Nanakuli, HI who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Hoohuli won the Miss Hawaii USA 2006 title in a state pageant held in late 2005. She is no stranger to pageants, having competed in the Miss Hawaii system for Miss America, and represented Hawaii in the Miss World pageant in 2001. She competed for the title of Miss USA 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006. Hoohuli graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 1997. - Max Pam
Max Pam, (born Melbourne, 1949) is a contemporary Australian photographer. As a teenager Pam found post-war suburban Melbourne grim, oppressive and culturally isolated. He found refuge in the counter-culture of surfing and the imagery of National Geographic and Surfer Magazine and became determined to travel overseas. Pam left Australia at 20, after accepting a job as a photographer assisting an astrophysicist. Together, the pair drove a Volkswagen from Calcutta to London. - Michael H. Gelb
Professor Michael H. Gelb is a biochemist and chemist specialising in enzymes and particularly those of medical significance. Gelb studied chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, Davis before taking a Ph.D under Stephen G. Sligar at Yale University on aspects of the catalytic mechanism of cytochrome P450. - Carmen Kass
Carmen Kass (born September 14, 1978 in Paide, Estonia) is an Estonian supermodel. - Oregon Surfing
- Michael Karnow
Blah blah blah Karnow blah Karnow Karnow blah blah blah Karnow. - Bruno Vilela
I am that guy in the corner who can't stop smiling and makes you wonder, "What the hell is so funny anyway?". I love the fact that I am still alive - despite of odds favoring otherwise - and that everyday I get another chance to try and get it right. I obsess over the quality of my work and have been known to loose sleep over a good video-game.
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