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A
Eddie
Aikau (May 4, 1946-March 17, 1978) We miss him
Hobie
Alter (October 31, 1933-) Mass manufacturing of good boards
Lisa
Andersen (March 8, 1969-) Accomplished against all odds
Simon
Anderson (July 7, 1954-) - inventor
Jose
Angel (September 2, 1934-July 24, 1976) Waimea Bay daredevil
Matt
Archbold (December 6, 1968-) Tattoos and waves
Robert
August (June 6, 1945-) Surfer - Actor
Rolf
Aurness (February 18, 1952- ) Champion gone AWOL
B
Doc
Ball (January 25, 1907 - ) still active in his 90s
Jim
Banks (May 27, 1959- ) Tube junkie turned board designer
Wayne
"Rabbit" Bartholomew (November 30, 1954-) Earned every bit if
recognition
Layne
Beachley (May 24, 1972-) Gidget gone pro
Larry
Bertlemann (August 7, 1955-) Shortboard aficionado
Shane
Beschen (February 18, 1972-) three flawless Kirra cylinders in one heat
Tom
Blake (March 8, 1902-May 5, 1994) inventor of the hollow board
Wendy
Botha (August 22, 1965-) - Part South African, part Australian --- all
surfer
Ben
Bourgeois (October 30, 1978-) - Tear of the Tarheel
Ken
Bradshaw (October 4, 1952-) - Conqueror of the world's biggest wave?
Dick
Brewer (October 13, 1936-) - The timeless gunsmith
Bruce
Brown (December 1, 1937-) - Surfing's original colonialist
Bud
Browne (July 12, 1912-) - The man who put the surfing picture into motion
Joey
Buran (March 21, 1961-) - The California Kid
Carlos
Burle - Brazil's big-wave contender
Pam
Burridge (July 26, 1965-) - Women's surfing matricarch
Taj
Burrow (June 2, 1978-) - Australia's new-school wonderkid
C
Joey
Cabell (December 10, 1938-)
Ian
Cairns (July 24, 1952- )
Mick
Campbell (May 10, 1974-)
Corky
Carroll (September 9, 1947-)
Tom
Carroll (November 26, 1961-)
Dick
Catri (February 19, 1938)
Aaron
Chang (August 9, 1956-) - Will shoot for surf
Richie
Collins (March 31, 1969- ) - Intense competitor and veteran shaper
Sean
Collins (April 8, 1952-) - The swell prophet
Jodie
Cooper (May 4, 1964-) - One of big-wave surfing's first ladies
Richard
Cram (May 22, 1961-) - King of the cutback
Jeff
Crawford (February 6, 1952- ) - He opened the Pipeline to the East Coast
Pat
Curren (August 8, 1932-) - Have gun -- will travel
Tom
Curren (July 3, 1964-) - Three-time world title winner and style guru
D
Shane
Dorian (July 19, 1972- ) - Big Island god of style
Miki
Dora (1936-2002 ) - Surfing's Black Knight
George
Downing - Big-wave surfing's soothsayer
E
Phil
Edwards (June 10, 1938-) - The first professional surfer
Luke
Egan (January 24, 1970-) - A man among boys
David
Eggers (January 8, 1970-) - Fall of the Golden Child
Gary
Elkerton (August 21, 1964) - You can call him Kong again
F
Bernard
"Midget" Farrelly (September 13, 1944-) - No pint-sized
surf star
Terry
Fitzgerald (April 2, 1950-) - The total surfer
Larry
"Flame" Moore (June 17, 1948-) - Shotpicker extraordinaire
Christian
Fletcher (October 20, 1970- ) - The Godfather of Air
Mark
Foo (1958-December 23, 1994) - Fallen big-wave hero
George
Freeth (November 8, 1883-April 7, 1919) - The first man to surf Southern
California
Wally
Froiseth (December 21, 1919-) - Surfing's first gun activist
Skip
Frye (September 7, 1941-) - The Prince of Flow
G
Sunny
Garcia (January 14, 1970-) - Ageless Hawaiian power broker
Brad
Gerlach (April 11, 1966-) - North San Diego's merry prankster
Leroy
Grannis (August 12, 1917-) - The Elder Lensman
George
Greenough (1941-) - The original shortboard revolutionary
H
Jeff
Hakman (November 18, 1948- ) - Mr. Sunset
Billy
Hamilton (August 27, 1948- ) - The gospel of style
Laird
Hamilton (March 2, 1964-) - The man who knows no limits
Damien
Hardman (January 23, 1966-) - 2X World Champ and ultimate pro
Lorrin
"Whitey" Harrison (1913-September 8, 1993) - Old Coconut Hat
Fred
Hemmings (January 9, 1946-) - Surfing's elder statesman
C.J.
and Damien Hobgood (July 6, 1979-) - Pro surfing's twin towers
Derek
Ho (September 26, 1964) - Pipeline's younger brother
Todd
Holland (December 11, 1968- ) - Last of the good ole boys
Michael
Ho (July 13, 1957-) - Professor Emeritus of the North Shore
Cheyne
Horan (August 8, 1960- ) - World Masters champ and Aussie iconoclast
I
Andy
Irons (July 24, 1978-) - High performance in heavy water
J
Jeffreys
Bay - Real-life notebook doodle waves
K
Duke
Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890-January 22, 1968) - Ambassador of stoke
Buttons
Kaluhiokalani (March 30, 1959-) - Mr. Spontaneous
Barry
Kanaiaupuni (1946-) - The man with the bottom turn
Matt
Kechele (July 23, 1962- ) - He taught Slater everything he knows
Rabbit
Kekai (November 11, 1920-) - Around the surf world in 80 years
Killer
Dana - Surfing's early hot spot
Taylor
Knox (May 15, 1971-) - K2 Big-Wave Challenge winner
L
Wes
Laine (May 23, 1960-) - That's Mr. East Coast to you
Brock
Little (March 16, 1967-) - Big-wave prodigy
Greg
Loehr (August 26, 1952-) - The East Coast's mad scientist
Cory
Lopez (March 21, 1977-) - The Gulf Coast's unlikely hellman
Gerry
Lopez (November 7, 1948- ) - The sultan of spit
Barton
Lynch (August 9, 1963-) - The surfing magpie
Wayne
Lynch (1951- ) - Evolutionary man
M
Rob
Machado (October 16, 1973- ) - The soul of pro surfing
Chris
(December 19, 1971 - ), Keith (March 27, 1974) and Dan (December 21, 1977)
Malloy - Surfing's answer to the Jackson Five
Margaret
River - Over the rainbow in Western Oz
Bobby
Martinez (May 26, 1982-) - Santa Barbara's next contender
Bob
McTavish (May 14, 1944-) - Catalyst of the shortboard revolution
Kim
Mearig (September 10, 1963-) - The Queen of the Queen of the Coast
Peter
Mel (November 24, 1969-) - Mr. Big Stuff
Pauline
Menczer (May 21, 1970-) - A champion individual
Al
Merrick (March 11, 1944-) - The hands of fortune
Tom
Morey, aka Y (August 15, 1935-) - The world's coolest sponger
Jay
Moriarty (June 16, 1978-June 15, 2001) - Perpetually smiling fallen big-wave
hero
N
Greg
Noll (February 11, 1937-) - Big-wave survivor
O
Margo
Oberg (September 8, 1953-) - She made big waves
Mark
Occhilupo (June 16, 1966-) - There's life after 30
Pat
O'Connell (September 26, 1971-) - The happiest surfer in the world
Jack
O'Neill - The original rubberman
P
Flavio
Padaratz (April 19, 1971- ) - Brazilian speed demon
Michael
Peterson (1953-) - The origin of the modern species
Bob
Pike (1940-May 20, 1999) - Australia's first big-wave surfer
Polyurethane
Foam - When wooden surfboards saw the light
Martin
Potter (October 28, 1965-) - Dean of the new school
Rusty
Preisendorfer (June 15, 1953-) - Master craftsman
Q
R
Crazy
Randall (November 11, 1961- ) - The ...Lost hero
Randy
Rarick (October 31, 1950-) - The man behind the Hawaiian Triple Crown
Bruce
Raymond (July 27, 1954 -) - Humble Bondi grom to industry leader
Mark
Richards (March 7, 1957-) - Two fins -- four titles
Kalani
Robb (February 2, 1977-) - The modern Hawaiian rubberman
S
John
Severson (December 12, 1933-) - Surfer magazine's founder
Bob
Simmons (March 29, 1919-September 26, 1954) - King of balsa
Kelly
Slater (February 11, 1972-) - The Untouchable
Pancho Sullivan (July 1, 1973-) - Speaks softly but wields a mighty stick
Rell
Sunn (July 31, 1950-January 2, 1998) - Queen of Makaha
T
Shaun
Tomson (August 21, 1955-) - The son of Free Ride
Peter
Townend (May 30, 1953-) - The first world champ?
Buzzy
Trent (May 13, 1929- ) - One of Makaha's big guns
Joel
Tudor (1976-) - The complete postmodern surfer
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V
Butch
Van Artsdalen (January 31, 1941-July 18, 1979) - The original Mr. Pipeline
W
Chris
Ward (November 12, 1978-) - Freesurf maestro
Dewey
Weber (August 18, 1938- January 7, 1993) - The Little Man on Wheels
Danny
Wills (September 30, 1975-) - Australian prodigy
Glen
Winton (October 28, 1960- ) - The enigmatic Mr. X
X
Y
Robert
"Nat" Young (November 14, 1947-) - Frontman of the
shortboard revolution
Z
Frieda
Zamba (October 24, 1965-) - Florida's first four-time world champ
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