Famous surfers

This is a list of people associated with surfing or surf culture.

Name	Lifespan	Nationality	Reason for fame
Reno Abellira	1950–	Haw	Smirnoff World Pro/Am winner in 1974
Megan Abubo	1978–	Haw
Eddie Aikau	1946–1978	Haw	Award-winning surfer and lifeguard
Lisa Andersen	1969–	USA	Four-time world surfing champion 1994–1997
Simon Anderson	1954–	Aus	First advocate of the three-finned surfboard, the "thruster," early 1980s
Bill Andrews	1944–	USA	Among first to surf Black's Beach in La Jolla, CA
Robert August	1945–	USA	Surfer and Surfboard Designer
Rolf Aurness	1952–	USA	1970 World Champion
Tim Baker		Aus	Journalist, former editor of Tracks and Australia's Surfing Life magazines.
Rochelle Ballard	1971–	Haw
Wayne Bartholomew		Aus	1978 World Champion
Layne Beachley	1972–	Aus	Seven times ASP World Champion, founder of 'Aim For The Stars'
Holly Beck	1980–	USA	2000 Explorer Women's Western Surfing Champion, 2000 College Women's National title
Linda Benson	1944–	USA	1959 Makaha International Champion, U.S. Champion: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1968
Shane Beschen	1972–	Haw
Jesse Brad Billauer	1979–	USA	Quadriplegic surfer
Tom Blake	1902–1994)	USA	Early American Surfer, inventor of the Skeg
Alana Blanchard	(1990–	USA	Women's Pipeline Championship winner
Jimmy Blears	1948–2011	Haw	1972 World Champion
Wendy Botha	1965–	Aus	Four-time world surfing champion
Lynne Boyer	1956–	USA	First two time world surfing champion 1978 & 1979
Ken Bradshaw	1952–	USA	North Shore hellman
Bruce Brown		San Francisco	Surfing film maker
Bud Browne	1912–2008	USA	Pioneer surf film maker, the first filmmaker to show surf movies commercially
Joey Buran	1961–	USA	Won the 1984 Pipe Masters and 1998 ASP Masters World Championship
Pam Burridge	1965–	Aus	1990 women's world champion
Taj Burrow	1978–	Aus	1998 ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year, many ASP Tour wins
Ian Cairns	1952–	Aus	Champion surfer in the late 1970s
Heather Clark		RSA	2001 Hawaiian Triple Crown champion
Corky Carroll	1947–		Five Time U.S. Champion, 3 Time International Professional Champion, International Big Wave Champion, World Small Wave Champion
Richie Collins	1969–	USA	(surfer/shaper) 1988 O'Neill Coldwater Classic champ, Won the 1989 Op Pro, Won the 1992 Bells Beach Classic.
Cas Collier		RSA	1999 World Big Wave Champion
Mike Diffenderfer	1937–2002	USA	Surfer and shaper
Miki Dora	1936–2002	USA
Shane Dorian		Haw	Pro surfer.
Mike Doyle	1941–	USA	Surf/paddle champion, innovator. 1965 World Champion. Winner, 1968 Duke Kahanamoku Contest.
Laura Enever	1991–	Aus	2009 ASP Women's World Junior Champion
Michael Eppelstun		Aus	1994 bodyboarding world champion
Mick Fanning	1981–	Aus	Won 2007, 2009 and 2013 ASP World Tour
Midget Farrelly	1944–	Aus	Won the inaugural World Surfing Championship in 1964
Sally Fitzgibbons	1990–	Aus	Multi ASP World Tour title-holder
John John Florence	1992–	Haw	Won the 2011 Vans World Cup of Surfing, the youngest winner
Jeremy Flores	1988–	Fra	2007 WCT Rookie of the Year
Mark Foo	1958–1994	Haw	Professional surfer. Died while surfing at Mavericks.
Donavon Frankenreiter	1972–	USA	Surfer and musician
George Freeth	1883–1919	Haw	"The Father of Modern Surfing"
Skip Frye	1941–	USA	Legendary stylist and surfboard shaper
Jim Fuller			Godfather of surf guitar, Surfaris
Nick Gabaldon	1927–1951		California's first documented surfer of Black and Hispanic descent
Maya Gabeira	1987–	Bra	Surfed the biggest wave ever by a female at 45ft
Sunny Garcia	1970–	Haw	2000 World Champion
Stephanie Gilmore (1988– ) (Aus) 2007 ASP World Champion
George Greenough (1941– ) (USA/Aus) 1960s kneeboard, shortboard, inventor and surf movies.
Jeff Hakman (1958– ) (Haw) Surfing champion of the 1970s
Bethany Hamilton (February 8, 1990), (USA) Victim of a much-publicised shark attack.
Laird Hamilton (March 2, 1964), (USA) (Hawaii and California), Big wave rider and tow-in surfing inventor.
Paige Hareb (NZ)
Peter Harris (1958– ) (Aus) Won the 1980 Stubbies as a rookie
Ricky Hatch, surfer from Hermosa Beach, California
Chelsea Hedges (1983– ) (Aus) 2005 world title holder
Fred Hemmings (Haw) 1968 World Champion
Coco Ho (1991– ) (Haw) Women's ASP World Tour surfer, Michael Ho's daughter
Derek Ho (Haw) 1993 World Champion, Michael Ho's younger brother
Michael Ho (1957– ) (Haw) Won Hawaiian Triple Crown, Duke Classic, World Cup and 1982 Pipe Masters
CJ Hobgood (1979– ) (USA) 2001 World Champion
Damien Hobgood (USA)
Joyce Hoffman (USA) US Women's Champion 1965–67
Phillip Hoffman (1930–2010) American big wave pioneer and surf apparel company executive
Cheyne Horan (1960–) (Aus) World championship runner-up 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982
Mike Hynson (USA) (Star of Endless Summer and surf board shaper who taught Robert August how to shape)
Andy Irons (1978–2010) (Haw) Three-time world champion 2002–2004
Bruce Irons (Haw)
Duke Paoa Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968), (Haw) US Olympic Swimming Champion, Hawaiian Personality. The Father of Modern Surfing. Made appearances in Hollywood films (Mr. Roberts with Henry Fonda and Wake of the Red Witch with John Wayne).
Dave Kalama (1964– ) (Haw) windsurfing and paddleboard champion
Drew Kampion (1944– ) (USA) surf writer and editor, editor of Surfer Magazine (1968–71), author of Stoked: A History of Surf Culture, The Way of the Surfer, The Book of Waves, etc.
Keala Kennelly (1978– ) (USA)
Damian King (Aus) 2003 & 2004 World Bodyboarding Champion
Wes Laine (1960– ) A top 10 ASP World Championship Tour competitor - Wins: 1984 World Cup Sunset Beach, 1983 OP-Pro Atlantic City, 1985 Spur Ranch, Cape Town, South Africa, 2nd Place 1983 Rip-Curl Pro, Bells Beach
Isabel Letham (1899–1995) (Aus) First Australian to surf.
Antony Garrett Lisi (USA) Physicist.
Jack London (1876–1916) (USA) Writer, Hawaiian surfer
Gerry Lopez (1948– ), (Haw) "Mr.Pipeline", Founder of Lightning Bolt surfboards and Actor (played role of Subotai in Conan the Barbarian)
Barton Lynch (1963– ) (Aus) 1988 World Champion, won 17 world tour events
Wayne Lynch (1952– ) (Aus)
Rob Machado (1973– ) (USA) Won Pipeline Masters and U.S. Open of Surfing
Cheyne Magnusson (c. 1984), US
Ishita Malaviya, (India) First Indian female surfer
Malia Manuel (1993– ) (Haw) 2008 US Open Champion (youngest ever)
Bobby Martinez (1986– ) (USA) 2006 Rookie of the Year
Clay Marzo (1989– ) (USA) Three NSSA National surfing titles, a nomination for Maneuver of the Year at the 2007 Surfer Magazine Poll and Video Awards
Pauline Menczer (1970– ) (Aus) 1988 amateur world champion, 1993 world champion
Jessi Miley-Dyer (1986– ) (Aus)
Wayne Miyata (1942–2005) (USA) California and Hawaii, "going tubular" in Endless Summer, famous color glosser
Carissa Moore (1992– ) (Haw) 2011 ASP Women's World Champion, youngest female ever to win
Jay Moriarity (1978–2001) (USA)
Sofía Mulánovich (1983– ) (Peru) First South American to win the World Title in 2004
Mickey Muñoz (1937– ) (USA) Early surfing pioneer, also famous as a surfboard shaper
Greg Noll (1937– ) (USA) Big wave pioneer, rode biggest wave of his era at Makaha
Kem Nunn (USA) Avid surfer and America's leading surf novelist
David Nuuhiwa (1948– ) (USA) legendary nose rider from the 1960s
Margo Oberg (1953– ) (Haw) Three-time world champion 1977, 1980 & 1981
Jamie O'Brien (1983– ) (Haw)
Mark Occhilupo (1966– ) (Aus) 1999 world champion
Phyllis O'Donnell (1937– ) (Aus) In 1964 won the inaugural women's World Championship Surfing Title at Manly Beach
Jack O'Neill (1923– ) Surfer and inventor of the modern wetsuit
Joel Parkinson (1981– ) (Aus)
Mike Parsons (1965– ) Surfed largest recorded wave of 70ft at Cortes Bank
Stacey Peralta (1957– ) (USA) Z-Boy
Lakey Peterson (1994– ) (USA)
Michael Peterson (1952–2012) (Aus) Australian champion 1972 & 1974
Pete Peterson { 1952– } (USA) Three time World Champion
Bob Pike (1940–1999) (Aus) Noted big wave surfer
Tiago Pires (1980– ) (Por)
Felipe Pomar (1943– ) (Peru) 1965 World Champion
Martin Potter (1965– ) (RSA) 1989 World Champion
Maz Quinn (1976– ) (NZ)
Mark Richards (1957– ) (Aus) 4-time World Champion 1979–1982
Jacqueline Silva (1979– ) (Bra) Pioneer in Brazilian women's surfing
Bob Simmons (1919–1954) (USA) Father of the modern surfboard
Kelly Slater (1972– ) (USA) 11-time World Champion
Jordy Smith (1988– ) (RSA)
Mike Stewart (1963– ) (Haw) 9-time World Bodyboarding Champion
Rell Sunn (1950–1988) (Haw) A top female surfer of the 1980s, known as the "Queen of Makaha"
Donald Takayama (1943–2012) (USA) Master's division of the United States Surfing Champions 1971, 1972 and 1973
Guilherme Tamega (Bra) 6-time world champion bodyboarder
Shaun Tomson (1955– ) (USA) Born in South Africa, currently living in the USA, 1977 World Champion
Peter Townend (1953– ) (Aus) 1976 World Champion
Buzzy Trent (1929–2006) (USA) Pioneer of big wave surfing
Joel Tudor (1976– ) (USA) Famous contemporary longboarder
Butch Van Artsdalen (1941–1979) (Haw) the original Mr. Pipeline
Dale Velzy (1927–2005) (USA) 1950s surf shop pioneer and surfboard design innovator
Mark Visser (1983– ) (Aus) Big-wave surfer, the "Night Rider"
Robert "Wingnut" Weaver Featured, along with Patrick O'Connell, in The Endless Summer II surf film.
Sharon Webber (USA) Women's world surfing championship in 1970 & 1972
Dewey Weber (1938–1993) (USA) Surfer and surfboard designer
Dale Webster (1948– ) (USA) Northern California surfer who surfed over 10,407 days in a row, minimum of 3 waves a day. Appeared in the Step Into Liquid movie.
John Whitmore (RSA) South African surfing pioneer.
Dennis Wilson (1944–1983) (USA) Founding member of The Beach Boys
Owen Wright (1990– ) (Aus) Won 2011 Quiksilver Pro
Tyler Wright (1994– ) (Aus) 2011 ASP Women's World Tour Rookie of the Year
Nat Young (1947– ) (Aus) World surfing champion 1966 & 1970, ASP World Longboard Tour Champion 1986 & 1988–1990. Tried to register surfing as an official religion.
Frieda Zamba (1965– ) (USA) Four time world women's surfing champion 1984-1986 and 1988.