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Andy Lopez Research Paper

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Here are the top five best surfers of all time.
They come from all over the world like Hawaii, Oregon, Santa Barbara, and even Florida. They have a passion for surfing and love to do it and are very good too.

Starting at number five with Ai Forever also known as Andy Irons. Andy showed everybody that you can come from nothing and be a world champion. He was virtually unbeatable, nobody wanted it more than Andy. But sadly three years ago at the age of 32 Andy had a heart attack and passed away. He will always be remembered in our hearts.

Mr. Pipeline falling in fourth place. Gerry Lopez is his real name, now at of 67 and still doing what he loves living in Oregon. Gerry continues to build surfboards and is an ambassador for Patagonia. He received the ‘72 Pipe Masters title, in the ‘70 Gerry was one of the key figures that unlocked the secrets of Indonesia. He also was a pioneering force at G-Land. One highlight of his career is in 1980 he …show more content…

He was born in 1890 in Honolulu, Hawaii. When he was 21 he broke the 100-yard freestyle swimming world record b 4.6 seconds in his first ever race. In 1912, he introduced surfing to California and America’s East Coast.
Two years later he introduces surfing to Australia at Freshwater beaches. In 1965, he inducted to both swimming and surfing to the Halls of Fame. He then sadly also died of a heart attack in Waikiki at the age of 77. The bronze statue erected in Waikiki on the 100th anniversary of when he was born in 1990.

Falling behind first in second place is the Style Master, Tom Curren. In 1990, Tome reemerged of obscurity and surfed his way from the trials to a third world title. His lack of conformity and stylized movement have captured surfing’s collective attention for the better part of 30 years. Whether it is the three world titles, logo- less pintail or searching in Indo on a 5’7” Tommy Peterson- Tom Curren continues to inspire many many

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