SUNNY
GARCIA

Hawaiian power surfer from Waianae, Oahu; 2000 world champion and six-time winner of the Triple Crown (1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, and 2004). Sunny Garcia was born (1970) in Honolulu, and began surfing at age five, won the boys' division of the 1984 United States Surfing Championships, then dropped out of ninth grade to turn pro. In 1993, he finished ahead of Slater to win the Australia's Surfing Life Magazine Peer Poll Award. In 2000, Garcia was able to help raise the minimum per-event men's division prize-money purse, beginning in 2001, from $135,600 to $250,000. One of the sport's most filmed and photographed surfers, Garcia has appeared in more than 75 surf movies and videos. Sunny Garcia Surfing, a video game for Sony's PlayStation 2, was released in 2001. Garcia was also featured in Boarding House: North Shore, a 2003 reality TV series for the WB channel. Garcia ranked #14 on Surfer magazine's 2002 list of the "25 Most Powerful People in Surfing." In 2010, he was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame at Huntington Beach, California. In 2015, Garcia was elected to the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame. This board features a waxless clear deck application.

This board is in the permanent SHACC collection, donated by Sunny Garcia by way of Debie Pierson.
Portrait photo © Sunny Garcia.