Buzzy Trent
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Buzzy Trent was a pioneer of big wave surfing
. Born in San Diego and raised in Santa Monica, he body surfed as a child and started surfing at age 12. He moved to Hawaii in 1952 to surf and pioneered big wave surfing along with George Downing and Greg Noll
. Buzzy gained international fame in 1953 when he was photographed by Scoop Suzuki riding a 20-foot winter wave at Makaha in the first widely published photos of big wave surfing.
Throughout his life he was an exceptional athlete, including being an all-state football player. He was also an active diver and hang glider.
Buzzy was featured in the film Riding Giants
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He died September 26, 2006 at Hale Ho Aloha nursing home in Honolulu, HI at age 77.
Big wave surfing
Big wave surfing is a discipline within surfing in which experienced surfers paddle into or are towed onto waves which are at least 20 feet high, on surf boards known as "guns" or "rhino chasers". Sizes of the board needed to successfully surf these waves vary by the size of the wave as well as...
. Born in San Diego and raised in Santa Monica, he body surfed as a child and started surfing at age 12. He moved to Hawaii in 1952 to surf and pioneered big wave surfing along with George Downing and Greg Noll
Greg Noll
Greg Noll , nicknamed "Da Bull" by Phil Edwards in reference to his physique and way of "charging" down the face of a wave, is an American pioneer of big wave surfing and is also acknowledged as a prominent longboard shaper. Noll was a member of a US lifeguard team that introduced malibu boards to...
. Buzzy gained international fame in 1953 when he was photographed by Scoop Suzuki riding a 20-foot winter wave at Makaha in the first widely published photos of big wave surfing.
Throughout his life he was an exceptional athlete, including being an all-state football player. He was also an active diver and hang glider.
Buzzy was featured in the film Riding Giants
Riding Giants
Riding Giants is a 2004 documentary film directed and narrated by Stacy Peralta, a famous skater/surfer who helped define modern skateboarding. The movie traces the origins of surfing and specifically focuses on the art of big wave riding...
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He died September 26, 2006 at Hale Ho Aloha nursing home in Honolulu, HI at age 77.
