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THE 100 GREATEST SURFERS OF ALL TIME


George Downing, Eddie supremo. Photo: Joli

Another of the pioneering Hawaiian big wave surfers of the 40’s/50’s, an Associated Press shot of George Downing along with Woody Brown and Wally Froiseth surfing giant Makaha went ‘viral’ on the mainland in 1953, luring the next breed of chargers over to pick up the mantle. A scholar of the big wave science/ art in every facet from board design to forecasting, such is the esteem and authority Downing is held in that it falls on his 83-year-old shoulders to decide whether or not the Eddie runs.

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