Cunningham. Photo:Timo

The ultimate bodysurfing ambassador, Cunningham deserves his place on this list simply for the amount of waves ridden with the amount of skill, board or not. Mark Cunningham started bodysurfing because the spot he grew up surfing on the East Side pre-leash required bodysurfing in after your board, which he enjoyed so much he stopped bothering taking the board out, and took swim fins instead. A career lifeguard on the North Shore now retired, Cunningham not only exudes cool, ocean knowledge and aloha to all who meet or encounter him, but also looks amazing in a pair of Speedos for a dude in his 60’s.