Christian Wach
Having scored the covers of both Drift magazine (UK) and Australian Longboarding magazine, in addition to a full page in Surfer magazine in the same month, Christian is having a breakout year in the national and international surf media. At just 19 years of age, Christian has an impressive résumé, having won first place in the respected Noosa Noseriding Festival in both 2009, 2008 and 2007. Check out the 9-1 CW Model by Herbie.
Chris Ward AKA Wardo
Video may have killed the radio star, but for Chris Ward, it made the surf star. In another time, Ward would have been another hot kid from Southern California. As it is, his legend has followed — and perhaps even surpassed — that of his San Clemente neighbor, Matt Archbold, another worldwide sensation who never seemed to fit in a contest jersey. Check out the Lost 5-5 RNF that Chris loves.
Nathan Fletcher
Nate Fletcher rips everything. He’s a great aerial surfer, a great barrel rider and he charges big waves. It doesn’t stop with surfing either: skateboarding, snowboarding and motocross are all things Nate excels at. Nate shows up every winter on the North Shore and blows minds. He was riding four fins at Pipe before the fad even started. Now every surf shop in the world is caring them. Check out Coles Firefly, Nates weapon of choice.
Donavon Frankenrieter
Most teenagers don’t even think about having a job, but at age 15 Donavon Frankenreiter was already bringing home a paycheck as a professional surfer. Today over 15 years later his name is synonymous with world-class surfing, but Donavon is no stranger to the music world either. Check out Docs 5-9 New Toy for some serious cruising.
Dave Rastavich AKA Rasta
Surfers come and go. Sure they may flare in the water, make a heap of coin or even bag a world title but does that make them memorable? Why should their name stick out from the thousands of others who have passed before us? This is David Rastovich, he surfs and lives for different reasons, read on and learn. Check out Dick Van Straalens Rocket fish, one of Rastas favourite boards
