Baker, Grant “Twiggy”
Shaggy-haired big-wave surfer from South Africa; winner of the 2006 and 2014 Maverick's Surf Contest and the 2008 Red Bull Big Wave Africa; 2014 Big Wave World Tour Champion; regular on the Billabong XXL Awards podium throughout the 2000s. Baker was born (1973) in Durban, started surfing at age 13, and by the late 1990s the slight (5'11", 154 pounds) regularfooter was quietly challenging heavy wat...
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Tafeberg, Cape Town, 2008. Photo: Rob BrownSubscribe to view
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Grant Baker
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Grant Baker, Nazare. Photo: Daniel Espirito Santo
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Grant Baker, 2012. Photo: Tyron McKenzie
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Grant Baker, 2016. Photo: Maarten Van de Velde
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Tafeberg, Cape Town, 2008. Photo: Rob Brown