Cunningham, Mark
Amphibious bodysurfer from Honolulu, Hawaii; winner of the first professional bodysurfing contest, and unchallenged as the world's best bodysurfer from the mid-1970s to the early '90s. "If Charles Darwin were alive today," two-time Pipeline Masters winner Rory Russell said in 1994, describing Cunningham's half-man/half-fish physiology, "Mark would have blown his mind and sent him back to the drawi...
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"Waves to Freedom," starring Mark CunninghamSubscribe to view
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Mark Cunningham, 1993. Photo: Linny Cunningham Subscribe to view
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Mark Cunningham, Pipeline,. Photo: Darren CrawfordSubscribe to view
Mark Cunningham, 1997. Photo: Art BrewerSubscribe to view
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"Waves to Freedom," starring Mark Cunningham
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Mark Cunningham. Photo: Julien Roubinet
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Mark Cunningham, 1993. Photo: Linny Cunningham
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Mark Cunningham. Photo: Art Brewer
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Mark Cunningham, Pipeline,. Photo: Darren Crawford
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Mark Cunningham, 1997. Photo: Art Brewer