Padaca, Myles

Soft-spoken Hawaiian regularfooter from Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii; winner of the 2001 Triple Crown of Surfing. Padaca was born (1971) in Kona, the son of Tom Padaca, a highly respected surfer of the late '60s and early '70s, and began riding waves at age 11. By the time he'd moved to the North Shore at age 20, Padaca had developed into a smooth, rangy, powerful surfer. Although Padaca ha...