Renneker, Mark
Loquacious big-wave rider, explorer, and health advocate from San Francisco, California; founder of the Surfer's Medical Association. Renneker was born (1952) in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a psychiatrist father and artist mother, moved with his family to Los Angeles at age four, and began surfing at 10. He received a B.S. in biology and epistemics from U.C. Santa Cruz in 1975; four years later ...
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Mark Renneker, Ocean Beach, 1993Subscribe to view
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Mark Renneker, San FranciscoSubscribe to view
Mark Renneker, Maverick's, 1994. Photo: Rob GilleySubscribe to view
Mark Renneker, Cloudbreak, late 1980s. Photo: SatoSubscribe to view
(L to R) Chris Isaak, Mark Renneker, Edwin Salem, San Francisco, 2024Subscribe to view
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Mark Renneker, Ocean Beach, 1993
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Mark Renneker
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Mark Renneker, San Francisco
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Mark Renneker, Maverick's, 1994. Photo: Rob Gilley
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Mark Renneker, Cloudbreak, late 1980s. Photo: Sato
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(L to R) Chris Isaak, Mark Renneker, Edwin Salem, San Francisco, 2024