A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Bertlemann, Larry

Light-hearted yet explosive regularfoot pro surfer from West Java, Indonesia; winner of the 2008 Indonesian Surfing Championship tour. Suryana was born (1985) in Cimaja, the youngest son of rice-farming parents, began riding waves at age 7, and moved to Bali at 15 to focus on a career in professional surfing. 

Quiksilver signed Suryana to a three-year deal in 2009 hoping to shepherd the young Indonesian to a berth on the WCT. Described as a "human cannonball" in 2010 by surf journalist Nathan Myers, Suryana, an acrobatic aerialist and a first-rate tuberider, proved a dominant force on the Indonesian competitive surfing circuit, but struggled to find success on the international stage. 

While a number of Balinese surfers have gained worldwide recognition, including Indonesian icon Rizal Tanjung, who was instrumental in bringing Dede to Bali, Suryana is the first Javanese surfer to earn an international reputation. 

The biopic Mengejar Ombak (Chasing Waves)--released in 2008, the same year Suryana won a surfing gold medal in the Asian Beach Games--chronicles Suryana's experiences as a Muslim surfer dealing with a Western-dominated multi-billion dollar surf industry. As of 2012, Suryana was the only Indonesian competing full-time on the ASP Men's Star Series.

Suryana, Dede

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