Barton Lynch

Barton Lynch is an Australian former professional surfer, born on 9 August 1963 in Manly, New South Wales, and raised in the Sydney suburb of Whale Beach. He crowned a successful junior career by joining the world tour, where his fluid, vertical style and tactical sharpness kept him in the top sixteen for thirteen consecutive years. In 1988 he won both the Billabong Pro in Hawaii and the ASP World Tour title, and over a pro career of about fifteen years he won seventeen world tour events, including the Op Pro and the Rip Curl Pro. He won the World Qualifying Series in 1993 and retired in 1998, was inducted into the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame that year and the Australian Sporting Hall of Fame in 2000, and now works as a commentator on World Surf League coverage.