Dane Reynolds

Dane Reynolds is an American professional surfer from Ventura, California, born on September 7, 1985, in Long Beach. He is known for a go-for-broke style full of experimental and aerial manoeuvres. He started surfing at ten, began competing at thirteen and left school at sixteen to surf. He recorded the highest single-wave score at the X Games in both 2003 and 2004, finished second on the Qualifying Series to qualify for the 2008 world tour, reached tenth in 2009 and tied for fourth in 2010. His first video, First Chapter, won Video of the Year at the 2006 Surfer Poll Awards, and he was inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach in August 2012. He also shapes his own boards and co-founded the clothing company Former.