Michael Ho

Michael Ho is a Hawaiian Chinese professional surfer, born on July 13, 1957 in San Mateo, California, who won the Hawaiian Triple Crown, the Duke Classic, the World Cup and the 1982 Pipe Masters. He became one of Hawaii's first full-time professional surfers and spent 13 years, from 1976 to 1988, on the pro tour, though he never won a pro circuit event outside Hawaii. On the North Shore he stayed competitive for more than 25 years, as a five-time Pipeline Masters finalist, a four-time winner of the Xcel Pro and a two-time Triple Crown winner. He was known as a stylish position surfer and as one of the best tuberiders of the 1970s, and he helped invent the pigdog tuberiding technique. In 1997, at age 40, he was runner-up at the Pipeline Masters, and he won the World Masters Championships in 2000. He is the brother of Derek Ho and the father of Coco Ho and Mason Ho, and was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame in 2012.