Shane Dorian

Patrick Shane Dorian, known as Shane, is an American surfer from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, born on 19 July 1972. His parents ran a beachside restaurant called Dorian's, and he began on a bodyboard beside his friend Mike Stewart before receiving his first surfboard from his father on his fifth birthday. He had his first major success at the Gotcha Pro at Sandy Beach in 1987. Dorian joined the ASP World Tour in 1993, finished fourth in the world in 2000 and won the Rip Curl Pro in 1999 and the Billabong Pro at Mundaka in 2000. He left the tour around 2003 and 2004 to concentrate on big waves, first towing in by jet ski and later paddling in. He took the top prize at the 2008 Global Big Wave awards, and in 2011 the World Surf League named his paddle into a Jaws barrel at Peahi the Ride of the Year. Since 1995 he has directed the Shane Dorian Keiki Classic for surfers aged seventeen and under.