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Abberton, Koby

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Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

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advertising and surfing

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angle

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Bermuda

Kinetic surf-world industrialist and contest organizer; cofounder of Reef Footwear, and spearhead for surfing's inclusion in the Olympic Games. "He is nothing if not a character," Surfline said of Aguerre in 2009. "But don't let the loud clothes and lavish parties fool you. This lawyer turned savvy entrepreneur is a surf industry OGs—a true pioneer."

Aguerre was born (1958) in Mar del Plata, Argentina, the son of a lawyer and ranch owner (father) and lawyer-psychologist (mother) and began surfing along with his brother Santiago at age 12. In the mid-'70s, the boys ran a ding repair shot to service the small but growing local surfing population. In 1977, when surfing was banned at Mar del Plata, Aguerre formed the Argentinean Surfing Association, and lobbied successfully to have the ban lifted. That same year Fernando and Santiago opened Ala Moana, the country's first surf shop.

Aguerre immigrated to Southern California in 1984 after earning a law degree, and the following year he and Santiago launched Reef Brazil. Based in San Diego, Reef gained international notice in part for a relentless advertising campaign featuring a series of back-arched, thong-bikini models; a second marketing coup was the 1998 Reef Big-Wave Team World Championships, held at Todos Santos, Mexico, in 30-foot surf.

By the early 2000s, Reef sandals were sold in more than 100 countries, and Fernando and Santiago had landed in 19th position on 

magazine's 2002 list of the "25 Most Powerful People in Surfing."Aguerre had meanwhile earned a reputation as a tireless organizer and promoter of amateur surfing; in 1992 he was cofounder (and first elected president) of the Pan American Surfing Association; in 1994 he was elected chairman of the International Surfing Association, amateur surfing's umbrella organization—a position he was still holding as of 2018.

In 1996 Aguerre organized the first biannual World Surfing Games, which replaced the 32-year-old World Surfing Championships, as a strategic move to get surfing accepted into the Sydney-held 2000 Olympic Games. The Olympic move failed, but Aguerre vowed to keep trying, despite the fact that surfers themselves were divided on the idea. "Fernando Aguerre is Going for the Gold," a 1996 

 headline read. "Is Anyone Going With Him?"

In 2016, the International Olympic Committee voted to included surfing in the 2020 Games, in Tokyo. "I've been paddling for this wave for 22 years," Aguerre said after the announcement.

Fernando also sits on the board of the Save The Waves Coalition and the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA). He is a regular on the surf industry banquet circuit, where his bold and playful color-forward outfits always dominate the room.

In 2013, Aguerre was selected as SIMA's Waterman of the Year, and in 2017 he was given a Silver Surfer Award from the California Surf Museum.

The Aguerre brothers sold Reef to apparel conglomerate VF in 2005.

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