A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

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Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

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Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Bertlemann, Larry

Quiet, ectomorphic goofyfooter from Durban, South Africa; world-ranked #7 in 1985. Michael Burness, son of contest organizer Peter Burness, began surfing at Durban's Bay of Plenty in 1970 at age eight. His pro career was put on hold in 1981, as he completed his mandatory two-year army service, which Burness claimed helped him on the world tour. "Kids start out on the circuit, and think they're a big deal. The army will wake you up from that, quickly."

Burness was a light (6', 140 pounds), fast, flowing surfer; he never won a world tour contest, but consistently made the quarterfinals. He was nonetheless a virtually invisible pro. Not once did he appear in an American- or Australian-made surf movie or video, and at the end of the 1986 season, surf journalist Derek Hynd, in his annual review of the ratings leaders, could say little about Burness's season except to note that "he holds the current pro circuit record for a steady, faithful relationship while touring this defiled, AIDS-infested globe with a circus of marauding, sexual animals. Future world title: No chance."

Fearful of big waves, Burness pulled out of the 1986 Hawaiian Triple Crown, the only top-rated surfer to do so that year.

As of 2015, Bryce Burness, Michael's son, was one of South Africa's best young pro surfers.

Burness, Michael

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