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

Alexandre, João (Dapin)

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

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

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

Versatile, hard-charging goofyfooter from the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii; younger brother of big-wave showman Garrett McNamara. Liam was born (1969) in Berkeley, California, and began surfing at age nine after moving with his family to Hawaii. By the mid-1980s he was gaining notice for his first-generation aerial moves at Rocky Point, and for his deep and fearless, if ungainly, attack at Pipeline.

He also took more than his share of waves, was a brutal tactician during surf contests, complained often that world tour contest officials were conspiring to keep him from the top ranks, and was often mentioned as the sport's most disliked figure. "He's a good person inside," fellow Hawaiian pro Sunny Garcia once said. "He's just too much of a loudmouth." California surfer Jeff Booth got fed up with McNamara's hassling tactics during the preliminaries of the 1992 Pipeline Masters and, in front of a beach full of spectators, punched the Hawaiian in the face.

McNamara was also known for his incredible resiliency, coming back, in the mid-'90s, from a series of surfing injuries that included a broken femur, a shattered kneecap, and a broken hip.

In 1996, McNamara won the Tavarua Island Tuberiding Classic, held in Fiji. He continued to enter Pipeline contests well into the 2000s. McNarma appeared in more than two dozen movies including 

Makai McNamara, Liam's son, became a top Pipeline surfer in the 2010s.

McNamara, Liam

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