Sharp, Bill
Tireless bottle-blond jack-of-all-trades from Newport Beach, California; Surfing magazine editor in 1989 and 1990; co-owner of Kanvas by Katin beachwear from 1991 to 1997; founder of Surf News magazine, and creator of the K2 Big-Wave Challenge (later the XXL Big Wave Awards), as well as the Billabong Odyssey. "Bill Sharp," in the words of fellow surf scribe Sam George, "is the man who gets surfing...
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Bill Sharp, Billabong Odyssey, 2002Subscribe to view
Bill Sharp, Newport, 1981. Photo: Mike MoirSubscribe to view
Bill Sharp (bottom row, second from right) with 1982 NSSA National TeamSubscribe to view
Bill Sharp and David Lee Roth, mid 1980sSubscribe to view
Bill Sharp, Pipeline, 1981Subscribe to view
Bill Sharp, 2007 XXL Big-Wave AwardsSubscribe to view
Bill Sharp, Billabong Odyssey, 2002
Bill Sharp, Newport, 1981. Photo: Mike Moir
Bill Sharp (bottom row, second from right) with 1982 NSSA National Team
Bill Sharp and David Lee Roth, mid 1980s
Bill Sharp, Pipeline, 1981
Bill Sharp, 2007 XXL Big-Wave Awards