Buzzy Trent (born "Goodwin Murray Trent Jr", May 13, 1929 – September 26, 2006) was a pioneer of
big wave surfing.
Born in San Diego and raised in Santa Monica, he body-surfed as a child and started surfing at age 12.
He moved to Hawaii in 1952 to surf and pioneered big wave surfing along with
George Downing and
Greg Noll
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. Buzzy gained international fame in 1953 when he was photographed by Scoop Suzuki riding a 20-foot winter wave at
Mākaha in the first widely published photos of big wave surfing.
Throughout his life he was an exceptional athlete, including being an all-state football player. He was also an active diver and hang glider.
Buzzy was featured in the 2004
documentary film
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Riding Giants
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, directed and narrated by
Stacy Peralta
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Early li ...
.
He died on September 26, 2006, at Hale Ho Aloha nursing home in Honolulu, HI at age 77.
References
Notes
Bibliography
*Gault-Williams, Malcolm (December 7, 2009)
"Legendary Surfers: Buzzy Trent"Legendary Surfers. Accessed March 1, 2009.
External links
Photo of Buzzy TrentFirst photo of big-wave surfingBig Wave Surfers
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1929 births
American surfers
2006 deaths