Rusty Long is an explorer, journalist, professional big wave surfer, and photographer. At an early age, he and his brother Greg Long were junior lifeguards as well as surfers in their hometown of

San Clemente, California San Clemente (; Spanish for " St. Clement") is a city in Orange County, California. Located in the Orange Coast region of the South Coast of California, San Clemente's population was 64,293 in at the 2020 census. Situated roughly midway betwee ...

. This led to Rusty's quest for big waves; he has earned the reputation as being one of the most prominent big wave surfers in the world. To add to his big wave accomplishments Rusty has also surfed China's

Qiantang River The Qiantang River, formerly known as the Hangchow River and alternatively romanised as the Tsientang River, is a river in East China. An important commercial artery, it runs for through Zhejiang, passing through the provincial capital Hangz ...

Tidal Bore known as the "Silver Dragon" along with his brother Greg and Mark Healey in September 2008. In 2015, Long's coffee table book, ''The Finest Line'', about big wave surfing, was published.

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Living people American surfers Sportspeople from Orange County, California Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-surfing-bio-stub