SurfPedia™
History of Surfing
by Skip Snead
2000
*Hawaii's Noah Johnson wins the Quiksilver in Memory
of Eddie Aikau in 20-foot-plus surf at Hawaii's famed big wave break
Waimea Bay.
*Daryl "Flea" Virostko "fleapeats" victory at
Mavericks and wins the Quiksilver Men Who Ride Mountains event for
the second time in a row.
*Quiksilver sales estimated at $350 million worldwide up two hundred
million from five years ago.
*Jason "Ratboy" Collins, 25, from Santa Cruz, CA, wins the
Vans Surfing Airshow Series and becomes SAS World Aerial Surfing Champion.
*Californian Rob Machado wins the Pipeline Masters in Hawaii.
*Australia's Layne Beachley wins third consecutive ASP World Title.
*Hawaii's Sunny Garcia wins the ASP World Title.
*Bill Ballard's Revelation is released.
2001
*Australian Ross Clarke-Jones wins the Quiksilver in
Memory of Eddie Aikau in 20-foot-plus surf at Hawaii's famed big wave
break Waimea Bay.
