Jamie O'Brien a grew up on one of the greatest stretches of modern day surf real estate on the planet, directly in front of Pipeline on the North Shore. The young O’Brien was very successful in competitive surfing and even becoming one of the youngest Pipe Masters in 2004. That same year Jamie came out with his first movie “Freak Show” which began his path into the new world of his dream vision beyond professional surfingFreesurfing. Surfing in contests was just not interesting to Jamie anymore. He would forge a new reality for himself creating films and surfing at exotic locations following his love for surf and adventure. Jamie starred in the film, “Who is JOB?”, changing the world of surf films. Then with his Red Bull video series of “Who is JOB?”, and his Youtube channel, O’Brien has taken his Freesurfing idea to the next level.

Jeff Deffenbaugh grew up in Huntington Beach taking to the water at an early age. Jeff acclimated to the Huntington Beach High School surf team helping that incredible group of surfers excel through the years under the coaching of Andy Verdone. In 1989 Jeff became the US Junior Men’s Champion. Jeff was part of the 1990 NSSA National team. Deffenbaugh became the champ of The Katin Team Challenge event twice in 1992 and in 1998. Jeff had 7 WQS wins and was the US Pro Tour Champion. Jeff has been involved in the HB Boardriders club and is key to helping that team win in the West Coast Board Riders club events.

Ilima Kalama is a living legend.Ilima was born and raised in Honolulu as the youngest of 9 siblings to a Hawaiian waterman lineage spanning over three centuries.When Ilima was 16, his family moved to Newport Beach, California. Ilima brought his significant surf skills with him and quickly became a young surf standout in the surf zone of Newport/Huntington Beach during the late 1950s. Ilima became a lifeguard for Huntington Beach in 1961-62 which emphasized his skills even further in swimming and tapping into his family heritage as a Hawaiian waterman. The United States Surfing Championships in Huntington Beach was the most distinguished surf event of the era and was won by Ilima Kalama in 1962. Ilima Kalama was the Unites States Surfing Champ of 1962 and can be seen at many surf related events all around the Orange County area giving out his Aloha Spirit.