Comic relief and big wave charger, Brad Gerlach, was one of the few surfers added to the Surfing Hall of Fame in 2008. Others included were WCT contest kingpin, Mike Parsons, Surfline.com founder Sean Collins, and the one and only Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew. Kind of late on that one, don’t we think? Wingnut beat him there?! Anyway, I don’t know if it was Gerr’s fashion sense from the 1980′s that got him the nod, or the history-making liquid mountains he’s dragged tow-in partner, Mike Parsons, into? Or maybe it was the X-Games-type surfing format he invented that so many surfers seem to love. The National Surf League or (NFL), maybe you have heard of it? Either way, the dude’s all-time, and a perfect inductee for the Hall of Fame.
Past inductees:
2002 – Corky Carroll, Robert August, Wingnut, Joel Tudor, Kelly Slater, Lisa Andersen, Laird Hamilton
2003 – Mike Doyle, Paul Strauch, Bud Llamas, Jack O’Neill, Tom Curren, Shaun Tomson, Andy Irons
2004 – Gerry Lopez, Peter Townend, Mark Occhilupo, Jericho Poppler, Jack Haley, David Nuuhiwa
2005 – Mark Richards, Bob McKnight, Tom Carroll, Carl Hayward
2006 – Greg Noll, Rob Machado, Bob Hurley, Layne Beachley
2007 – Sofia Mulanovich, Al Merrick, Bruce Irons, Martin Potter
This is Gerr’s contest format working magic down in Puerto:
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