Shane Dorian

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Shane Dorian
Born (1972-07-19) July 19, 1972 (age 51)
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, U.S.
Occupation(s)Surfer, actor
Personal information
Residence Holualoa, Hawaii
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight155 lb (70 kg)
Surfing career
Years active1992–present
Best yearRanked fourth on the ASP World Tour: 2000
Career earnings$415,050 (as of 2014) [1]
Sponsors Billabong, JC Surfboards, Dragon (sunglasses), Freestyle (watches), Reef (sandles), Monster (energy drink), OAM (fins) [2]
Major achievementsFourth overall on World championship tour (WCT) surfing in 2000
Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA)'s "Waterman of the Year"
Surfing specifications
StanceRegular (natural foot)
Shaper(s)John Carper
Quiver5'9", square tail (shortboard)
6'3", pin tail (8-10ft waves)
6'9" (10-15ft waves)
7'3" (16-20ft waves)
9'8", big wave gun (20-40ft waves)
10'6", gun (40-60ft waves) [3]
Favorite waves Pipeline, Jaws (Hawaii), Tavarua Cloudbreak (Fiji)
Favorite maneuversBarrels, Big Waves, Tubes

Patrick Shane Dorian (born July 19, 1972), or "Shane", is an American surfer from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. He spent 11 years touring on the World Championship Tour as a professional surfer. Dorian quit competition surfing in 2003 to focus on big waves. He is currently a big wave surfer and one of the best in the world at big wave riding.

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Early life

Dorian was born to Patrick and Susan, who had a restaurant called "Dorian's" on the beach. Dorian attended Konawaena High School in Kealakekua, Hawaii.

Personal life

Dorian lives in Holualoa, Hawaii with his wife Lisa, his son, and his daughter. He enjoys taking care of an orchard that consists of 110 fruit trees at an elevation of 4000 feet above sea level. [4]

Surfing career

Dorian started out on a bodyboard alongside friend, and future bodyboarder champion, Mike Stewart. Dorian received his first surfboard, from his dad, on his fifth birthday. He soon abandoned the bodyboard to focus on surfing. [5]

In 1987, Dorian had his first major success at the Gotcha Pro competition at Sandy Beach. He was able to beat some big names, made it through four rounds, and received some media exposure. Since 1995, Dorian has directed the Shane Dorian Keiki Classic for surfers 17 and under. Dorian has been a long-time member of the Billabong U.S. surf team, his main sponsor.

World Championship Tour

Dorian joined the ASP World Tour in 1993, where he hovered outside of the top 10 for a number of years before a fourth-place world finish in 2000. He has also won a number of events in his career, including the Rip Curl Pro in 1999 and the 2000 Billabong Pro at Mundaka. In 2004, Dorian retired from the WTC tour, but not from a being a professional; choosing to focus on becoming a better surfer. [6]

After retirement, Dorian started to concentrate on big wave surfing, mainly towing into big waves via jet ski, which was the norm then. However, over the years, he and his fellow big wave surfers have preferred paddling into big waves. Dorian took the top prize at the 2008 Global Big Wave awards in California. [7]

In 2011, Dorian was awarded "Ride of the Year" by the World Surf League for paddling into a giant Peahi "Jaws" barrel on 3-15-2011 estimated to be 57 feet tall by the World Surf League, and biggest wave ever paddled into at that time. [8]

Surfing statistics

Awards

Billabong XXL Monster Tube Award – September 11, 2005 for his big wave ride in Teahupoo, Tahiti

Billabong XXL (Global Big Wave Awards) Surfline/Jay Moriarity Best Overall Performance Award

Filmography

In the documentary Solid: The Two Days That Teahupoo Blew Minds, fellow surfers gave him a standing ovation for his wave conquering rides.

Television

Dorian is featured in an ESPN on ABC television series three-part special called World of X-Games: Big Wave Hellmen that premiered on October 26, 2014, and ran until November 9, 2014. It follows Shane along with five of his Big Wave Hellmen competitors: Grant "Twiggy" Baker, Ryan "Hippo" Hipwood, Mark Healey and Greg Long touring the biggest and best big wave breaks in the world competing for the big wave world title. A panel of judgeds, one will be crowned "Big Wave Hellmen of the Year". They spent a year around the globe chasing monster swells to hunt down and ride the most dangerous waves they could find. And in the end, determined by a panel of expert judges, who include legendary big wave surfers, Greg Noll and Mike Parsons, and author of Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank Chris Dixon, one will be crowned "Big Wave Hellmen of the Year".

The series featured some of the biggest wave destinations in the world, including: Belharra Reef off the coast of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France, Cortes Bank off the coast of San Diego, Jaws in Peahi, Hawaii, Mavericks in Northern California, Cowie Bombie near Margaret River, Western Australia, "The Rights" further south in Western Australia, Pico Alto in Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru and Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Invention

In December 2010, Dorian had a terrifying wipeout at Mavericks in a two-wave hold-down that almost killed him. [9] The incident motivated Shane to design surfing's first "safety suit" to be inflated with a CO2 cartridge in a wetsuit vest during a potentially deadly hold-down. He helped develop the final product that is capable of instantly "torpedoing" a trapped-underwater surfer back to the surface when inflated. [10]

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