St. Phatty
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I have been rooting for Sunny as long as I've been a fan of pro surfing.
He is one of the 4 pro's I have met outside of a contest. I was using the Smith Press to do leg stretches at the gym in North County San Diego, and noticed that he was over by some other machine watching me stretch.
I couldn't think of anything to say besides, "hey, you're Sunny Garcia !!"
I didn't want to sound like a fan boy so I kept on stretching.
Now I wake up this morning and find out that one of the most ornary pro surfers tried to accomplish the rather difficult task of ending his own life. Difficult because he's rather tough.
One of my other memories of Sunny is watching the 2008 Pipe Masters and the Million Dollar punch.
Sunny was on the verge of making it back to the WCT (major leagues).
He was in a 4 man heat with the Brazilian Neco Padaratz.
Somehow Sunny got caught in Neco's leg-rope and they went over the falls together.
First thing Sunny does is punch Neco. Like I said, Million Dollar punch.
Out of the heat. He was right on the edge of re-qualifying, but not after that punch.
A terrible case of snatching Defeat out of the Jaws of Victory.
What Sunny is known for is power carve turns.
Anyway, I'm sorry to hear that he tried to check out.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvPaCF-FnxT/?utm_source=ig_embed
one of his recent IG posts about dealing with the combination of sadness & fear that gets mis-labelled "depression" in Western society.