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"\"&lt;h1&gt;10 Most Powerful Surfers Of All Time&lt;\\/h1&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;With today\\u2019s emphasis on above-the-lip surfing, spins, and grabs, power surfing\\u2014the kind where you turn so hard your fins beg for mercy\\u2014has become a missing component in many repertoires. We compiled this list to give a respectful nod to some of the most powerful surfers to ever bury a rail. Take notes kids\\u2026&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000090458\\\" title=\\\"Junior Moepono\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/11\\/junior-moepono.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Junior Moepono\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"405\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10) Junior Moepono. Photo: Bielmann\\/SPL&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nVelzyland heavyweight Junior Boy Moepono weighed in at well over 400lbs. but despite his stature was somehow able to rip, albeit on gargantuan surfboards that most could have used to tandem surf. Sadly, Moepono\\u2019s size would be his ultimate demise and he succumbed to health related issues in 1999.  It\\u2019s been said that when Junior hit the lip, nobody threw more spray. We\\u2019re not going to argue that claim\\u2026&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000090461\\\" title=\\\"Pete Mendia\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/11\\/pete-mendia.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Pete Mendia\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"399\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9) Pete Mendia. Photo: Stafford\\/SPL&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe lone East Coaster on this list; Florida\\u2019s Mendia can keep up with anyone when it comes to displacing large amounts of water off the rail of a surfboard. Anyone who\\u2019s seen Mendia surf has witnessed him going mach two into frontside cutbacks, submerge all but the tip of his outside rail, and power through the turn leaving a wake a Boston Whaler would be proud of. With a particularly lethal backside snap as his main weapon, Mendia is the most powerful surfer to ever come out of Florida.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000090465\\\" title=\\\"Dane Kealoha\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/11\\/dane-kealoha.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Dane Kealoha\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"398\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8. Dane Kealoha. Photo: Bielmann\\/SPL&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAny surf rat who grew up in the 80s must have had a Town And Country poster somewhere in their bedroom with Hawaiian powerhouse Dane Kealoha laying down the law at places like Backdoor and Pipeline. At Pipe, he pioneered the \\u201cpig dog\\u201d backside tube attack and ruled the lineup with an iron fist. I once played golf with Dane and when I asked him about a scar crossing his hand, he kinda chuckled and said, \\u201cGladiator days, bra.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000090466\\\" title=\\\"Gary Elkerton\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/11\\/gary-elkerton.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Gary Elkerton\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"403\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7) Gary \\u201cKong\\u201d Elkerton. Photo: Bielmann\\/SPL&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBuilt like a gorilla and born with a thirst for big, angry waves, Australia\\u2019s Gary Elkerton was one of the few surfers that could match the Hawaiians power surfing on their home turf in the 80s. While he was no slouch in the small stuff, Kong came alive in the big stuff, and, in the winter of 1987-1988 won back-to-back contests at massive Sunset Beach. Besides, with a nickname like \\u201cKong\\u201d how can one be left off this list?&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000090467\\\" title=\\\"Taylor Knox\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/11\\/taylor-knox.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Taylor Knox\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"400\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6) Taylor Knox. Photo: Dorsey&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTaylor Knox is called \\u201cCaptain America\\u201d for his superhero like power gouges. A dedicated fitness freak, Knox recently starred in a video entitled \\u201cSurfing Exercises\\u201d that is all about surfing with more power and strength. One of the oldest guys on the ASP World Championship Tour, Knox is proof that even in the age of aerial surfing, good ol\\u2019 fashioned power never goes out of style.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000090468\\\" title=\\\"Mark Occy Occhilupo\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/11\\/occy.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Mark Occy Occhilupo\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"400\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5) Mark \\u201cOccy\\u201d Occhilupo. Photo: Jones&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe best word to describe Mark \\u201cOccy\\u201d Occhilupo\\u2019s body type would be stumpy. With short, muscular legs and a compact torso, Occy was born to surf with copious amounts of power and in 2001 channeled it into an ASP World Title. Famously funny and loved by all, Occy still holds court when attacking waves that you can really lay into like Rocky Point (pictured), Duranbah, and Jeffrey\\u2019s Bay.  The nickname \\u201cRaging Bull\\u201d says it all.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000090469\\\" title=\\\"Sunny Garcia\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/11\\/sunny-garcia.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Sunny Garcia\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"400\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4) Sunny Garcia. Photo: Bielmann\\/SPL&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2000 ASP World Champion Sunny Garcia has earned more than 1-million dollars surfing with brute strength and big, powerful carves. He\\u2019s won six Vans Triple Crown titles (the culmination of three, big wave surf contests on the North Shore of Oahu). Sunny has never done a chop hop and is still a force to be reckoned with in waves of consequence, especially big, open ocean rights like those found on the North Shore of Oahu. The spray from his trademark frontside hack leaves welts on anyone within range.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000090474\\\" title=\\\"Tom Carroll\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/11\\/tom-carroll.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Tom Carroll\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"400\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3) Tom Carroll. Photo: Stafford\\/SPL&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nCompact and muscular Australian goofyfoot Tom Carroll used his powerful style of surfing to win two ASP World Titles in the 80s. At the 1987 Pipeline Masters, Carroll pulled one of the most extraordinary turns ever seen to this day at Pipeline, still referred to simply as \\u201cThe Snap\\u201d to this day. Even as Carroll enters his late 40s, he\\u2019s still shredding as powerfully as ever in his signature short shorts that show off his tree-trunk like legs.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000090475\\\" title=\\\"Johnny Boy Gomes\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/11\\/johnny-boy-gomes.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Johnny Boy Gomes\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"403\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2) Johnny Boy Gomes. Photo: Bielmann\\/SPL&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAs powerful as he was scary, Johnny Boy Gomes ruled North Shore lineups in the late 80s and into the 90s. Built like a truck, Gomes was remarkably light on his feet for his size, and while known for his lip-destroying hacks, he also could whip out stand up \\u201cbarrel rolls.\\u201d While he wasn\\u2019t a fixture on the ASP World Tour, Gomes did win the 1997 Pipeline Masters and a record $56,000 at the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout in 1999 as a swan song to his competitive career.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000090476\\\" title=\\\"Pancho Sullivan\\\" src=\\\"\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2009\\/11\\/pancho-sullivan.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Pancho Sullivan\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"400\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1) Pancho Sullivan. Photo: Dorsey&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nComing in at nearly six-feet tall and over 200lbs., former ASP World Tour surfer Pancho Sullivan is the epitome of a power surfer\\u2014and the most powerful surfer of all time. Raised in the unruly surf of Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu, Pancho pushes back where others get pushed around.  A four-time winner of the Xcel Pro at Sunset Beach, a \\u201cpower surfing event\\u201d as it\\u2019s billed, Pancho regularly displaces more water than anyone with his patented power hacks.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;Are we out of our minds? Give us your Top 10 Most Powerful Surfers Of All Time list\\u2026the answer we deem best will win a prize package from &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.xtrak.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;X-Trak&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.magmalabs.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Magma Surf Wax&lt;\\/a&gt; and &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.skullcandy.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Skullcandy&lt;\\/a&gt;!&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/h3&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Power Surfing Photo Gallery with the above mentioned Top 10 and some of today&amp;#8217;s most powerful including Tai Van Dyke, Kekoa Bacalso, and Jesse Merle Jones. &lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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