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Kerbox was born () in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was nine years old when he moved with his family to Kailua, on the east side of Oahu; he began surfing the.

Buzzy was born in Indiana but moved with his family to Hawaii when he was 9 years old.

Read all about Buzzy Kerbox with TV Guide's exclusive biography including their list of awards, celeb facts and more at TV Guide.

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Back in the ’70s, when a pro surfer would sign a contract for wax, two t-shirts and a surfboard (that was Buzzy’s first sponsorship with Local Motion), pros would do other bizarre feats. One of the original godfathers of big wave tow-surfing, Buzzy Kerbox, for example, took a zodiac out with Laird Hamilton and Darrick Doerner to outer reefs on Oahu…really, just to get away from the crowds. After a more lucrative contract modeling for Ralph Lauren, Buzzy got his kicks while in Europe paddling across the English Channel, as well as from Corsica to Italy, before returning to Hawaii where he and The Strapped Crew would change the face of big wave surfing at a little ‘ole spot called Pe‘ahi. In the newest episode of the Late Drop, Jamie Mitchell talks with Buzzy about simpler times, and what it might be like surfing Jaws before, well…anyone.

Highlights:

Born in Indiana, raised in Kailua, Oahu at age 10, Competing against Michael Ho in the amateurs/pros, Inspired by Larry Bertlem

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“Making Waves”
by Buzzy Kerbox
Watermark Publishing, $

A popular assumption is that tow-in surfing — the barrier-breaking technique that opened the door to riding waves previously considered too big — was born at Peahi, the Maui deep-water break also known as Jaws.

That’s one of many misconceptions about surf history that tow-in pioneer Buzzy Kerbox said he set out to correct in “Making Waves,” his new autobiography.

“The first tow-in sessions were in on the North Shore (of Oahu), at the outer reef breaks at Phantoms and Backyards,” said the former Hawaii pro surfer, 63, ranked several times in the world Top

“Darrick Doerner, Laird Hamilton and I were flat-water freeboarding (behind a motor boat) when we looked at the quality of the waves out there and (decided) to take my Zodiac and try to tow ourselves onto them.”

The Kailua High School grad added that he also wrote his book to motivate people to “stay active and keep busy, even as they get older.”

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Kerbox, Burton "Buzzy"
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Shockingly handsome pro surfer from Hawaii; world-ranked #6 in , and one of the original tow surfers of the early '90s. Kerbox was born () in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was nine years old when he moved with his family to Kailua, on the east side of Oahu; he began surfing the following year. Kerbox won two big pro contests, the World Cup at Sunset Beach and the Surfabout in Sydney
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