Michel Bourez

he was crowned European Surf Champion in 2006 before setting out on the Qualifying Series. He joined the Championship Pro @Tour in 2009 after securing his first of many wins on Oahu's North Shore in November of 2008 at the Reef Hawaiian Pro. Bourez feels right at home in powerful Pacific reef waves, and he drills that point home every winter in Hawaii. He won the Hawaiian Pro again in 2013 and finished runner-up twice at Sunset Beach (2011, 2013) before finally winning the Vans World Cup there in 2014. The Sunset win was a huge bonus considering he'd won two Championship Tour events that year (Margaret River and Rio) and finished the year ranked No. 5 on the Jeep Leaderboard. In 2016, Bourez became just the fourth surfer in history to win at three Hawaiian stops by taking the win at the Pipe Masters. Mark Richards, Gary Elkerton, and the late Andy Irons are the only other members of that club.