Born 7th September 1985 in Long Beach, CA 

Sponsors: Quiksilver, Komunity Project, Channel Islands Surfboards, DC Shoes, Monster Energy Drinks, Boost Mobile 

Current Residence: Ventura, CA 

Occupation: Professional surfer 

Favourite surfer: Taj Burrow, Ry Craike and Clay Marzo 

Height: 6 feet 

Weight: 165 lbs 

Stance: Regular 

Favourite surfing spots: Dredge and Rincon 

Accomplishments: 

* 2010

3rd Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast

* 2009

2nd Hurley Pro Trestles

3rd Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay

* 2008

22nd ASP World Tour

5th Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach

5th Boost Mobile Pro, Trestles

5th Quiksilver Pro France

* 2007

2nd WQS ranking

* Best Performance in a Video, "First Chapter" - 2006 Surfer Poll Awards 

* Video of the Year, "First Chapter" - 2006 Surfer Poll Awards 

* Named “Next Big Thing” by Australia Surfing Life Magazine (2006) 

* "Tube of Year" - 2005 Surfer Poll 

* Called "Best free surfer in the world” by Andy Irons (2004) 

* Most Radical Manoeuvre Award, California Cup, USA (2005) 

* Highest Single Wave Score during the ESPN X-Games (2003 and 2004) 

Watching Dane Reynolds surf is incredible. He's ridiculously creative. He boosts over the lip on nearly every wave, and does a huge variety of insanely fast and stylishly tweaked power airs. He's exciting beyond belief, because you never know what he's going to do next. His spectacular surfing has made him one of the most popular professional surfers in the world, and he regularly ranks no. 1 on the media's exposure metre. 

He thoroughly impressed Slater on the boat trips for the filming of the Young Guns movies, and won the "Tube of Year" at the 2005 Surfer Poll Awards. 

If you don't believe the hype, watch his incredible film "First Chapter", which won “Best Male Performance in a Video” as well as “Video of the Year” at the 2006 Surfer Poll Awards. All of the top pros are basically terrified of the young man since he's beaten 3x World Champion Andy Irons and 2001 World Champion CJ Hobgood in man-on-man heats. Andy even proclaimed him as "the best free surfer in the world". How heavy is that? 

All the attention and acclaim hasn't swelled Dane's head or made him cocky. He's a quiet, humble, friendly yet reserved guy, who loves listening to Indie Rock music.

Dane toured on the WQS circuit and by 2007 he placed second place on the WQS rankings. Qualification marked his arrival on the big stage.  He has the talent and ability to beat the toughest rivals.  Even for professionals, surfing against him in competition remains a fearful prospect. 

 

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