Philip Edwards (born June 10, 1938) is an American surfer from Oceanside, California.
[1] He is credited with being the first to surf the Banzai pipeline in Hawaii,[2] being the first professional surfer, and creating the first signature surf board.
Edwards was also featured prominently in the Bruce Brown films The Endless Summer and before that Surfing Hollow Days which featured the first film footage of Pipeline.
He is also credited to have said: "The best surfer is that one, who is having more fun in the water!"
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