A few days ago, the surfing world was rocked to the core with the news that Sunny Garcia had been admitted to a hospital in Oregon. Social media was immediately ablaze with an outpouring of support and well-wishes. Updates on his condition are still not available, but he’s in everyone’s thoughts right now, including Taylor Steele’s.
Steele scoured his library for old clips of Sunny and cut together the edit you see above. Including clips from Momentum 1 (’92), Momentum 2 (’93), Factory Seconds (’93) and Focus (’94), it’s a masterclass on power surfing.
“Vincent Sennen “Sunny” Garcia — 2000 World Champ and six-time triple crown winner over a 14-year span — was one of the guys the Momentum Generation crew looked up to …and still do,” Steele wrote. “Both tough and soft, fierce and sensitive, Garcia demonstrated how a professional surfing life can endure…beating world champ Tom Carroll at 17 and eventually becoming the oldest to win a WQS event (41) and at one point holding the record for most event wins (22). Like any life well lived, his career definitely had its ups and downs, but he wore his heart on his sleep and pure in his surfing. A true legend.”
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