Mike Stewart (bodyboarder)

Mike Stewart
Mike at Arica, Chile
Born	Michael Stewart May 17, 1964 (1964-05-17) (age 47) Hawaii, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Bodyboarder
Home town	Hawaii
Height	6' (1.82 m)
Title	Mister Pipeline
Spouse	Lisa Miller (1996 - present)
Website
mikestewart.com

For other people of the same name, see Michael Stewart (disambiguation).

Mike Stewart (b. 1963) is a nine-time World Champion bodyboarder, one of the early pioneers of the bodyboarding sport, a pioneer of big-wave tow-in surfing and also a champion bodysurfer.

Biography

Having ridden bodyboards since the inception of the sport he is the most experienced bodyboarders currently on the tour.

Mike Stewart was the first non local to surf Teahupoo in 1987 and it soon became an underground spot for thrill-seeking bodyboarders. Few professional surfers rode Teahupoo during the early '90s and it was only in 1998, at the Gotcha Tahiti Pro. since then,Teahupoo became recognized as one of the best surf spots in the world.

He has won the annual Banzai Pipeline event a record 11 times, from which 9 earned him the world title, and has been crowned the Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic champion a record 13 times. He is the only bodyboarder to have been competing in the Banzai Pipeline event since 1982.

He has received the title Mister Pipeline for being the best wave rider of any kind, the only non stand-up surfer to achieve this title.

Mike has released his own line of Bodyboards called Science.

Hailing from the Big Island of Hawai'i, he is father to two kids and now lives on Oahu with his family.

He has recently finished an Australian and American Tour premiering his new film "Fire" created and directed by filmmaker Scott Carter.

Stewart appears in the 1998 Zalman King film In God’s Hands.

External links

• Mike Stewart at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.mikestewart.com/
• http://www.viperfins.com/
• http://www.pipebodysurf.com/
• http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Broadland

Persondata
Name	Stewart, Mike
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1963
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

This biographical article related to water sports is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: 1963 births Living people American surfers Bodyboarding American sportspeople stubs Water sports biography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат Mike Stewart (basketball) Mike Stinson Look at other dictionaries: Mike Stewart — (b. 1963) is a nine time World Champion bodyboarder, one of the early pioneers of the bodyboarding sport, a pioneer of big wave tow in surfing and also a champion bodysurfer.He was the former undisputed number one bodyboarder in the world, prior… …   Wikipedia Bodyboarder — Bodyboard Bodyboarder dans un tube à Hawaii. Le bodyboard est un sport nautique de vagues proche du surf se pratiquant sur une planche plus courte et flexible. Sommaire …   Wikipédia en Français Michael Stewart — may refer to: Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham (1906–1990), British Cabinet Minister Michael Stewart (playwright) (1924–1987), playwright and librettist Micky Stewart (born 1932), English cricketer Michael Stewart (musician) (1945–2002),… …   Wikipedia Andre Botha (bodyboarder) — Andre Botha is a South African bodyboarder and the youngest bodyboarding world champion to date. Born in Durban in 1980, he left school at the age of 15 to become a professional bodyboarder and won his first world title at the age of 17 and his… …   Wikipedia Bodyboard — Bodyboarder dans un tube à Hawaii …   Wikipédia en Français Shark Island Challenge — The Shark Island Challenge (SIC), held near Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia, is the most celebratedFact|date=March 2007 World Tour event in bodyboarding since the elimination of the Teahupoo Challenge (Teahupoo) from the world bodyboarding… …   Wikipedia Bodyboarding — is a derivative of wave riding. The average board consists of a small, rectangular piece of hydrodynamic foam. The board can be shaped and adapted to different riding styles, and size of rider. Bodyboarding has been growing very rapidly over the… …   Wikipedia Bodyboard — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bodyboarder o bugger surfeando un tubo en North Shore (Oahu) El bodyboarding o Tablacuerpo es un deporte basado en el deslizamiento sobre la superficie aun sin romper de una ola con una tabla de espuma sintética de… …   Wikipedia Español Banzai Pipeline — The Banzai Pipeline, or simply Pipeline or Pipe , is a surf reef break located off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea of O ahu s North Shore. A reef break is an area in the ocean where waves crash once they reach the shallows of a reef. Pipeline is… …   Wikipedia World Tour — The World Tour is the men s international bodyboarding tour, which started at 1994 and has undergone a few changes in names and regulations since. Every year the bodyboarder who top scores in the ranking, by winning points competing in the World… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”