From Burbank, but found his way to the ocean. A surfer and shaper, a huge influence on where surfing is today.

“Rincon is still the spot, the link of how surfing progress even to the old days, with the wooden boards and everything, Rincon is always a link. They all tested their boards in the winter at Rincon. Kevlin, Quigg, Bob Simmons, all those guys. Rincon was the benchmark, that's where you go and test your board.” -Kirk Putnam, 2018