Green, Alan

Low-profile cofounder of Quiksilver, the world's leading surfwear company, from Torquay, Victoria. Green was born (1947) in Melbourne, began surfing in 1960, and in 1969, along with partner John Law, founded a small wetsuit-making operation in the coastal town of Torquay. Green and Law began making surfing trunks under the Quiksilver label in 1973; three years later their scalloped-leg "boardsho...