A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Alexandre, João (Dapin)

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Unassuming regularfoot pro surfer from Cocoa Beach, Florida; world-ranked #15 in 1986. Kuhn was born (1962) and raised in Cocoa Beach, the son of a financier and a real estate agent, and began surfing at age 12. In 1982, one year before turning pro, he won the men's division of both the Eastern Surfing Association Championships and the United States Surfing Championships.

On the world tour Kuhn won the 1985 Lacanau Pro in France, riding out of a driving, low-slung utilitarian stance, and connecting his turns smoothly. He was the second Floridian, after Jeff Crawford, to break into the world tour Top 16.

Kuhn retired from international competition in 1988, after just four years, at age 25, citing exhaustion. "It's just a never-ending deal with the tour. It's a circus. I've done it, I've seen it, and I'm glad I did, but it's not something I want to do for another four years." Kuhn focused instead on the domestic circuit, and in 1990 he was both the Association of Surfing Professionals' East Coast tour champion, and runner-up on the Professional Surfing Association of America tour.

The low-profile Kuhn appeared in a small number of surf movies and videos, including 

 (1994). In 2008, Kuhn was inducted to the East Coast Surfing Legends Hall of Fame.

Kuhn, Charlie

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