Abellira, Reno

Stylish, enigmatic regularfooter from Honolulu, Hawaii; world-ranked #4 in 1977, and a central figure throughout the first decade of shortboard surfing. Abellira was born (1950) and raised in Honolulu, the son of a middleweight boxer and underworld figure who in 1965 was shot and killed in a Chinatown pool hall. Abellira began surfing at age four in Waikiki, but didn't get his first board until ag...