Ray, Tony (1965 – )

Unassuming big-wave rider from Torquay, Victoria, Australia, described by surf journalist Steve Hawk as the "Forrest Gump of giant waves"; world-ranked #11 in 1992, and runner-up in the 1999 and 2002 editions of the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau contest at Waimea Bay.

Ray was born (1965) in Torquay, moved with his family to Coolangatta, Queensland, in 1970, and began surfing at age seven. In 1983—five years after moving back to Torquay—Ray placed third in the juniors division of the Au...