2010 Honoree: TIM SALMON

Tim Salmon is a former Major League Baseball right fielder/designated hitter who played his entire career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise. Known affectionately among Angels fans as the King Fish, he is considered one of the greatest players in the Angels' franchise history. Salmon is the founder of the Tim Salmon Foundation which supports a myriad of youth organizations. Tim has been an ardent supporter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and an advocate for those battling the disease.

LAIRD HAMILTON, honorary co-chair

Surfer Magazine’s editor, Sam George, in the magazine's ‘Most Powerful People in Surfing’ issue said, "Laird is flat out surfing’s biggest, boldest, bravest.  He is the best big wave surfer in the world today, bar none.  He is the sport’s most complete surfer, displaying almost unnerving expertise in a multitude of disciplines: tow-surfing, bodysurfing, longboarding, paddling, sailboarding, kite-surfing."

DAVE KALAMA, honorary co-chair

Dave Kalama is an all around Hawaiian waterman who comes from a lineage of surfing champions. He began as a world champion windsurfer and has evolved into one of the premiere big-wave riders of our time and one of the pioneers of tow-in surfing. Dave is rejoining the Oxbow team, an authentic rider/action sports brand boasting a rich 25-year history with internationally recognized athletes, as a sponsored rider and as a sales representative of Oxbow’s wetsuit and clothing lines.