Born in Long Beach, raised inland in Bakersfield, surfing Ventura from age ten, and the free surfer who finished tied for fourth in the world in 2010 before walking away from the tour at twenty-six. From the points of Ventura and Santa Barbara to Pipeline, a 2009 final at Lower Trestles, two perfect tens in 2012, a 2014 heat in France with Gabriel Medina, Former, the rider-owned company he co-founded in 2017, and his 2022 film Glad You Scored, this is the Dane Reynolds story. 0:00 Born in Long Beach, California 0:27 A kid from inland 1:03 The free surfer 1:39 Pipeline 1:59 The reluctant contender 2:31 Walking away 2:51 A perfect ten anyway 3:40 Drop-in guest 4:04 Making things 4:48 Former 5:31 Home Footage: Chapter 11 TV, World Surf League, Surfers Village TV, Freesurf Magazine, Marine Layer Productions and Billabong (“DANE REYNOLDS | BEST ONE EVER”, Pipeline) 2014 world title ceremony: World Surf League (“Gabriel Medina, WORLD CHAMP fights Julian Wilson for 2014 Pipe Masters Crown - FULL HEAT REPLAY”) Interview audio (2026): The Surfer’s Journal (“Catching up with Dane Reynolds”, film by Hunter Martinez) Archive footage: Marine Layer Productions (“Dane Reynolds | morocco”, Agadir, Morocco) Photos: Austyn Gillette, TransWorld SKATEboarding (“Catching Up With Austyn Gillette”); Dylan Rieder, The Skateboard Mag (“Fireside Chat: Dylan Rieder”)
