Sunny Garcia Discusses Hawaii, Prison, and His Greatest Fears - The Inertia

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  • @jeffreymerson8425
    @jeffreymerson8425 6 лет назад +32

    I remember when SG was still surfing amature meets, and then I got to surf a heat against him at full-point Sandy beach (around '85?). It was a pro/am meet that day... I got blasted out of that prelim heat and SG won every heat on! It was SUCH a rush watching that guy surf when he was that young and radical! It was an honor to lose to him as well. SG has grown to be a fine man, a man of honor, a man of God. I wish I could have been a friend of his, but I've always been a fan of his!
    I left the islands in '87 after 16yrs of growing up there, surfing east side (a LOT), Kaisers and Ala Moana bowls (a LOT), personally knowing and surfing with some of the older guys like Buttons, Liddel, Tony Moniz, Kenny Bradshaw, Brian Keaulana out west, The Hui on the north shore, and catching EPIC west swell pipeline watching guys like Hans Heiderman, the Ho's, Marvin Foster (before he went to prison), AND Sunny Garcia !!!
    Hawaii No Ka Oi! May god bless Hawaii and all the Kama Aina! I miss surfing SO much... but I'm a father now, living in the Midwest, building cars for a living, and being truly grateful for my youth growing up and surfing in Hawaii!
    Aloha!

  • @scoobydoo5491
    @scoobydoo5491 3 года назад

    Much respect🤙

  • @Me-vl4qp
    @Me-vl4qp 6 месяцев назад

    RIP SUNNY. RIP

  • @the5POINTz
    @the5POINTz 5 лет назад

    Nam Myoho Renge Kyo Sunny.

  • @jorgebarroso3166
    @jorgebarroso3166 3 года назад +1

    SUPlove.

  • @selectsovereigntydefendlib9884
    @selectsovereigntydefendlib9884 6 лет назад +13

    You can see some legitimate pain in his eyes as he interviews...like he is on the verge of breaking down and crying. Good to hear that he has Jesus now...

  • @spacemonkey2842
    @spacemonkey2842 5 лет назад +6

    Wants respect, offers none.

    • @AlbionTarkhan
      @AlbionTarkhan 2 месяца назад

      Exactly. He’s a violent thug. Karma caught up with him

    • @jesussaves33
      @jesussaves33 11 дней назад

      You reap what you sow

  • @surfn07
    @surfn07 5 лет назад +15

    Hope he pulls through ♥️

  • @najanaja2768
    @najanaja2768 8 лет назад +11

    Grew up surfing competed in the nssa surfed for my high school and moved on to super cross etc. Sunny would come ride the track I built in Waiahole valley and was nothing but respectful as I was to him. I think people don't know the spirit of many surfers at the top. You have to have an agro conquer the world yourself and Mother Nature with each wave and respect the fact that the ocean can kill you. That kind of person who can read the waves the ocean the weather reef tide and sum up the competition at a glance is very much part warrior part strategist and part gentle empathetic. They crest structure out of chaos through sheer willpower and strength......
    Then to be shoved into a world of users and con men called society that shun truth honor loyalty justice and the like. The same hands on attitude that shapes a wave is crushing to the psyche in such a world especially what Hawaii was and is becoming a usury playground of posers and usurpers of all that attracts the foreign mind into "experience paradise care and fancy free".
    No such place exists in have and have not with only the beach and waves being a kingdom of men overrun by those who clutch onto ones heel for there pound of flesh and I'll gotten glory. The public likes to taunt and tear down its heroes only to laugh at there misfortune as if they had gained strength by devouring a mans "mana"...... Sunny is cool and has torn through life shacking off for as long as he could those that bring men to heel.

  • @malamawestside
    @malamawestside 6 лет назад +6

    VERY WELL SAID,THANKS SUNNY!!! U MADE MY DAY!!! OUR FATHER, KNOWS I NEEDED TO HEAR THAT!!!👍🏽👍🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🍒🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽BLESSED✌🏽 MAHALO NUI!!!

  • @TheHopey8
    @TheHopey8 5 лет назад +13

    Surf industry has nothing to offer surfing. Apart from taking its soul! Well said sunny ☺🤙

    • @donaldbrough207
      @donaldbrough207 4 года назад +1

      This is a funny comment from someone that the surf industry has supported financially for years

    • @TheHopey8
      @TheHopey8 4 года назад

      @@donaldbrough207 how so ?

    • @sherylbaker5214
      @sherylbaker5214 3 года назад +1

      @@donaldbrough207 money isn’t everything

    • @yourself123321
      @yourself123321 3 года назад

      Well except huge advancement in surfboard and wetsuit technology

    • @TheHopey8
      @TheHopey8 3 года назад

      @@yourself123321 true and the advancements in that are great as well as surfboards but this would have happened as a natural progression.
      with out the consumer giants that now promote the crap out of surfing and are turning it into a money making thing.
      when I say nothing to offer surfing I mean in its purist form

  • @trainsacomin2088
    @trainsacomin2088 7 лет назад +8

    Small people talk about other people, average people talk about things, enlightened people talk about ideas.

  • @sirql8
    @sirql8 6 лет назад +5

    Dude is real...I think nobody's perfect but if we keep trying, we can get close to its' zip code. I'd love to see Sunny start a church somewhere on the islands.

  • @SuperFredrickh
    @SuperFredrickh 6 лет назад +3

    That part about pissing in his back hard has got me nodding my head. Oregon has its fair share of idiots coming in. People come to do the outdoor thing and then forget to take their trash with them. Most people take nature out here seriously.

  • @whiteangelad
    @whiteangelad 8 лет назад +5

    totally agree!! i'm a guest on this island and honored to experience this culture. it's all about respect!!!! and i live here but i have the upmost respect and gratitude for this journey.

  • @johnprice8503
    @johnprice8503 9 лет назад +25

    Didn't think I'd ever be posting a pro pro surfer / Sunny add, but:
    1. Both of my sons said that out of all the pros that come to surf Lowers before the contest, Sunny treated them the best
    2. Bumped into him in a socal gym in 2014...I was VERY impressed with what a kind, peaceful, friendly person he is.
    He is in great shape, and he was so cordial and a gentle man. Sunny if you for some reason read this, thank you for overcoming.

    • @davestuddaman8127
      @davestuddaman8127 5 лет назад +2

      He’s also the same guy that let his wife walk around in a thong then slapped a guy when he checked her out. So ya know, just sayin

    • @johnnyblaze373
      @johnnyblaze373 5 лет назад +2

      Same guy that almost strangled a kid unconscious, burying his head underwater in queensland australia.

  • @GlassGenius
    @GlassGenius 10 лет назад +13

    I respect him but like most of us he seems to be his own worst enemy.

  • @MaryCooksMemorableDishes
    @MaryCooksMemorableDishes 8 лет назад +4

    Sunny, thanks for sharing. (:

  • @bipolatelly9806
    @bipolatelly9806 6 лет назад +3

    so... you missed the part about him being a christian in the heading.

  • @johnnyutah6239
    @johnnyutah6239 8 лет назад +3

    The section on respect, should also be called common sense. 100% accurate

  • @hiddensurfer
    @hiddensurfer 5 лет назад +10

    Humble and handsome...get well soon!

  • @mtnman1
    @mtnman1 8 лет назад +7

    He was my idol growing up. I'm 32 now and just getting back into surfing after about 10 years, he's still my surfing icon. It would be a dream come true to shake Sunny's hand. Cheers

  • @weswalsh1843
    @weswalsh1843 6 лет назад +8

    sunny garcia surfing was how i got into surfing thanks Sunny !!!! legend !!!

  • @salvaperezmoya2762
    @salvaperezmoya2762 5 лет назад +2

    Praying for you Sunny.I hope your recovery.Love legend!!!

  • @johngregory9253
    @johngregory9253 Год назад

    He sounds like a down to earth guy. A STAND UP guy. But the key to happiness is to know Jesus Christ and know His teachings. He will teach you PEACE. And that is the key to happiness. God bless you 🙏

  • @edmccaffrey1
    @edmccaffrey1 4 года назад +1

    Been there 19 times mostly back in the 80's and 90's. Was hassled every time for being haole. Almost got killed in Makaha, even though I know Buffalo and Brian, friends with Rell Sun RIP. Aloha spirit? Comes and goes.

    • @xyzct
      @xyzct 3 года назад

      I grew up as a haole on a sugar plantation on a remote part of the Big Island from 1965-1975. You couldn't find aloha with a microscope.

  • @dukepalk6324
    @dukepalk6324 7 лет назад +5

    You know sunny hawaiians have been suppressed for so long, that the poor Hawaiian's talk bad about successful Hawaiian's because they have none regardless of the circumstances putting them in their position. wealthy Hawaiian's talk bad because they are bitter about all the hard work they had to put in to get to where they are at, and some surprised and pissed that their royal blood doesn't seem to get its respect like they feel it should so they want self made successful hawaiians to give them reverence because they (other Hawaiian's ) should know better. And last but not least, lots of wealthy hawaiians become high maka, maka because they are on the offense from the government's state and federal decades of suppression and thievery. That's my spin or opinion. Not a smart hawaiian did 15 years in a haole penitentiary over some haole's and my lolo judgement. But I am Hawaiian"🌅 paperwork and all, but sometimes a little hate enters my mind when I see wealthy hawaiians, I hate a little bit, only because none raise a pinky to unite their people for the greater good, locking themselves away as if our aina has no problems which problems will soon devour all that the kanaka maoli are. "We are now the tourists and the haole are the kings and queens of our land."Waiting in line for homestead is like state welfare, and trust me it's the same. Much aloha, maybe it's best if the Hawaiian signicate still existed atleast we would have a chance to rule our streets and regulate action where the low income hawaiians live and breath and restore the hawaiian pride. Duke.🏄 Cali-Hui.

  • @prowelderbill
    @prowelderbill 5 лет назад +2

    Comercialization is the root to the down fall of surfing

    • @Karakaboardriders
      @Karakaboardriders 4 года назад

      Sure is surf industry and the wsl wear a lot of blame for how crowded and bull shit it is now.

  • @richardkuszel2351
    @richardkuszel2351 6 лет назад

    He's a lier . You know exactly what you have and what you have to pay. Excuses are like assholes everyone has one and they all stink

  • @marvinacklin792
    @marvinacklin792 3 года назад +1

    Ironic and heartbreaking, if you know how it turned out

  • @jasonpaz
    @jasonpaz 6 лет назад +1

    U r the man Sunny! My gave surfer of all time
    ...wait did he say grandkids?

  • @7siamesecat
    @7siamesecat 8 лет назад +1

    Nice ITW but shit camerawork. Focus is out

  • @nevanevans
    @nevanevans 2 года назад

    I'm afraid of sharks too haha.. I always wondered if the pros ever get sharky

  • @angusdog22
    @angusdog22 3 года назад +1

    Sunny used to be one of my favorite surfers . I liked his power and aggression on the waves he was the man !!!

  • @johnmorgan2488
    @johnmorgan2488 8 лет назад +5

    tell Eddie and kala and sunny to come to darwin to meet the real full blooded aboriginals if you play up there your dead

  • @rotsen995
    @rotsen995 7 лет назад +1

    People calling him a thug are in some shelter if you wanna see a thug come to harlem, I seem em playing tricks on the streets bloods in my bar shot up another blood last year. His just a guy that doesn't take shit from anybody and has his own demons . People like throwing the word thug around.

    • @sportshistorybuff319
      @sportshistorybuff319 Месяц назад

      On the North Shore surfing reality show twenty years ago, he threatened a guy in a bar for the crime of....wait for it....looking in the direction of his wife dancing. On another episode, he finished an argument with a guy in a car by reaching in and punching the guy in the head, completely unprovoked in broad daylight. Sounds thuggish to me.

  • @trh3047
    @trh3047 9 лет назад +2

    RIGHT ON SUNNY YOU GO CUZ....

  • @dickboardingtime7989
    @dickboardingtime7989 4 года назад

    YEA THE MEANING OF ALOHA IS NOT BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF KIDS IN AUS

  • @ironlionzion2265
    @ironlionzion2265 5 лет назад +1

    love u unko sunny

  • @homanasiri843
    @homanasiri843 9 месяцев назад

    The inertia lacks motion very stale

  • @nateshattuck4353
    @nateshattuck4353 Год назад +1

    Pro surfing is a circus now it left with the 80 ssss in my view

  • @wishicouldshowmyname5815
    @wishicouldshowmyname5815 9 лет назад +1

    Glad to see Sunny at the latest Hawaiian contest! That was cool!

  • @maxpower8429
    @maxpower8429 Год назад

    I doubt his cpa told him to not pay taxes…

  • @joaomorim2761
    @joaomorim2761 9 месяцев назад

    Tough boy got fucked up

  • @wtfftw24
    @wtfftw24 3 года назад

    How is he today?

  • @jeffdarnell7942
    @jeffdarnell7942 4 года назад

    8 to 10 BILLION $'s are made in the surfing industry today, and the ONE World Champion, MIGHT bring in $3 Million in that year. It's EASY to see that the Corporate World of Surfing Industry just SWALLOWS it up...it's not fun anymore..

  • @goddamaddog
    @goddamaddog Год назад

    love sunny ,

  • @jeffdarnell7942
    @jeffdarnell7942 4 года назад

    And by the way, ANYWHERE you go that's not your home.... you're a guest!! Respect the people and their land at ALL times. You'll find they'll take to you better, and appreciate you more.

  • @CZESAR99
    @CZESAR99 3 года назад

    Dude is a legend but what does he mean saying they took the purity of surfing 🏄‍♂️ no way where there is opportunities to make money of course why not ! You can see the sport they way u wanna see it .. is up to you always ..

  • @LordFlashheart1
    @LordFlashheart1 6 лет назад

    Goes to church yet beats people up. Although that might be the other way round now 🤷🏼‍♂️ good luck

  • @kennethcook1085
    @kennethcook1085 3 года назад

    He likes fighting people he knows he can beat. I think there’s a term for that.

  • @hughjarman4783
    @hughjarman4783 10 лет назад +7

    well he bashed an aussie surfer in Aus.....

    • @AlLuke
      @AlLuke 10 лет назад +9

      because the guy was a douche

    • @swadewade73
      @swadewade73 9 лет назад +1

      Al Luke yes he was

    • @ichorousmedia
      @ichorousmedia 9 лет назад +3

      he threatened his son.

  • @johnharris8393
    @johnharris8393 6 лет назад

    good on you Sunny,and when those that need a wake up maybe its you that clips them but in my mind it is a benefit for everybody in the community and those with no respect need to be taught a lesson that maybe there farther neglected to teach them.

  • @sugewhitejacoby8654
    @sugewhitejacoby8654 4 года назад

    Sunny was always cool to me! I haven't followed his health in the past couple months. I hope he is healed and healthy!

  • @reycisneros2925
    @reycisneros2925 3 года назад

    Get strong , get healthy , sun man, ♥️♦️ love from all 🍷👤

  • @pedromq7807
    @pedromq7807 4 года назад

    I like Sunny man.
    Very on point the interview

  • @yoya4567
    @yoya4567 3 года назад

    🔥 speedy recovery..sunny one of the best

  • @longliveavalon
    @longliveavalon 4 года назад

    What a boss

  • @kealakolash3404
    @kealakolash3404 3 года назад

    ✌Aloha SG.🏄legend.👈🌍

  • @paulkeoninewell3858
    @paulkeoninewell3858 5 лет назад

    Nui Ka Mahaaalo! Thanks for sharing!

  • @theseafoodandvapesource944
    @theseafoodandvapesource944 3 года назад

    Great interview. Bravo Inertia!

  • @inventorcreator7267
    @inventorcreator7267 3 года назад

    I learned to appreciate this guy more every year we've both grown up. Much respect for SG. Looking forward to meeting him soon. Still good people in this world!

    • @hoopslaa5235
      @hoopslaa5235 2 года назад

      Man, what shit values you got dude?!? There is literally NOTHING at all, None, zero zilch that’s respectable about Sunny Garcia. Bully snake, thief, wife beater and attitude douche bag.
      You’re just a typical meat head no brained loser that just backs other meat head loser touch guys.
      God I hate people like you that talk about respect and shut yet have never give one ounce of it out yourself. You meat head chumps only want respect out of fear.
      You literally pathologIcally lie all the time. You are that total bully meat head foolio.
      Sunny Garcia was a loser. Bully, sucker punches guys and talks shit. He’s a disgusting human with a disgusting attitude and persona also.
      The guy is having all his karma being returned in life, the shame of all his shitty behavior is being dumped on his reality of being even a suicide FAILURE and now a half brain dead idiot that has to live in shame and self hatred and guilt.
      I hope he’s mentally all there or mostly so he can actually live thru his hurt with acknowledgment and understanding what a loser he’s become and now is.
      Seriously fuck that guy. There’s nothing to celebrate about him, his career or his life. Total mess and waste of talent and other gifts.
      Sunny is a bad person. No sugar coating any of it

  • @surferpam1
    @surferpam1 4 года назад

    Actually, if they're "hating on you," you must be doing something *wrong* and you should take a good long look at yourself.

  • @christiankirkwood3402
    @christiankirkwood3402 3 года назад

    I love you mate.

  • @barrystarkey5737
    @barrystarkey5737 3 года назад

    Much respect 🤙

  • @severianxi6990
    @severianxi6990 5 лет назад

    is he still alive?

  • @surfdetective
    @surfdetective 3 года назад

    Pray for Sunny

  • @romanizaboss6641
    @romanizaboss6641 10 лет назад

    awesome! 2 short though.

  • @Dreamster399
    @Dreamster399 8 лет назад +22

    The surfing industry "has created a monster" says the tool wearing the Rock Star energy drink hat.

    • @garrettmoore2791
      @garrettmoore2791 8 лет назад

      Dreamster399 word

    • @shanehester4852
      @shanehester4852 7 лет назад

      Dreamster399 I

    • @bipolatelly9806
      @bipolatelly9806 6 лет назад +3

      Dreamster399
      he rides a surfboard too... Surfing has been corporatised. Like everything. He's right and you're "the tool".

    • @brianjasta3994
      @brianjasta3994 6 лет назад +3

      I bet you wouldn’t say that to him lol

    • @sirql8
      @sirql8 6 лет назад +2

      Living in HI is really tough and Sunny is as tough as they come. If Rockstar pays for wearing a hat, you wear the hat....but I wouldn't 'dream' of calling Sunny Garcia a 'tool' if I were you.

  • @jfwartwelch6082
    @jfwartwelch6082 5 лет назад

    How is he

  • @gazpearce3700
    @gazpearce3700 3 года назад

    Legend

  • @cedricm5153
    @cedricm5153 5 лет назад +1

    From what i'm hearing coming out of his mouth: He has a lot of negative outlooks on things in life. I can see why he attempted suicide.

  • @lovingmy4zzz529
    @lovingmy4zzz529 6 лет назад +1

    this guy should never preach... church once in awhile

  • @stewartpaul7
    @stewartpaul7 8 лет назад +1

    WTF alright Luke. Bashing kids on our beaches.
    The locals should have nailed him. Very disappointing from the boys up there in QLD.

  • @spd13062
    @spd13062 9 лет назад +1

    I've always considered Sunny to be a very talented surfer who was basically a thug and could not control his anger....but he comes off real well in this interview, maybe jail time gave him some perspective. He might want to dig deeper into the why "he likes to fight" issue. Best of luck to him in the future.

    • @sportshistorybuff319
      @sportshistorybuff319 Месяц назад

      You were correct in regard to the Sunny of North Shore vintage. In that reality show, he was little more than an aggressive, swaggering bully/meathead. If he's mellowed after prison and a failed suicide, that's great.

  • @TheRIBLING
    @TheRIBLING 7 лет назад +1

    Tax Evasion !! They should pay you being Sunny :)

  • @clarkewi
    @clarkewi 8 лет назад +2

    Great champion. True Hawaiian.

  • @dickboardingtime7989
    @dickboardingtime7989 4 года назад +1

    GOD TAKE SUNNY AND GIVE US BACK DEREK

  • @albertsouza904
    @albertsouza904 4 года назад

    Praise the lord my braddah straight up ands well said that’s what’s awesome about surfing you can take out your haters and enjoy the waves and God by your side.
    🏄🏾 Aloha my friend

  • @Max14163
    @Max14163 6 лет назад +4

    20 years ago it seemed Sunny's career would take the same trajectory as Kelly's. Now 20 years later, Sunny is an ex-con while Kelly is regarded as the greatest athlete who ever lived, regardless of sport. Time separates out the winners from the losers.

  • @Hugo4104
    @Hugo4104 8 лет назад +6

    Sunny needs to stay in prison

  • @jorgediazgranadosmaldonado2027
    @jorgediazgranadosmaldonado2027 6 лет назад +1

    Basura

  • @laniakea777
    @laniakea777 3 года назад

    I remember witnessing him surf thru the trials at 17 to get 2nd at the OP Pro.