"He was there with his family and was psyching me up before my heats at one of the contests," recalls Colapinto. RELATED: Matthew McConaughey's Son Levi Shows Off His 'Surf Souvenirs' in Close-Up ...

If you only saw Griffin and Crosby Colapinto surfing on the North Shore of Oahu, you’d never guess they come from a place where the waves don’t remotely resemble these famous reefbreaks.

It was almost fitting that it took the current world No.1 to bring down the curtain on the greatest career in surfing history. Kelly Slater, the 11-time world champion, chose to give Griffin ...