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At 6'2'', "Da Bull" was the first surfer to ride the giant waves at Waimea Bay. Greg Noll also shaped iconic surfboards for stars like Miki Dora.

“Da Bull”: Poster boy of big wave surfing dies at 84 We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss July 10, 2021 — 2.46pm Normal text size GREG NOLL: 1937–2021 Greg Noll, who has died aged 84, became the first poster boy of big wave surfing, and in 1969 he famously surfed Hawaii’s biggest ever swell. Nicknamed “Da Bull” for his fearlessness and stocky bodybuilder’s physique, Noll was one of a group of Californian longboarders who migrated to the North Shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu in the 1950s in search of the perfect wave. Surfin...

Greg Noll, swaggering big-wave surfer known as ‘Da Bull,’ dies at 84 Harrison Smith Riding waves at Waimea Bay, the dangerous and revered surf break on Oahu’s North Shore, Greg Noll would orient himself by triangulating with two local Hawaiian landmarks, a church steeple and a cemetery. Guided by those symbols of God and death, he dropped in on enormous waves that threatened to explode on top of him, crashing down with a roar that could be heard a mile away. Mr. Noll, a former California lifeguard, was widely credited with leading the opening charge at Waimea, helpi...

LOS ANGELES — Greg “Da Bull” Noll, who became a surfing legend by combining a gregarious, outsized personality with the courage and skill to ride bigger, more powerful waves than anyone had ever attempted, has died. He was 84. Noll, who had lived in the picturesque, seaside town of Crescent City, California, died Monday of natural causes, according to an Instagram post from his son's company, Noll Surfboards. Requests for comment from the Noll family were not immediately returned, and it was not clear where he died. One of the first and arguably one of the greatest big-wave riders, Noll...

He also appeared in numerous surfing documentaries, worked as a photographer on the 1967 film “Surfari” and was the stunt double for James Mitchum in the 1964 film “Ride the Wild Surf.” In 2010, he and his son Jed launched a surf apparel line. It was the towering waves he caught, coupled with a blunt but friendly manner, that made Noll’s reputation. From the early 1950s through the 1960s, he traveled from Southern California to Mexico, Australia and the North Shore of Hawaii’s island of Oahu in search of the biggest waves. It was in October 1957, at Waimea Bay on Oahu’s North ...