Surfer Clay Marzo defies labels
September 30th, 2009
‘Waves are toys from God’
From USA Today (with video):
Competitive surfer Clay Marzo is widely regarded as being among the world’s best. He’s also got Asperger’s syndrome.
His surfing peers marvel at his skills, but also are baffled by his many quirks and mannerisms, which include lots of hand-rubbing, hair-twisting and voracious eating habits.
Marzo’s impact on the sport has been so significant that major sponsors and contest directors now are changing the structure and judging of new surfing competitions to focus on the creative and expressive aspects that the goofy-footed (surf lingo for right-foot forward) surfer is bringing to the sport.
Earlier posts here.
(Photo from USA Today)


September 30th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
There was also a good article about him in Outside magazine:
http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/200909/clay-marzo-1.html