Darrick Doerner on Sunset Beach, Dick Brewer, Long Swims, the Drop at Waimea, and Tow Surfing

The Surfer's Journal

Darrick Doerner is a big-wave surfer, tow-surfing pioneer, Hollywood stuntman, and former North Shore lifeguard. He grew up surfing in the LA area in the 1960s and ’70s, moved to Hawaii his senior year of high school, and discovered himself joyous and at peace in heavy water. Hungry for waves too bi