Date of Birth: 1/14/1970
Birthplace: Mā'ili, on the Westside of Oahu

Sunny Garcia grew up in Wai’anae and got his first victory in 1986 at the Gotcha Pro at Sandy Beach in Oahu. 

Sunny holds 6 Triple Crown surfing titles and holds the record for the most WQS event wins with a total of 22.  His great surfing achievement was becoming the ASP World Champion in 2000.  Only Kelly Slater and Andy Irons have higher career earnings than Sunny (he has over $1 million in prize money earnings in his career.  Although he retired in 2005, he had come back to compete.

Sunny has always been a dominant force in the Hawaiian Surfing Association. Sunny was very consistent throughout the 1990s, finishing in the top ten every year and coming third four times during that period.

In 2000, 14 years after his debut, Sunny emphatically dominated the ASP WCT from the start of the campaign, winning the first two events in Australia and clinching the title in Brazil, the penultimate event. On the way he also picked up a fifth Triple Crown in his native Hawaii.

 

2000 ASP WCT World Champion

2004 Triple Crown of Surfing
2000 Triple Crown of Surfing
1999 Triple Crown of Surfing
1994 Triple Crown of Surfing
1993 Triple Crown of Surfing
1992 Triple Crown of Surfing
1987/1988 ASP's Men's Most Improved award
1990 ASP's Men's Most Improved award
Most victories in WQS competition (22)
Most Triple Crown of Surfing titles (6)

History of Wins
2004
Vans Hawaiian Pro (Alii Beach - Hale'iwa, Hawaii)

2002
G-Shock Hawaiian Pro (Alii Beach - Haleiwa, Hawaii)

2000
Billabong Pro (Kirra Point - Gold Coast, Australia)
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach ,(Australia)
Panasonic Shockwave US Open (Huntington Beach, California)
G-Shock Hawaiian Pro (Alii Beach - Haleiwa, Hawaii)
Rip Curl World Cup (Sunset Beach - Oahu, Hawaii)

1997
Katin Team Challenge (Huntington Beach, California)

1996
Rip Curl Pro (Bells Beach, Australia)
Town and Country (Ala Moana - Oahu, Hawaii)

1995
Rip Curl Pro (Bells Beach, Australia)
Quiksilver Surfmasters (Grande Plage - Biarritz,France)
Rusty Pro (Honolua Bay - Maui, Hawaii)
Op Pro (Huntington Beach, California)
T&C/Bud Surf Tour Championships (Mākaha - Oahu, Hawaii)

1994
Reunion Pro (Saint-Leu, Réunion)
Billabong Kirra Pro (Kirra Point - Gold Coast, Australia)
T&C/Bud Surf Tour Championships (Mākaha - Oahu, Hawaii)
Hapuna World Cup of Surfing (Sunset Beach - Oahu, Hawaii)

1993
HIC Pro (Banzai Pipeline - Oahu, Hawaii)
Op Pro (Huntington Beach, California)
Wyland Galleries Hawaiian Pro (Alii Beach - Haleiwa, Hawaii)

1992
Gunston 500 (Durban, Natal, South Africa)
T&C O'Neill Pro (Kuhio Beach - Maui, Hawaii)
Pukas Pro (Zarauz, Basque Country, Spain)
Marui/Surfin' Life Qualifying (Hebara Beach - Chiba, Japan)
Miyazaki Qualifying (Miyazaki, Japan)
Xcel Pro (Sunset Beach - Oahu, Hawaii)
Wyland Galleries Hawaiian Pro (Alii Beach - Haleiwa, Hawaii)

1990
Pukas Pro (Zarauz,Basque Country, Spain)
Seland Pro (Sopelana, Basque Country, Spain)