12/25/1971
Santa Cruz County, CA:
Darryl "Flea" Virostko (born December 25, 1971) is a professional "big wave" surfer from Santa Cruz, California. He graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1991. He is a three-time Mavericks competition winner. Virostko appears as himself in the surfing films Riding Giants, Step Into Liquid, and Billabong Odyssey. Surfer declared his 2004 wipeout on a 50-foot wave at Waimea Bay, Hawaii, the "Wipeout of the Decade" As of 2009 Virostko is a recovering addict, and runs a program, "FleaHab", to teach other recovering addicts how to surf and be active while learning a new way of life.He starred in The Westsiders a documentary film by Josh Palmer that chronicles his difficult upbringing and addiction to drugs, on the west side of Santa Cruz.
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100 Foot Surfing Days (2018) as Self |
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Discovering Mavericks (2013) as Self |
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Pipeline Posse: Project 1 (2007) as |
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Separate Volume (2006) as |
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Riding Giants (2004) as Darryl Virostko |
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The Kill 3 (1998) as |
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The Kill (1992) as |