Sally Fitzgibbons reveals incredible gesture from legend fighting for life

By Sally Fitzgibbons

Love and passion. A trailblazer. A legend. Part of the DNA of surfing.

These are the thoughts that come to my mind when I think about Sunny Garcia.

Like the rest of the surfing community, I’ve had a very heavy heart since hearing about his situation.

Sunny, to me, was always part of that great generation of surfers I looked up to when I was younger.

He was still competing when I was starting out and my thoughts about him were all about appreciation for one of the true surfing greats, someone who always just tried to do his best.

Sunny radiated that have-a-go-attitude, which is symbolic of us Aussies. It’s probably why he was someone I could respect so much. It’s a big part of why I took a really strong interest in his surfing.

In the back half of last year, I was at an event and I was shocked to have Sunny reach out to me. It was a bit out of the blue.

I opened up a direct message and it was Sunny telling me that he was interested in how I was going, how I was performing on the circuit. He said he thought I was on the right track and to keep pushing ahead.

It was very meaningful and special, coming from someone I’ve admired so much for so long.

To so many people around the world, Sunny is regarded as the trailblazer of big wave surfing.

When you love surfing as much as I do, you take an interest in the people, the personalities and the stories that make up the sport.

He has always been such a big part of that. His performances and attitude are embedded in the DNA of surfing.

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