Ola Eleogram,18
Hana, Hawaii

Ola simultaneously embodies the Old School Hawaiian spirit and a New School approach to riding waves. This Maui country boy won the respect of the North Shore hierarchy at a young age. As a top amateur with WCT potential, he had the whole state of Florida buzzing about his inverted spin reverse during a Sebastian Inlet free surf session!

Adam Wickwire, 16
Satellite Beach, Florida
Question: What do you get when you send a hot Florida grom into the heaviest waves around the world? Answer: An NSSA Open Juniors Champ who can rip East Coast slop as well as Indo juice. The “King of the Groms,” has a list of accomplishments longer than his arms. Wickwire takes the high wire act to the motocross track as well. How many 16-year-olds have their own website? (adamwickwire.com.)

Ian Parnell, 27
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Take Jay and Silent Bob, subtracted the Silent Bob, add some Leonardo DiVinci and some Matt Archibald, and you get Ian Parnell…or something like him. This Red Bull team rider has made a career as an East Coast aerialist. Splitting his time between Virginia, Florida, and the open road, Parnell also dabbles with mixed media artwork, so get his stuff now before he’s famous.

Ben Bourgeois, 26
Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

Few East Coast surfers have ever been ranked in the ASP’s Top 44, and most have been Floridians. But Benny B, a soft-spoken hero, hails from the fickle sandbars of southern North Carolina. Bourgeois is one of the most stylish American surfers in history, and while he missed the WCT by one slot this year, he promises to be there soon.

Jeremy Johnston, 17
New Smyrna

Young Florida surfers have plenty of aerialists to look up to, and this National Junior Champ is adding himself to that list. At the 2004 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in Tahiti, his second place finish in the Under-18 division helped Team USA capture the Silver. The establishment is already looking over its shoulder at the progressive young ripper.