Orange County is well known as the epicenter for the surf industry. That's why some thinks it's odd that only two So-Cal locals have made their way to the Dream Tour, one of them Huntington Beach's very own Tim Reyes. Reyes' first two years on tour saw enormous potential and like a locomotive picking up speed, his results got consistently better and he soon found himself well within the top 10. The Reyes juggernaut seemed unstoppable and looked to be HB's next threat for the crown when disaster struck.

Reyes suffered a horrific wipeout surfing Steamers in the O'Neill Coldwater Classic in Santa Cruz, tore both his ACL and MCL in his right knee and was put on standby until he fully recovered. Even though he fell out of competition in '06, he had a high enough ranking to qualify him for '07. And while last year he couldn't surf enough events to pack in the points, he was still awarded one of the three wildcards for the '08 season. Reyes is fearless. The bigger the wave, the harder he charges and we're more than ready to see him in full force and in good health this year.

weight: 150 lbs (68 kilos)

height: 5'7" (169 cm)

stance: Regular (natural) foot

sponsors: O'Neill wetsuits and clothing, Vans, Surftech, Arnette, Jack's surf shop and T. Patterson surfboards

shapers: Timmy Patterson

quiver: one twin fin fish, every size from 5'11- 6'10. Mostly Timmy pattersons, 2 TL2 surftechs

favorite waves: Natividad and Backdoor

favorite maneuvers: Barrels

favorite surfers: Tom Curren, Kelly Slater and Andy Irons

2008 Rating: 17

2008 Points: 2845

2008 earnings: $34,400.00

Career earnings: $266,950.00

highest ASP World Tour rating: 11th in 2006

years on ASP World Tour: 2008 will be Timmy's 4th year on tour

rating by year:
2007: 46th
2006: 11th
2005: 31st

elite inception: 2005

hard yards: Spent 2000-2004 on the WQS

sabbatical: Had to sit out most of 2007 because of knee injury

elite tour victories: (0)