Robert Weaver (surfer)

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Robert "Wingnut" Weaver (born 1965) is an American surfer. He has appeared in several of Bruce Brown's surf films, starring in three of them alongside Pat O'Connell. In 1991, Weaver graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in economics and marketing. [1]

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Films

Weaver starred in:
The Endless Summer II (1994) [2]
The Endless Summer Revisited (2000) [3]
Step Into Liquid (2003) [4]
Chasing Dora (2006) [5]
Wingnut's Search For Soul (1997)

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References

  1. "Interview with Surfer Magazine" . Retrieved 2006-06-08.
  2. The Endless Summer 2 (1994) Director: Bruce Brown
  3. The Endless Summer Revisited (2000) Dana Brown
  4. Step Into Liquid(2003) Dana Brown
  5. Chasing Dora (2006) Thomas Joseph Barrack III & Wes Brown

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