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Founded in 1977 by Nancy Katin as a camaraderie-driven team event, the Katin Pro/AM Team Challenge boasts a rich and memorable history, with a roster of winners that includes world champions Shaun Tomson, Tom Curren, Martin Potter, Sunny Garcia and Kelly Slater.

In it’s early days, the Katin Team Challenge was a specialty event that lured the world’s elite surfers – Mark Richards, Mark Occhilupo, Joey Buran, Michael Ho and Larry Bertlemann among others. But true to Nancy’s dream, the event also drew hot young kids from surf towns in California, Hawaii and Florida to compete alongside their heroes. Some of these up-and- comers – Kelly Slater, Shane Beschen, Rob Machado, Pat O’Connell, Chris Brown, Peter Mel and many more – would go on to standout careers. The Katin Team Challenge ran uninterrupted from 1977 to 1989, then from 1992 to 1998.

PAST KATIN PRO/AM WINNERS

Bronzed Aussies Mate, Jim Banks, Ian Cairns, Cheyne Horan, and PT. Photo: Peter Brouillet

1977 SHAUN TOMSON
1978 LARRY BERTLEMANN
1979 GREG MUNGALL
1980 MICHAEL HO
1981 SHAUN TOMSON
1982 TOM CURREN
1983 MARTIN POTTER
1984 JOEY BURAN
1985 WILLY MORRIS
1986 MARTIN POTTER
1987 TOM CURREN
1988 DAVE PARMENTER
1989 RICHIE COLLINS
1993 JEFF DEFFENBAUGH
1994 KELLY SLATER
1995 PAT O’CONNELL
1996 CHRIS BROWN
1997 SUNNY GARCIA
1998 JEFF DEFFENBAUGH
2009 BRETT SIMPSON
2010 CHRIS WARING
2011 TIMMY CURRAN