Cheyne Anders Magnusson (born July 14, 1983) is a professional surfer and one of the stars of MTV's reality show ''
Maui Fever''. He has worked as wave DJ at surf parks and is involved in a new venture in
Palm Springs
Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by lan ...
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Early life
Magnusson was born in
Southern California
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and moved to
Maui with his family at the age of seven. His father,
Tony Magnusson, was a professional
skateboard
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The skateboar ...
er and co-founded the
Osiris Shoes
Osiris is a skateboard clothing brand founded in California by Swedish skater Tony Magnusson Brian Reid, Tony Chen and Doug Weston. Osiris was founded in 1996. Before October 2014 the company sponsored skateboarders, BMX riders and surfers.
...
company.
According to Cheyne's mother Jill, "Cheyne could ride a skateboard before he could walk."
Career
Professional surfing
At the age of sixteen, Magnusson was the 2000 Men's Hawaiian State Champion in surfing. In June of that year, he then represented the state of Hawaii in United States at the world championships—the highest honor an amateur surfer can receive.
[ By the age of twenty-two, Cheyne was surfing professionally and was sponsored by Body Glove, ]Osiris Shoes
Osiris is a skateboard clothing brand founded in California by Swedish skater Tony Magnusson Brian Reid, Tony Chen and Doug Weston. Osiris was founded in 1996. Before October 2014 the company sponsored skateboarders, BMX riders and surfers.
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, Dragon, and Chemistry Surfboards
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Business
He is a primary backer of under construction the Palm Springs Surf Club.
References
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1983 births
American surfers
Television personalities from California
Living people
People from Hawaii