Mike Doyle (March 7, 1941 – April 30, 2019), also known as Michael Doyle and Malibu Mike, was an American surfer.

Life and career

Doyle was born in

Lawndale, California Lawndale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 31,807 at the 2020 census, down from 32,769 at the 2010 census. The city is in the South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles Area. History Native Ameri ...

. At the age of thirteen, he began

surfing Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suita ...

. Doyle was a runner-up at the 1964 World Surfing Championships. In 1966, Doyle was named as Number One Surfer in the World by the

Surfer Magazine ''Surfer'' is an American quarterly magazine periodical focused on surfing and surf culture, founded in 1962 by noted surfer, writer, photographer, artist and humorist John Severson (1933–2017). The magazine went on hiatus from 2020 until Augus ...

. Doyle wrote an autobiography called Morning Glass. Doyle died on April 30, 2019, at his home in

San José del Cabo San José del Cabo (, ''Saint Joseph of the Cape'') is a coastal city located on the Gulf of California coast, near the southern tip of Baja California Sur (state), México. San José del Cabo is situated on the edge of a shallow bay, some northea ...

, Mexico, at the age of 78.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Mike 1941 births 2019 deaths Sportspeople from Lawndale, California American surfers American emigrants to Mexico People from San José del Cabo