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Malik Joyeux (31 March 1980 – 2 December 2005) was an accomplished all-around waterman and a professional Big Wave surfer. Known by many as the "petit prince", the goofy-foot surfer often gained attention for charging the treacherous barrels at Teahupoo, Tahiti. He was credited in 2003 with the Billabong XXL Tube of the Year for riding one of the largest waves ever to be surfed in history.〔(Global Surf News )〕 Joyeux was one of the Tahiti's best known professional surfers and was featured on the cover of Surfer Magazine's 2004 "Big Issue".〔(Pro Surfer Malik Joyeux Dies at Pipeline )〕 ==Early life== Joyeux was born in France〔Malik Joyeux obituary, (Honolulu Star Bulletin ), Wednesday, December 7, 2005〕 and moved to French Polynesia at a young age, where his mother Hélène raised her three children on the tropical island of Moorea.〔(Honolulu Advertiser ), Thursday, December 8, 2005〕 He started surfing at the age of 8.〔(Tribute page by friend Tim McKenna )〕 For years his older brother Teiva, little sister Tylane and mother Hélène lived in a big hut near Haapiti on Moorea with no luxuries. It had no walls, just a wooden structure with a roof, surrounded by ferns and palm trees, and the ocean just meters away. Teiva managed to turn professional windsurfer and kite-surfer and moved to Hawaii to pursue his dream. Malik started to get some sponsorship deals as a surfer: just a few clothes, some boards and plane tickets. For the Tahitian surf community, he was like a little brother. Everybody would help him out as best they could and Malik sure gave a lot back. French surfer Didier Piter took him under his wing in the European Gotcha team and managed to finally finance his surf trips with an official contract. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malik Joyeux」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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