Just watch this video.
I remember going to the Action Sports trade shows in San Diego in the mid 1990's and seeing this little kid running around. "That's Christian Fletcher's son," someone said. He's a fourth generation member of the Fletcher surfing dynasty, Great Grandpa Fletcher was a surfing and big wave pioneer. Grandpa Herbie Fletcher is the well known surfer and legendary surf filmmaker Herbie Fletcher. Grandma is a really good artist. Dad Christian Fletcher took short board surfing vertical, airing off waves, and ripping in general. Uncle Nathan Fletcher pushed surfing even further.
Coming up in that family, we could definitely understand if Greyson found it hard to forge his own path, and make a name for himself. But he just tore it up in his own way, found his own path, and in his mid-30's now has this absolutely insane new skate segment. Just watch the video.
When I was driving a taxi in Huntington Beach in the 2000's, I had Christian Fletcher in my cab twice. One time he was pretty blitzed, and decided he wanted to autograph the dashboard. I talked him out of that, since I didn't own the taxi, and had him sign my taxi permit instead. That autographed permit was in the storage unit that got auctioned off when I wound up moving back East in 2008. I'm still bummed about that.
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