Bonga Perkins
{{Short description|American surfer}}
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| birth_place = Oahu, Hawaii
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| years_active= 17 years
| best_year = Ranked 1st on the ASP World Tour, 1996 and 2009
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Gregory 'Bonga' Perkins (born 1972 in Oahu, Hawaii and raised in Honolulu.) is an American professional longboard surfrider and two-time ASP World Longboard Champion.
Perkins won his first ASP World Longboard Championship title in 1996, defeating Alex Salazar (Brazil) in the final. In 2008, he reclaimed the world title by beating France's Antoine Delpero in the final at San Clemente, California.[http://surf.transworld.net/1000076293/news/bonga-perkins-wins-oxbow-world-longboard-tour-takes-asp-wlt-title/ Perkins Wins World Longboard Title] He finished as a runner up three times in 1994, 1997 and 2002. He also finished third in the ASP World Tour on six occasions in 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009.[http://sports123.com/sur/mpwl.html Sports 123] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103135711/http://sports123.com/sur/mpwl.html |date=2011-11-03 }}{{Cite web |url=http://surf.transworld.net/1000118676/news/duane-desoto-wins-world-longboard-title |title=Duane DeSoto Wins Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championship At Makaha |access-date=2011-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809105452/http://surf.transworld.net/1000118676/news/duane-desoto-wins-world-longboard-title/ |archive-date=2011-08-09 |url-status=dead }}{{IMDb name|2057286|Bonga Perkins}}
References
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External links
- {{WSL profile|1227}}
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Category:Surfers from Honolulu County, Hawaii
Category:World Surf League surfers
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