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John "Whitney" Guild
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John "Whitney" Guild, a third generation Hermosan, was born into a surfing family. As a pro surfer he had a top 16 AAAA ranking and his contest victories span five decades with over 30 wins. He was a team rider for Greg Noll, Bing, and Jacobs Surfboards. He is one of the early tow-in surfers and rode a fifty foot wave in Maui at age fifty. Guild set the Utah Hang Gliding altitude record at 12,000 feet and has saved lives in the mountains and oceans of the world. Inducted July 2007
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