The world's greatest surfer Kelly Slater has led tributes to his friend and mentor Alan Green. Quiksilver is an Australian ...

Surf star Kelly Slater paid tribute on Thursday to Alan Green, the man who launched his career, after the co-founder of the ...

Alan Green, co-founder of legendary surfing brand Quiksilver, has died at the age of 77 after a brief battle with cancer.

Tributes from the surfing world have been pouring in following Green’s passing.

They were distinctive, functional, comfortable boardshorts ... that busted down the door for Roxy. By 1998, Quiksilver had become the first surf brand to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

While the design for boardshorts was unique at the time ... similar to what Alan and John were hoping to do with the brand. By 1976, Quiksilver's surfwear production had moved from the kitchen ...

Surfing Australia Hall of Famer Rod Brooks said Green died at his home in Torquay in Victoria after “a relatively short ...