
Dustin Barca
Coming up with Bruce and Andy Irons, Dustin Barca joined the ASP World Tour for a brief stint. A born fighter, he's since turned his attention to MMA training and GMO protesting.

Coming up with Bruce and Andy Irons, Dustin Barca joined the ASP World Tour for a brief stint. A born fighter, he's since turned his attention to MMA training and GMO protesting.
Not a bad-looking fella considering all the swift kicks to the grill and reef punches to the brow he's sustained. Barca marches on.
On rail, and on point, Barca's talents in the water have never been in dispute.
A pretty good illustration of why Barca doesn't get dropped in on much on the North Shore. He won his first pro fight in 2011 with a first-round knockout.
When you grow up surfing wtih Bruce and Andy Irons, Danny Fuller, Reef McIntosh and Co., there's no room for soft turns. Barca, all rail.
Hawaiian commute: from the beach to the gym. When he's on the North Shore he trains at the Boar's Nest up above Sunset Beach. The faint of heart need not apply.
For the past 10-plus years Dustin Barca has wintered at the Oakley house that fronts Off The Wall. As much his home spot as anywhere on Kauai, he's helped set the bar their and paved the way for kids like Sebastian Zietz to come up.
While he made his name as a surfer, the fight life has always been part of him. The son of a karate teacher, Barca got into Jiu Jitsu when he was 14.
"I like being the underdog," says Barca. Of course he does; it only adds fuel to the fire.

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Coming up with Bruce and Andy Irons, Dustin Barca joined the ASP World Tour for a brief stint. A born fighter, he's since turned his attention to MMA training and GMO protesting.

Not a bad-looking fella considering all the swift kicks to the grill and reef punches to the brow he's sustained. Barca marches on.

On rail, and on point, Barca's talents in the water have never been in dispute.

A pretty good illustration of why Barca doesn't get dropped in on much on the North Shore. He won his first pro fight in 2011 with a first-round knockout.

When you grow up surfing wtih Bruce and Andy Irons, Danny Fuller, Reef McIntosh and Co., there's no room for soft turns. Barca, all rail.

Hawaiian commute: from the beach to the gym. When he's on the North Shore he trains at the Boar's Nest up above Sunset Beach. The faint of heart need not apply.

For the past 10-plus years Dustin Barca has wintered at the Oakley house that fronts Off The Wall. As much his home spot as anywhere on Kauai, he's helped set the bar their and paved the way for kids like Sebastian Zietz to come up.

While he made his name as a surfer, the fight life has always been part of him. The son of a karate teacher, Barca got into Jiu Jitsu when he was 14.

"I like being the underdog," says Barca. Of course he does; it only adds fuel to the fire.