I could be wrong, but this gets my vote for the hairiest wave ever ridden by a Pensacola guy. It’s Holden Tibbs, son of Ronnie Tibbs, at Mavericks. He grew up surfing on Pensacola Bch, and now lives in New Smyrna.
Mark Foo rode, and died, on waves like this, but didn’t start surfing in Pensacola. He surfed here for 2 years, but he learned in Hawaii – pretty sure.