Raised in San Clemente, California, by a beach-enthusiast mother and a lifeguard father who started taking his kids out on the front of his surfboard before they knew how to swim. Long started surfing at ten years old. He fell in love with the excitement and challenge of big-wave surfing. Only to become one of the key competitors in big wave surfing, but won the title of Mavericks in 2008. Greg Long’s health conscious efforts and physical preparedness gives way to his athletic edge as a force within the Mavericks event. He continues to charge Mavericks and compete among the best of them.