Warrant for issued for Sunny Garcia's arrest

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AN arrest warrant has been issued for Hawaiian surf star Sunny Garcia after an alleged ugly surf rage incident on the Gold Coast earlier this year.

A Queensland Police Service spokesman today confirmed a warrant had been issued for the arrest of a 41-year-old man on a charge of common assault, reported the Courier-Mail.

Garcia, who won the world professional championship in 2000, is accused of bashing young surfer Adam Clarke during the Breaka Burleigh Pro professional surfing tournament at Burleigh Heads in February.

The Hawaiian allegedly attacked Mr Clarke in front of hundreds of spectators after he cut in front of Garcia's son, Sunny Jr, on a wave.

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tcannon
1 year ago

So it takes three months to issue an arrest warrant for an attack with hundreds of witnesses, captured on video, and widely reported on national TV? No way to step that up at all? Like maybe arrest him at the time of the incident perhaps? Or issue a warrant sometime in the same, uh... month?

I'm pretty sure this is what it would look like if MUNI was put in charge of a police department.

Kenny Reyes
1 year ago

Thank god SOMEONE is actually doing something about this, seeing as the ASP seems to content to just sweep it under the rug. Whether or not he actually has to go through the legal system, the ASP could have at least set an example by restricting or barring him from competition. However, warrant takes away any hope of him requalifying for the tour, seeing as a number of events are in Australia. So, I guess this is the next best thing.

piss_shiver
1 year ago

Not sure, but AU has a tax treaty with the US. I'm not no innernashunal lawyer, but when you have a tax treaty with a country, it may mean that financial laws and other legal tendrils intertwine in such a way that extradition is quite possible. So I believe he's going there whether he likes it or not. AU and US are on pretty good terms, so I'd imagine he's going to face the music one way or another.

Kenny Reyes
1 year ago

I read on his facebook that he is going to face the charges: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/sunnygarcia808/posts/10150182722453840. The guy is delusional; he must be reading too many of the nuthugging comments on that page if he things that's a good idea.

The guy isn't the biggest thug in the world, but he's definitely the biggest thug ever on the ASP. As someone who is a major fan of pro surfing, I hope I never see him at a contest again.

BigSmith
1 year ago

If you got a punch in the face you propably deserved it. Im just oldschool like that....

sharkturd
1 year ago

Ha...hey @BS...you're not "old School"...you're numbskull dumbschool. You give the old school a bad name. Maybe you and Sunny should get together...you know, for a reach around session.

piss_shiver
1 year ago

I'm just lollin at Biggie's hippie surfer link that he posted, juxtaposed with that comment :D
Definitely a nose punch to consistency :) I definitely want to punch someone in the nose for wearing patchouli as it hurts my nose...so maybe he's onto something there.

dakota
1 year ago

"If you got a punch in the face you propably deserved it. "

amen.

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