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Actor

Darryl Virostko

Acting

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Acting credits

7

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Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.2

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Movies: 7Series: 0

TMDB ID: 4335

IMDb ID: nm1466677

Known for: Acting

Born: December 25, 1971

Age: 54

Place of birth: Santa Cruz County, CA

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1992 - 2018

Years active: 27

Average TMDB rating: 7.58

Wikidata: Q5225472

Also known as

Darryl "Flea" Virostko • Flea

Biography

Darryl "Flea" Virostko (born December 25, 1971) is a professional "big wave" surfer from Santa Cruz, California. He graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1991. He is a three-time Mavericks competition winner. Virostko appears as himself in the surfing films Riding Giants, Step Into Liquid, and Billabong Odyssey. Surfer declared his 2004 wipeout on a 50-foot wave at Waimea Bay, Hawaii, the "Wipeout of the Decade" As of 2009 Virostko is a recovering addict, and runs a program, "FleaHab", to teach other recovering addicts how to surf and be active while learning a new way of life.He starred in The Westsiders a documentary film by Josh Palmer that chronicles his difficult upbringing and addiction to drugs, on the west side of Santa Cruz.