Rick “Rockin Fig” Fignetti stands with his surfboard under the Huntington Beach Pier on July 16, 2013. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Orange County Register/SCNG)
By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register
The voice of surfing has gone silent.
For decades, Rockin’ Fig’s distinct, upbeat voice echoed across the sand and surf and through radio waves, with play-by-plays over loudspeakers at countless surf competitions and for more than 25 years in the surf report on KROQ radio station for listeners across Southern California.
Rick “Rockin’ Fig” Fignetti, a beloved surf shop owner of Rockin’ Fig Surf Headquarters and longtime fixture in Huntington Beach, died on Friday, July 16, of a heart attack. He was 64.