Hometown: Santa Cruz, Ca

Current Sponsors:Billabong, Oakley, Nike 6.0, Channel Islands Surfboards, Sexwax,and Dakine.

Community Service:Pack Your Trash, Santa Cruz
Surfing Experience:8 years

Favorite Spot: Salina Cruz

Homebreak: Pleasure Point
Maneuver: Barrel ride
Magic board: Xanadu - model X19 squash
Favorite surfbreaks: V-Land, Rincon, Lowers, and Salina Cruz 
Movies: Any movie with Will Ferrel.
Favorite book: Pipe Dreams & Under The Blood Red Sun
Food: Italian Food
Car: A Honda Odyssey, it's a minivan.
Crew: My brother "J dog" and the neighborhood.
Heroes: Mick Fanning & Dane Reynolds.
Local influences: Adam Replogle, Peter Mel, Josh Loya, & Ratboy
Inspirations: Kelly Slater, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, and Drew Brees.

What's your idea of perfect happiness? 4-6ft barrels with only 3 of my friends out.

Which living person do you most admire? Kelly Slater

What word or phrase do you most overuse? "Eggy"

If you could, what or who would you come back as in your next
life? A friendly dog.

What's your most treasured possession? My surfboards.

If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why? Santa Cruz, because I like it.



What is your favorite occupation? Facebook

Goals: WCT

Music: Sounds, Jack Johnson & Faint
Surf DVD: Dane Reynold's 1st Chapter
Dream Trip: Indo with the crew

NWOpen at Pleasure Point, 1st in Open Juniors and Open Mens. - Equal 9th in 2011 Surfing America Championships U16 division. - Equal 9th in 2011 NSSA Championships in Open Juniors. - Qualified for 2011 Pacsun USA Surf Team U16 Category. Equal 7th in Fosters Belmar Pro Jr. 
One of the leaders of an extremely talented crop of up-and- coming Santa Cruz grommets, as of late Nic Hernandez has been on a complete tear, racking up results in NSSA and other various other NorCal grom events. Groomed on the perfect righthanders of Pleasure Point, this young regular-footer is already turning heads, which says a lot considering the plethora of talent that s come out of the area in recent years. While content ripping normal-size surf for now, like Jay Moriarty before him, it s only a matter of time before the big-wave allure of Maverick s captures his imagination. With a strong support group around him, especially his ultra-progressive peer group, Nic Hernandez is an integral component in putting Santa Cruz rightfully back on the map of surfing hot beds.

Surf Contest Results:
2003-2004
Finalist @ O Neill Grom Prix on October 9, 2004. 6th place overall (13 and under division) at age 7.
Invited to Rip Curl Nationals @ Salt Creek, CA on November 6, 2004 @age 8.

2004-2005
Competed in gold coast NSSA contests in 12 and under @ age 8
1st place in Oakley contest at Steamers Lane for 10 and under June 11, 2005 @ age 8. He was called the Super Grom on Oakley s website.
4th place in Volcom contest for 14 and under September 25, 2005 @ age 8.

Current Surfing Activity:
NSSA Nationals (Lower Trestles) 2006
Invited to compete in minigrom and menehuene divisions.
NSSA (National Scholastic Surfing Association) 2006
Southwest open division
Minigrom- Number 1 (in ratings at midseason)
Boys-Number 8 (12 and under)
Northwest open division
Minigrom- Number 1
Boys- Number 2 (12 and under)
Gold Coast division
Menehuene- Number 4 (12 and under)
Volcom Crustaceous Surf Tour 2006
Central Coast
Grom division (14 and under)- Number 1
2006 Ripcurl Gromsearch National Final invitee
2006 Billabong contests
Placed 1st in Santa Cruz (13 and under)
Superfrat Superfinal invitee and finalist
2006 Oakley Big Day Out Surf Series
Placed 1st in Santa Cruz minigrom division
2006 Mada contest
Placed 1st in Santa Cruz (13 and under)

Full Profile Feature:

1.What is the first thing you think when you wake up in the morning?
How the waves are.
2.If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?
Taj Burrow
3.If money were no object, what s the first thing you would do?
I would be shocked.
4.What is on the walls in your room?
Surf posters
5.What were you into in high school?
I am only in fourth grade.
6.Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Surfing professionally
7.If you were on survivor, what three things would you have snuck on the island?
Surfboards, food and friends. Hopefully there are waves.
8.What s your favorite and animal, and why?
My cat, Rusty, because he is soft.
9.If you could be a pro in any other sport what would it be, and why?
Unicycler, because I am good at it.
10.If your house was burning down what s the first thing you would take?
My favorite surfboard.