Timmy is an American Surfer from California. His father taught him to surf at the age of 5. He qualified for the ASP pro tour in 1998. IN 1999 finished 6th overall on the world tour winning 2 events at "T&C Lananau Pro" & "Matsumoto Kiyoshi Japan Pro". He is a 2-time winner of the "Malibu Invitational"(2009,11) & in 2011 he won the "Katin Pro Am". He is considered to be the pioneer of surfing's "Aerial Revolution" of the late 1990s, and is famous for completing a full rotation, upside-down flip in two-foot surf at Rocky Point in Hawaii during winter of 2005. This popular aerial achievement has become known worldwide as simply "The Flip". His Brother Nathaniel is also a pro surfer winning the "US Open of Surfing in 2007".