1| HOT 100 GROMS Kolohe Andino
Birthday: March 22, 1994
Hometown: San Clemente, California

Over the years, the relatively sub-par mushburger known as T-Street has spawned some of surfing’s greatest performers, but none have been under such a bright spotlight as Kolohe Andino. With his pint-sized shred sticks blanketed from tip to tail with sponsors’ stickers, a mantel at home overflowing with medals, trophies, and accolades, more passport stamps to his credit than most people acquire by the time they’re 50, as well as the genetic composition of a champion and the charisma to carry a generation, to say there’s a lot riding on young Andino’s shoulders is a bit of an understatement. “With all of the pressure he’s under, he handles himself incredibly well,” says Tanner Gudauskas, an aspiring ’QSer who’s watched Andino since the beginning. “He’s on the road more than just about anybody I know. It seems like every weekend he’s at some contest, or in France, or just getting back from Indo. You’ve got to wonder how he keeps it fun; I don’t think I could handle it.” But watch him, whether jersey-clad or not, and it’s obvious he definitely enjoys what he’s doing. Enamored of the surfing of Mick Fanning, his affection for the blond Aussie is evident in his mature, carving approach. On rail, he puts his board in all the right places, and has developed a forehand gouge that looks almost exactly like a little Fanning’s. Guided and coached by his father, Dino, Andino’s surfing is technically sound. The quintessential 21st-century wonder grommet, he’s well-disciplined, creative, likeable, and could be the future of California surfing.