The first documented surfing kick flip by Zoltan Torkos in Santa Cruz. Has to be seen to be believed. Zoltan first twittered "Trying to pull the kickflip on a surfboard" on April 9th, 2009, and then this April 7th "Landed the kickflip... need to get it on video". Check out his full twitter kickflip profession:
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