# Cheyne Magnusson

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{{short description|American professional surfer and TV personality}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Cheyne Anders Magnusson
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| birth_date = July 14, 1983
| birth_place = [Southern California](/source/Southern_California), United States
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| occupation = Professional [surfer](/source/surfer), businessman and [reality television](/source/Reality_TV) [celebrity](/source/celebrity)
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| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070112125728/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/maui_fever/series.jhtml?#/ontv/dyn/maui_fever/cast_member/bio.jhtml?personalityId=8493 Cheyne's profile on MTV.com]
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'''Cheyne Anders Magnusson''' (born July 14, 1983<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/s00O7rNVPs/ | title=Cheyne Magnusson on Instagram: "#TBT International puppy with a passport. 🇯🇵🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹" }}</ref>) is a professional surfer and one of the stars of MTV's reality show ''[Maui Fever](/source/Maui_Fever)''. He has worked as wave DJ at surf parks and is involved in a new venture in [Palm Springs](/source/Palm_Springs%2C_California).

==Early life==
Magnusson was born in [Southern California](/source/Southern_California) and moved to [Maui](/source/Maui_County%2C_Hawaii) with his family at the age of seven.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cerizo |first=Kehaulani |title=MTV shocked by response to show |publisher=The Maui News |date=2007-02-04 |url=http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=27380 |accessdate=2007-03-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311150036/http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=27380 |archivedate=2007-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His father, [Tony Magnusson](/source/Tony_Magnusson), was a professional [skateboard](/source/skateboard)er and co-founded the [Osiris Shoes](/source/Osiris_Shoes) company.<ref name=MTV>{{cite web | title =Cheyne Magnusson | website =[MTV](/source/MTV) | year =2006 | url =http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/maui_fever/series.jhtml#/ontv/dyn/maui_fever/cast_member/bio.jhtml?personalityId=8493 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070112125728/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/maui_fever/series.jhtml?#/ontv/dyn/maui_fever/cast_member/bio.jhtml?personalityId=8493 | url-status =dead | archive-date =January 12, 2007 | accessdate =2007-03-28}}</ref> According to Cheyne's mother Jill, "Cheyne could ride a skateboard before he could walk."<ref name=Maui>{{cite news | last =Sweedler | first =Dave | title =Cheyne Magnusson: Hawaii State Champion | pages =Volume 3, Issue 25 | publisher =Maui Time Magazine | date =2000-05-23 | url =http://archive.mauitime.com/v03iss25/surfspt.html | accessdate =2007-03-28 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20070928075539/http://archive.mauitime.com/v03iss25/surfspt.html | archivedate =2007-09-28 }}</ref>
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==Career==
===Professional surfing===
At the age of sixteen, Magnusson was the 2000 Men's Hawaiian State Champion in surfing. In June of that year, he then represented the state of Hawaii in [United States](/source/United_States) at the world championships—the highest honor an amateur surfer can receive.<ref name=Maui/> By the age of twenty-two, Cheyne was surfing professionally and was sponsored by [Body Glove](/source/Body_Glove), [Osiris Shoes](/source/Osiris_Shoes), [Dragon](/source/Dragon), and [Chemistry Surfboards](/source/Chemistry_Surfboards).<ref>{{cite news |last=Press Release |title=Body Glove Signs Cheyne Magnusson |publisher=Transworld Surf |date=2006-01-18 |url=http://www.transworldsurf.com/surf/pressrelease/article/0,19929,1150037,00.html |accessdate=2007-03-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928153815/http://www.transworldsurf.com/surf/pressrelease/article/0%2C19929%2C1150037%2C00.html |archivedate=September 28, 2007 }}</ref>

== Business ==
He is a primary backer of under construction the [Palm Springs Surf Club](/source/Palm_Springs_Surf_Club).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Guilhem|first=Matt|date=December 26, 2020|title=Some See Desert As Next Surfing Hotspot|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/12/26/947624242/some-see-desert-as-next-surfing-hotspot|access-date=2020-12-26|work=NPR News|language=en}}</ref>

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Category:1983 births
Category:American surfers
Category:Television personalities from California
Category:Living people
Category:Surfers from Hawaii
Category:Surfers from California

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