Hawaiian surfing mainstay and former pro Kai "Kaiborg" Garcia suffered a heart attack over the weekend.
Hailed as 'Kaiborg,' the Hawaii native currently serves as gatekeeper to the Volcom House in Oahu.
Undisclosed sources close to the family have reported that the cardiac event led to successful surgery and that the surfer has begun his steps towards recovery.
The 6'2" muscle-bound Hawaiian, now in his mid-40s, has been a fixture on Oahu's North Shore for decades. The Volcom house is reserved for the sport's athletes who dare to take on the huge waves and tubes of the North Shore, and who also happen to be sponsored by Volcom.
Kaiborg has been a part of the notorious Volcom house since the beginning. While the house currently serves a more professional version of surfing, it used to be the site of legendary partying.
In 2012, Kaiborg came clean about his history with substance abuse and his role in the licentious days of the Volcom house.
"It's all about choices in life," he said, according to Honolulu Magazine, "You're going to make good ones, you're going to make bad ones. But it's never too late, never too late to turn your life around."
"No matter how far you go in life, you're always the same distance to the ditch," Kaiborg told Transworld Surf in a video. It remains unclear whether his current health has any relation to his former lifestyle.
He is also a former jiu-jitsu world champion.
