Yep. He reminds me alot of Alex Aguera (at his time, one of the best pro windsurfers in the world who swithched to kiting for the sheer love of it)
Guess where HE is from? Yep, right down the street baby. :P

Bill and Alex are both world class athletes and even more world class guys, its been one of my biggest pleasures (in sport) to meet Alex (when I was a newbie) and to watch Bill progress from a newbie. I've been involved in sports my whole life and llucky enough to travel the country with two of them. These two guys are some of the greatest I've met. (Rowan McNabb is the best all around guy I ever met.. good luck figuring that one out)

You know what would be fun? To place a bet on time frame til Bill is in a video (such as Space Monkeys) Given editing time frames, etc. I bet 14 months. Any takers. (Lets bet 10 bucks)

Of mention is another local who is charging the world with sailboard racing and literally shooting for gold.
http://www.benbarger.com/

So, St.Pete cranks out great surf/wind men.