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17 Facts About Kala Alexander

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Kala Alexander was born on March 20,1969 and is a Hawaiian surfer, surf gang co-founder and actor.

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Kala Alexander founded the Wolfpak surf gang on the North Shore of Oahu.

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Kala Alexander was born on Oahu but moved to Hanalei, Kauai, shortly afterwards.

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Kala Alexander was raised by his mother, Virginia Alexander, who was from Detroit, Michigan.

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Kala Alexander is of Hawaiian, Filipino, Irish, German, and Scottish descent.

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Kala Alexander received a scholarship to attend the private Kamehameha School on Oahu when he was 13 for scoring in the top five percent on statewide tests.

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Kala Alexander's mother was injured in the floods, and she died from her injuries.

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Kala Alexander was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison for assault after beating up a man who ran over his pit bull and killed him.

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Kala Alexander was released after nine months for good behavior, but was readmitted for 16 months after violating the conditions of his parole.

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In 2001, Kala Alexander moved to Oahu in search of job opportunities after he got a divorce from his wife.

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Kala Alexander is the enforcer of the group, who believes in preserving the value of respect to the experienced surfers, those who are native Hawaiians, and to protect surfers from the area's life-threatening waves.

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Kala Alexander has beaten people up on multiple occasions for dropping in on other surfers.

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In 2002, Kala Alexander got his first acting role, playing an angry local in the movie Blue Crush.

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Kala Alexander acted in the films Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Into the Blue 2: The Reef.

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Kala Alexander starred in a special for Discovery Channel's Shark Week in 2014.

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Kala Alexander appeared in an episode of "Shark After Dark," where he discussed his experience filming that episode.

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Kala Alexander is the Vice President of the Mauli Ola Foundation, an organization for people with cystic fibrosis.