WES BERG – HIS LIFE IN THE SURF

Age: 38

Ironman career:

■ Debuted in Nutri-Grain series in 1995-96 at 16 as the youngest male athlete to make the series.

■ Had 22 years in the professional series until his retirement in 2017, the longest run of any ironman.

■ Finished second to Ky Hurst in 2003 and third in 2007 behind Shannon Eckstein and Zane Holmes.

■ Third in the Australian Ironman Championship in 2008; world board champion 2000.