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Michael F. Tramposch, born in 1986 in Houston, Texas, has resided in the suburb of East Amherst New York for 14 years of his life.
A graduate of Canisius High School in Buffalo, New York, Mike has had brushes with fame for his brief stint as a Amateur and Semi-Pro Surfer, mostly on the West Coast Circuit, with various competitions in surfing hot spots such as Bahia Pro Surfing Tournament in El Salvador, Zicata Beach, Mexico, Banzai Pipeline, Oahu-Hawaii, and The Belmar (NJ) Pro Surfing Competition. A close friend of former surfing great Kelly Slater, Mike even stayed in Kelly's guesthouse between competitions Accomplishments include a 6th place Amateur finish in the 2003 Banzai Pipeline, Oahu-Hawaii Tournament and 9th place finish as a semi-pro at a WTC-sanctioned tournament in Trestles, California in 2004.
Once regarded as an up-and-coming name in surfing circles and the prominent surfing magazine, Surfing Life, and a nod as one of the top-150 surfers in 2004's January edition of Zigzag Surfing Magazine who had a chance to go pro, Tramposch tore his ACL while surfing and vacationing in Victoria, Australia in August of 2004 and had to give up his dream and retire. He was believed to be the top up and coming homosexual surfer. Without surfing in his life Mike began listening to emo music heavily. Something about listening to people cry about their girlfriends just turned him on.
Tramposch is also noted as an extra in the 2002 summer hit, Blue Crush, where he is seen running in the background on the beaches of Hawaii in scene 9 behind actresses Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sanoe Lake. Also in a later scene, footage from Mike's showing in the Banzai Pipeline tournament is shown.[citation needed] This was not his first work as an extra though - He was featured on the set of Prince's Purple Rain music video, where he could be seen in the nude, purifying in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.
A member of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity, Spring '05, at American University in Washington D.C., he is known as "Big Gay Bastard." He will graduate from American University in May of 2008 with a double major in Women's Studies and Faggotry.
Sources: Blue Crush (2002); Zigzag Surfing Magazine (January 2004)
