Sean Fitzgibbon enjoying his hobbies.

Sean Fitzgibbon

Sean Fitzgibbon has a secret identity. When not on the water, is that of an Orthotic Fitter at St. Pete Limb and Brace. This background puts him a foot ahead of other people in his field. Sean was born with a birth defect, which caused his right leg not to form properly. At 3 years old, Sean underwent a right below the knee amputation, which would eventually allow him to walk properly with a prosthetic foot.

On land, he has competed against non-amputees at Inline Speed Skating competitions and proven to be faster than any rabbit in roller skates. In the water, he has competed in numerous Surfing competitions across the country.

He is a man obsessed with water. Consequently, Sean has made it a mission in his life to spend as much free time introducing water to land lovers, teaching surfing and kayaking, and taking people on a memorial three hour tour on the Florida waters.

Sean has surfed professionally for eight years. He is the four time consecutive and four time East Coast Surfer Champion, a four time consecutive National Champion and has been awarded the Buddy Pelletier Surfer of the Year award. He now surfs in the Legends Professional surfing competitions against non-amputees. Surfing has taken him throughout the USA and to Hawaii. It was in Hawaii that Sean Fitzgibbons professional surfer friends baptized him with a new name. The name given to him by those friends is Topa Honu. The name means sea turtle and truly embodies his love of the water.

Now he spends most of his time either working at St. Petersburg Limb & Brace or guiding and instructing people in the world of Kayaking. He anually takes expedition kayaking trips of 5 days or more, all over the country.