The consummate professional, Dave Stanfield always showed up at the beach with a smile on his face and a lightness in his heart. Commentating surf events big and small for over 40 years, he deeply appreciated just how lucky he was to go to work at the beach every day. Coming of age in the heady surf community of Seal Beach, Stanfield caught his first wave at age five. He joined the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) in 1983 and immediately was assigned to call the OP Pro Surfing Championships in Huntington Beach for ABC, launching a career that would largely exemplify the evolution of professional surf broadcasting. Over the years, Stanfield worked events across the surfing spectrum. From Championship Tour showdowns to youth-focused comps hosted by the National Scholastic Surfing Association and Surfing America. But it was in Hawaii, particularly at the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, where his voice became a fixture for countless fans following the season’s most consequential contests.…