Robb Havassy (born December 2, 1969 in Southern California in the United States), for the first 17 years of his life he lived 45 minutes inland in Arcadia, California.
He then moved to Newport Beach, California, to be closer to the ocean.
He started surfing when he was about 17 years old, although his first time on a surfboard was when he was eight in Waikiki, Hawaii, on a longboard.
Robb Havassy is known for his depictions of women, landscapes, flowers, children and animals as well as his sports portraits of Ben Hogan, Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.