Before moving to Hawaii at the age of four, Vincent Klyn was born in New Zealand. He began surfing at a very young age and was already on the Pro Circuit by age 13. In the mid 80s, he was on the World Wide Surf Tour as one of the top five surfers in the world and as a result, received many endorsements. In the late 80s he was spotted by filmmaker Albert Pyun and played the role of Fender Tremelo in the movie Cyborg (1989) also starring Jean Claude Van Damme.