Dewi Bradley, the daughter of Australian surfing pioneer Kim "Fly" Bradley, holds her father's picture next to a wreath in Kuta, Denpasar on April 1, 2009. Bradley died last week at his home on Bali, the Indonesian island he surfed almost alone in the early 1970s. He was 54. His daughter, Dewi Bradley, said he died on March 26, a spiritual holiday for Balinese Hindus known as the "Day of Silence." Family members found him two days later, in his favourite room in the house he built overlooking Kuta beach, she said. The surfing legend and father-of-two from Sydney had battled skin cancer for years but the official cause of death had not been determined. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

Dewi Bradley, the daughter of Australian surfing pioneer Kim "Fly" Bradley, holds her father's picture next to a wreath in Kuta, Denpasar on April 1, 2009. Bradley died last week at his home on Bali, the Indonesian island he surfed almost alone in the early 1970s. He was 54. His daughter, Dewi Bradley, said he died on March 26, a spiritual holiday for Balinese Hindus known as the "Day of Silence." Family members found him two days later, in his favourite room in the house he built overlooking Kuta beach, she said. The surfing legend and father-of-two from Sydney had battled skin cancer for years but the official cause of death had not been determined.

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