018 Fletcher

Fletcher is the original G1 surfer.

He is a very boring dude with short hair, wearing sunglasses and loose-fitting board-shorts. 

He is certainly named after late 1980s surfing champion Christian Fletcher.

He was part of Crew 2.  The plug-board Fletcher came out in 2000, and the magnetic board Fletcher came out in 2001.  Both versions came with surfboards.

This was the second figure to have a board other than a skateboard.  (Flake was the first.)  Eventually Tech Deck would make more surfboards, snowboards, and even wakeboards.  However, these were "bonus" boards that came with late-series G1 crews (in addition to their regular skateboards).  The original Fletcher came with just his surfboard.

A second G1 surfer later came out in Crew 13: Sven. 

This is where things get confusing.  The G2 version of Fletcher clearly is the "evolution" of Sven.  He has dreadlocks for crying out loud.  G1 Sven has dreadlocks; G2 Fletcher has dreadlocks.

When Sven returned in G3, they made him this Sean Penn-looking beach bum.

Basically, they switched the two surfers (probably just by sloppy oversight).

Or, I guess Sven cut off his dreads and Fletcher decided to grow some. Yeah, that's what happened.