006 Sven

Sven is the second surfer.  

Sven came out in Crew 13, whereas Fletcher came out in Crew 2.

Remember that the G1 numbers were added retroactively (and also with indifference to release order).  This is why Sven is #6 and Fletcher is #18, even though Fletcher was around first.

Fletcher came with only a surfboard.  Sven came with a surfboard and a skateboard (since most figures late in G1 crews were packaged with either a surfboard, a wakeboard, or a snowboard as a "bonus" accessory).

The G1 Sven is basically a kit-bash of two existing molds.  Sven has the same body-sculpt as Fletcher plus the hair from Stevie J.  Yes, Sven is a white-boy with Coolio-style dreadlocks.  (If Stevie J is a nod to Coolio, Sven must be the Weird Al "Amish Paradise" parody.)

To make matters more confusing, they also flipped the names (versus likeness) of the two surfers with their re-releases.  It is Fletcher who has dreadlocks in his G2 release.

Sven returned in G3.  He now has long straight hair, an unbuttoned tropical shirt, and a puka-shell necklace. He is giving the shaka sign with his right hand.  This gesture means "hang loose" in surf culture.

His likeness is that of Jeff Spicoli (portrayed by Sean Penn) from the 1982 teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High. This character embodies every "beach bum" or "surfer dude" stereotype.

In addition to being a recreational surfer, Sean Penn also narrated the 2001 documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys about the roots of professional skateboarding of the 1970s.  With ties to surfing and skating, I bet the Tech Deck designers loved Sean Penn.

By the way, the fictionalized version of this story was portrayed in the 2005 movie Lords of Dogtown staring Heath Ledger.  Tech Deck even made a "Lords of Dudetown" parody t-shirt for this movie!  There is Chito, Billy, Lenny, Eddie, and Sven.  

Finally, in numerical order, Sven is the first dude with a zood  (even thought he came out in the very last series of zoods).  He is a seal (or sea lion) on a boogie board.  His name is Damone.  This is another link to Fast Times at Ridgemont High.  A friend of Jeff Spicoli is named Mike Damone.