The Cheater 5 Story

Why Cheater 5?

The love of extreme sports plus all things of the hot pepper; our name says it all.

Cheater 5 (Chee'ter five) n. In surfing, a maneuver where the rider squats low on his board and stretches one leg straight out in front of his body. Legendary surfer Paul Strauch Jr.. was an influential surfer of the 1960s who perhaps is best noted for the "Paul Strauch Five" or "Cheater 5" maneuver. He was also one of four riders on the Duke Kahanamoku Surf Team "His signature maneuver," wrote his friend Fred Hemmings, "was to squat low on his board and stretch his left leg straight out in front of his body. That maneuver came to be known as the 'Strauch stretch,' aka the 'Cheater Five.' Paul Strauch Jr. is credited with inventing the Cheater Five maneuver

Who is Cheater 5?

Cheater 5 Surfin' Salsa Company, established in 2005 and based in Southern California, creates and produces gourmet salsas and hot sauces. We're devout "pepper-heads", hard users of the chili and addicted to the associated endorphin rush. Our claim to fame is our very own head of Product Development, a master at creating salsas and hot sauces, winning national acclaim for our Killer Caribbean Hot Sauce, packaging and other awards.

A number of our founders are extreme sports enthusiasts actively participating in surfing, motocross, skateboarding, wakeboarding, snowboarding, and skiing.

We have combined our devotion to the chili pepper, our love of extreme sports, our Southern California heritage and our award winning recipes to create the Cheater 5 family of products. We're sure that once you've tasted them, you too will fall in love with Cheater 5's salsas and hot sauces too!

Live Hot, Live Long!