Jack Robinson (born December 27, 1997) is an Australian professional surfer who competes on the

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Men's Championship Tour. He was crowned surfer of the year twice at the Australian Surfing Awards in 2020 and 2021. Robinson is often considered to one of the best barrel riders of the current days. Robinson did his best WSL performance in 2022 where he finished 3rd on the final rankings.

Early years and personal life

Robinson was born in December 1997 in Perth, Western Australia to parents Mersina Stratos and Trevor Robinson. He began surfing at age three. By the age of six, he moved with his family to

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. By age 11, Robinson was surfing Pipeline in Hawaii at the Second-Reef at eight-to-10 foot. In 2010, Robinson was featured on the cover of “''

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''” and was described as a potential future "

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". In 2020, he married Julia Muniz, a Brazilian professional model from Espirito Santo, Brazil, in an intimate garden ceremony held in Margaret River. In 2023, Jack & his wife Julia Muniz announced that she was pregnant with their first child.

Surfing career

In 2012, by age 14, Robinson ranked #1 on Surfer Magazine’s annual Hot 100 junior list. Robinson won the North Shore Surf Shop Pro Junior in 2014 at the Men's Junior Tour. The same year, he signed a contract with

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that lasted for 5 years till he signed with

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in 2019. In 2018, Robinson won the WSL Qualifying Series Men’s Heroes de Mayo Iquique Pro in

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. In February 2019, Robinson won the 2019 Volcom Pipe Pro. Robinson received a wild card at the 2019

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event held between 29 May to 4 June 2019 where he secured a 9.30 and 9.27 combo to defeat Brazilian surfer

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. In December 2019, Robinson won the Vans World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach at the final event of the Qualifying Series Men’s and qualified for the 2020 World Surf League (WSL) Men's Championship Tour (CT). Robinson won his first Championship Tour event in 2021 at the Corona Open Mexico event presented by

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. Robinson won his second and third Championship Tour event back to back in 2022 at his hometown event in the Margaret River Pro in Australia followed by a victory at G-Land, Banyuwangi (Indonesia). Since then, he's also achieved Championship Tour victories at the Billabong Pro Pipeline and SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro in 2023.

Career Victories

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Jack 1997 births Living people Australian surfers World Surf League surfers People from Margaret River, Western Australia Sportsmen from Western Australia