Jason Polakow (born 10 November 1971 in
Torquay, Victoria
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) is an Australian
professional
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windsurfer
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from
Victoria
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.
He founded the watersports company JP Australia and
was the first windsurfer to ride big wave of Nazare, in Portugal.
Polakow gained notoriety in 1991 when we won the Marui/O’Neill World Cup Grand Slam contest against
Robby Naish
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becoming the first non-Hawaiian ever to win a World Cup Wave contest in Hawaii.
Polakow won the
PWA World Tour wave world title in 1997 and 1998.
References
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1971 births
Australian windsurfers
Living people
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)