Jason Polakow (born 10 November 1971 in Torquay, Victoria) is an Australian

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from

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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

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becoming the first non-Hawaiian ever to win a World Cup Wave contest in Hawaii. Polakow won the

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wave world title in 1997 and 1998.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Polakow, Jason 1971 births Australian windsurfers Living people Sportsmen from Victoria (state)