C. J. Hobgood

Clifton James Hobgood, known as C. J., is a professional surfer based in Satellite Beach, Florida, born on 6 July 1979, who won the World Surf League world championship in 2001. He entered his first surfing contest in 1989 and reached the Open Boys final, placed second in a national competition the following year, and in 1998 was chosen as the model for the new logo of the National Scholastic Surfing Association. In 1999 he was named Rookie of the Year by the Association of Surfing Professionals, and he went on to win the US Open of Surfing in 2007 and the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach in Hawaii in 2008, an event within the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. He has a twin brother, Damien, who also competes on the professional tour. He lives in Satellite Beach, Florida, took part in several surf films and is associated with the Christian surfers movement.