Jack Johnson

Jack Hody Johnson, born on 18 May 1975 on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, is an American singer-songwriter who is also a surfer and filmmaker. The son of surfer Jeff Johnson, he began learning to surf at the age of 5 and at 17 became the youngest invitee to make the finals of the Pipeline Masters, one of surfing's most prestigious events. A week later a surfing accident at Pipeline, which needed more than 100 stitches in his forehead, ended his stint as a professional surfer and later inspired his song Drink the Water. He appeared as a surfer in The Endless Summer II in 1994, and directed and starred in the surf films Thicker Than Water (2000) and The September Sessions (2002). He then built a successful music career, and a documentary about his life from his first surfing to his music, Surfilmusic, was announced for release in 2026.