John John Florence

John John Florence is an American professional surfer, born on October 18, 1992, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in Hale'iwa beside the Banzai Pipeline. Named after John F. Kennedy Jr., he was introduced to surfing by his mother, first rode a board at six months old and was surfing on his own by five. At 13 he became the youngest surfer to compete in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Considered one of the most dominant Pipeline surfers of his era, he won back-to-back World Surf League world titles in 2016 and 2017, the first Hawaii-born surfer to win consecutive titles since Andy Irons. He won The Eddie Quiksilver Big Wave Invitational in 2016, the Volcom Pipe Pro four times and the Billabong Pipeline Masters in December 2020. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, surfing's debut at the Games, and for the Paris Olympics.