Jhon Jhon Florence

By Vilela

  • Birth

    Birth
    Born October/18/1992

  • Early life

    Early life
    Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, as the oldest of his brothers Ivan, Tal and Nathan Florence, Florence grew up in Hale'iwa in an ocean-side house at Banzai Pipeline. He was introduced to surfing by his mother, Alexandra, who is a surfer herself. With his mother's help, Florence first rode on a surfboard when he was six-months old, and he was surfing on his own by the age of five.

  • Career

    Florence became the youngest surfer ever to compete in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, which consists of three big-wave surfing contests in Hawaii.He had previously won five amateur awards

  • Injury

    Injury
    In 2011, Florence suffered a broken back while riding a wave at Banzai Pipeline.He has also had a broken wrist, broken leg, broken arm and ankle ligament tear.

  • WSL

    WSL
    In 2011 Jhon Jhon entered the World Surf League, right after he suffered said injury, since that day he continues to compete worldwide like the first day

  • Volcom Pipe Pro

    Volcom Pipe Pro
    In 2011 he won the Volcom Pipe Pro, final against Jamie O'Brien.

  • Van's World Cup

    Van's World Cup
    In 2011 he won the Van's World Cup against Michel Bourez.

  • Volcom Pipe Pro

    Volcom Pipe Pro
    In 2012 he won the Volcom Pipe Pro against Kolohe Andino.

  • Telstra Drug Aware Pro

    Telstra Drug Aware Pro
    In 2012 he won the 2012 Telstra Drug Aware Pro against Ola Eleogram
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnQ3sgkAE8c&ab_channel=soulridercamp

  • Volcom Pipe Pro

    Volcom Pipe Pro
    John John Florence claimed his third consecutive Volcom Pipe Pro title in 2013, eliminating Californian Chris Ward, John Kerr and Olamana Eleogram in the Final.

  • Volcom Pipe Pro

    Volcom Pipe Pro
    John John Florence claimed victory on February 2nd, defeating Mason Ho, Kelly Slater, and Sebastian Zietz in highly technical 6-to-8 ft conditions at Backdoor. John John had the 35-minute Final in the bag within the first seven minutes, posting wave scores of 9.2 and 8.43 for the highest heat score of the entire event

  • End

    End
    These are all the victories of Jhon Jhon Florence to this day, he is a very active surfer at a competitive level which is appreciated today, for me and from my point of view he still has many more to come