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Born October/18/1992 -
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. -
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
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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. -
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 -
In 2011 he won the Volcom Pipe Pro, final against Jamie O'Brien. -
In 2011 he won the Van's World Cup against Michel Bourez. -
In 2012 he won the Volcom Pipe Pro against Kolohe Andino. -
In 2012 he won the 2012 Telstra Drug Aware Pro against Ola Eleogram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnQ3sgkAE8c&ab_channel=soulridercamp -
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. -
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 -
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