World Champion John John Florence makes surfing look like child's play

This past year exploring with my family reminded me why I fell in love with surfing in the first place. New places, new waves, early mornings, and figuring it all out together. We woke up most days excited to see what was next. We’ve decided to keep following that path in 2026. Crossing oceans, pushing my own surfing, becoming a better husband and father, and trying to make a full lap of the world as we take on all the challenges that come with that. This means I won’t be competing full time on

The wind was onshore this day, and we were waiting for it to die off so we could surf another little slab near where we were anchored. So we decided to go for a dive while we waited, and when we were on our way back, we saw a random wave breaking in the middle of the reef, barreling and spitting way off in the distance. We freaked out, got our stuff together, and headed over to it. It was a mission to figure out how to get through the reef and get close to it. Then we had to walk a good ways ove

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