Nickname C.J. Name C. Hobgood Nieces Savanna Grace Hobgood Best year Champion – 2001 Education Satellite High School | Years active 1999–present Height 1.73 m Weight 74 kg (163 lb) Role Surfer | |
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Born Clifton James Hobgood
July 6, 1979 (age 44)
Melbourne, Florida, USA ( 1979-07-06 ) Residence Melbourne, Florida, USA Sponsors Globe, Smith eyewear, Vestal Watches, FCS fins, DaKine, To Write Love On Her Arms, Quiet Flight Surfboards Movies Secret Machine, A Brokedown Melody Siblings Damien Hobgood, Marissa Hobgood, Travis Hobgood Similar People Damien Hobgood, Taj Burrow, Joel Parkinson, Kelly Slater, Mick Fanning Profiles | ||
Clifton James "C.J." Hobgood (born July 6, 1979) is a World Surf League (WSL) World Championship surfer. He has a twin brother, Damien. They both compete in top-tier professional surfing events around the world.
C.J. Hobgood entered his first surfing contest in 1989 and made the Open Boys final. He placed second in a national competition the following year. He won several other championships and in 1998 he was selected as the model for the new National Scholastic Surfing Association logo. In 1999, CJ was the Association Surfer Professionals Rookie of the Year. In 2001 he won the WSL World Championship. He currently resides in Satellite Beach, Florida with his wife and daughter, near his younger brother Travis, his younger sister Marissa, and his parents.
Along with surfing, Hobgood also plays tennis, and his filmography includes Noah's Ark, The Outsiders produced by Walkingonwater.org, Down the Barrel (2007), Inaugural Hobgood Challenge (2007), Somewhere, Anywhere, Everywhere. He has recently won the 2007 US Open of Surfing. He has also recently won the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach, Part of the Van's Triple Crown of Surfing Competition, in Hawaii in 2008.
The Hobgoods both graduated from Satellite High School in 1997. Also, they previously operated The Goods Surf and Skate in Indialantic, Florida.
He joined the Christian surfers movement.
