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Jason Polakow
Twinser Quads • the SUPs
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- HOBBIES
motor cross bike riding, flying a helicopter, surfing, toe-in surfing, basketball, snowboarding, videos, computer games
- PROUD ABOUT
…having re-established the pin-tail. When I came to Maui everybody was using asymmetrical boards, which were considered the ultimate for wave sailing. My style convinced them better …I started using yellow boards, which became a trend …having established my own sailboard and SUP brand
- BEST DAY POSSIBLE
perfect surf in the early morning, followed by a huge 5 star breakfast. Then the wind to start coming up and go for a windsurf in 8 to 10 foot cross offshore surf followed by a relax in a nice hotel room with a view of the surf. Then to go for a final surf with my best friends and a romantic dinner with a beautiful woman.
- FAVORITE MUSIC
Offspring, Penny-wise, Social distortion, Metalica. At bedtime I like Enigma , Deep Forest and many more.
- FAVORITE BOOK
anything with pictures of Motor cycles, surfing, girls and entertainment.
- FAVORITE MOTOR VEHICLE
Dodge ram Quad cab
- FAVORITE SPOT(S)
Bells beach, Point Danger, Point Impossible, Hookipa
- PREFERED JP BIG BOARD(S)
the Surf SUPs
- PREFERED JP SMALL BOARD(S)
my Quads
- PERSONAL 'MADNESS' & 'OBSESSIONS'
to win as much as possible and to push windsurfing and my other hobbies to the limits (all my windsurfing and bikeriding injuries proof this)
- INSPIRED BY
People who overcome impossible challenges and end up on top.
- MAJOR PERSONAL AND SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS
- I have produced my own windsurfing video: “KA 1111″
- In 1990 I started my career – I won every sailboarding contest I entered
- Appointed as Tourism Ambassador for the Victorian Tourism Commission
- “Geelong Advertiser/Bis Sport Star of the year Award 1990″ In April 1991 at the Marui/O’Neill World Cup Grand Slam event in Ho’okipa, Maui, I won the wave contest against Robby Naish.
- This is one of my greatest achievements, because I am the first non-Hawaiian ever, to win a World Cup Wave contest in Hawaii – and in this event i was non seeded, non ranked.
- Having launched my own sailboard brand internationally in 1997
- Becoming PWA Wavesailing World Champion in the same year
- Becoming PWA Wavesailing World Champion again in 1998
- Releasing my second video in 2001, called “About Time…” Winning again in Hookipa (2004 PWA HAWAII PRO), taking out the Wave World Champions McKercher, Pritchard, Angulo as well as Prior, Stone, Baker, Randle, Taboul, Siver, Seadi.
- THE FUTURE
Play hard
- SPONSOR
my brand, Neil Pryde, Gloryfy, Red Bull
- Anything else that you want the people to know about you
“Winning isn’t everything, but loosing sucks!”
Career
- 1990 - This year I won every wave sailing event I entered
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- Victorian Champion
- Australian Champion
- 1991
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- No1 - Marui/O'Neill World Cup Grand Slam (final against Robby Naish)
- PWA Wavesailing World Ranking No.2
- 1992
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- PWA Wavesailing World Ranking No. 3
- 1993
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- No1 - Maui Grand Slam / Aloha Classic (final against Bjorn Dunkerbeck)
- No1 - Grand Slam Japan
- PWA Wavesailing World Ranking No. 2
- 1994
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- out of competition due to severe knee injury
- 1995
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- PWA Wavesailing World Ranking No. 5
- 1996
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- No1 - Grand Slam Sylt, Germany
- PWA Wavesailing World Ranking No. 3
- 1997
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- No3 - Fiji
- No2 - Grand Slam Gran Canaria, Spain
- No1 - Grand Slam Sylt, Germany
- Launching my own brand just in time for ISPO
- PWA Wavesailing World Champion
- .. 1st PWA Wave tilte
- 1998
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- No1 - Swatch Maui Wave Classic (final against Kevin Pritchard)
- No1 - Fortaleza, Brazil
- PWA Wavesailing World Champion
- ...2nd PWA Wave title
- 1999
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- No1 - Baja, Mexico
- No3 - King of the Lake (Garda) - Freestyle
- PWA Wavesailing World Ranking No. 4
- 2000
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- PWA Wavesailing World Ranking No. 3
- 2001
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- out of competition for the first half of the year due to injury
- No7 - PWA Pozo / Gran Canaria - Wave
- No1 - PWA Sylt / Germany - Wave
- No1 - PWA Ireland - Wave
- PWA Wavesailing World Ranking No. 3
- 2002
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- No1 - PWA Vargas / Gran Canaria, Wave
- out of competition due to injury
- 2003
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- No7 - PWA Pozo / Gran Canaria - Wave
- PWA Wavesailing World Ranking No. 13
- 2004
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- No1 - PWA Hawaiian Pro Wave (final against Josh Angulo)
- No1 - PWA Sylt / Germany - Wave
- No2 - Tropical Island Tour - Baja/Mexico - Wave
- 2005
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- No4 - PWA Hawaiian Pro Wave
- 2006
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- No2 - PWA Maui, JP Aloha Classic - Wave
- 2007
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- No4 - PWA Cape Verde World Cup - Wave
- No9 - PWA Guicho / Portugal - Wave
- No7 - PWA Mormaii Ibiaquera Wave - Brazil
- No1 - PWA Tiree / Scotland - Wave
- PWA Wavesailing World Ranking No. 7
- 2008
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- No3 - PWA Cape Verde World Cup - Wave
- No9 - PWA World Cup Sylt / Germany - Wave
- 2009
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- No13 - PWA Cape Verde World Cup - Wave
- out of competition due to injury
