Taj Burrow
Taj Burrow |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | 2 June 1978 Busselton, Western Australia, Australia |
| Residence |
Yallingup, Western Australia, Australia |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (160 lb) |
| Surfing career | |
| Best year | 1999 & 2007 – 2nd in ASP World Tour Ranking |
| Career earnings | $1,482,613.00 |
| Sponsors | Billabong, Lost Surfboards, Von Zipper, Globe |
| Major achievements |
ASP World Tour Runner Up 1999, 2007 |
| Surfing specifications | |
| Stance | Natural (regular) foot |
| Website | tajburrow.com |
Taj Burrow (born 2 June 1978 in Yallingup, Western Australia) is an Australian professional surfer who is currently competing in this 14th year on the ASP World Tour.
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Career[edit]
Burrow was born in Busselton, Western Australia to American parents and began surfing at age 7.[1] In 1998 he qualified for the ASP World Tour at 18 years old, becoming the youngest surfer to do so at the time.[2] Burrow had, in fact, already earnt a place on the world tour a year earlier, but he turned it down stating that, as a 17-year-old, he was "too young to do the tour full-on".[1][3] After his first year on tour in 1998, he claimed the ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year award after finishing 12th place on the rankings.[4][5] One year later he finished runner-up on the 1999 World Tour season rankings.
In 2007, Burrow won the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach.[6] He backed this up with a victory at the 2007 Billabong Pro in Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa where he claimed the title over the then 8-time world champion, Kelly Slater. This win helped to secure his 2nd place ranking on the ASP Men's Tour, his second runner-up season placing.
In 2009, Burrow defeated Slater in the final of the Billabong Pipeline Masters at the Banzai Pipeline.[7] In the same year he finished fourth place on the World Tour[5]
ASP Tour Wins[edit]
Other Projects[edit]
In 2003, Burrow released a book, Taj Burrow's Book of Hot Surfing[8] and has also produced his own surf videos, Sabotaj (2000),[9] Montaj (2002)[10] and Taj Burrow's Fair Bits (2005).[2]
In 2008–09 Globe released a shoe line named after Burrow.[11]
Since 2005, Burrow has hosted the Taj Small Fries junior surfing competition at Yallingup.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Warshaw, Matt (2003). The Encyclopedia of Surfing. Harcourt. p. 94.
- ^ a b Billabong Team Rider Profile
- ^ Surf With Taj
- ^ Fuel TV Profile
- ^ a b ASP World Tour Profile
- ^ Burrow last man standing to ring bell
- ^ Pushing Our Burrow
- ^ Taj Burrow's Book of Hot Surfing
- ^ Sabotaj
- ^ Montaj
- ^ 23-Jan-2009 Surf Europe article 'Taj re-signs with Globe Shoes', retrieved 24-Oct-2011
- ^ Taj’s Small Fries grommet event set to roll in Yallingup
