Julian Wilson

About Julian Wilson

Julian Wilson is a Sunshine Coast, Australia professional surfer from Coolum Beach, Queensland. Born in 1989, he is one of the rising stars of surfing. He along with notable surfers such as Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds, Fred Patacchia, Clay Marzo, Mark Healey, Danny Fuller are sponsored by Quiksilver. Julian started off surfing as a junior and later became one of the higher rated pros in the longboard scene around the mid-late 90's and early 2000's. 2007 has been a whirlwind of promotional shoots and dizzying competitive highlights for this 19 year-old's shortboarding. Solidly professional junior performances, including a win and the event's only perfect 10 point ride in the inaugural international Pro Junior at Bali's infamous 'Keramas', sit against a backdrop of virtual non-stop sojourns for the highly anticipated Young Guns 3 DVD project. Julian has nailed incredible performances in places as far flung as Maui, Grajagan in Indonesia , Carnarvon, Western Australia, and East Coast Australia within the past few months, making his section one of the most explosive. Plus, his amazing repertoire, showcased alongside the freakish talents of stable mates such as Kelly Slater and Dane Reynolds, proves once and for all, this young Aussie has well and truly “arrived” on the international scene. 2006 will be remembered as the year Julian first stepped into the spotlight. At the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships held at Maresias, Brazil in early May, he did what everyone knew he was capable of, he bagged a world title. 2006 also saw Julian step onto the winner's podium at numerous junior events closer to home and be in the hunt for the prestigious Australasian junior crown. His ascension from fledgling grom, to hot-rat junior, to where he now stands, ready to take the next step into the big leagues looks complete. Julian's past is dotted with numerous state, national and international podium finishes, and a stack of video parts, most notably his sojourn aboard the flash Indies III alongside Kelly Slater, and fellow Young Guns Ry Craike, Dane Reynolds and Clay Marzo in the Mentawai Islands. And now, his solid video part in Young Guns 3. Julian has also surfed in front of 25,000 people in the strangest of places, the Sunway Lagoon wavepool in the land-locked city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he was whipped into two-to-three foot man-made waves by a jet-ski. He has won many competitions in the Pro-Teen category, such as the Billabong Pro Teen event at Duranbah. He is a part of a new generation of young Australian surfers." In the Quiksilver Pro 2009 which is held at the Gold Coast, Julian Wilson caused a sensational upset when he defeated reigning World Tour Champion and reigning Quiksilver Pro Champion Kelly Slater to advance to Round 4. Immediately after the heat it was visible that he was very pleased with his achievement.