Johanne Defay

Johanne Defay
Personal information
Born (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993
Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France
Residence La Réunion, Overseas department, France
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight 132 lb (60 kg)
Surfing career
Best year 8th – 2014
Sponsors Wakanda, GoPro Cameras, Smith Optics, Superdry Surf Company, Smoothstar Skateboards, Tim Spirit, Seventyone Percent Skincare
Major achievements Champion of the Vans US Open of Surfing 2015 and Fiji Women's Pro 2016
Surfing specifications
Stance Natural (regular) foot
Shaper(s) Channel Islands

Johanne Defay is a French professional surfer. She was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France. She began surfing at the age of 8 off the beaches of Reunion Island, which is her home today. After Johanne’s first competition when she was only ten years old, she quickly moved through the European amateur ranks to eventually take on the WSL World Qualifying Series. In 2008 she almost gave up competing. Finding it difficult to step up from the juniors to the WQS and then when the economy crashed sending surf companies pulling sponsorships, Johanne found herself without sponsors and without decent results. With her parent’s encouragement Johanne was able to qualify for the WCT within two years.

She has won two World Surf League events, the Vans US Open of Surfing 2015 and Fiji Women's Pro 2016

Competitive highlights

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.