BirthOctober 181992

John John Florence

John John Florence, American surfer

Everything on October 18Original source

In context

When
Sunday, October 18 199234 years ago
Category
BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Era
20th century · 1990s
Recorded from
Wikipedia “On this day” feed
Person
John John Florence

At a glance

Born 1992-10-18.

Known as: surfer. Citizenship: United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Personal life Florence is married to Lauryn Cribb. [ 1 ] His brother, Nathan, competes on the Big Wave World Tour after qualifying in 2018. [ 2 ] ^ Lai, Gladys (January 10, 2023). "John John Florence and Lauryn Ashley's riverside wedding brought a slice of Australia to the Hawaiian tropics" . Vogue.com.au . Retrieved December 13, 2023 . ^ "Athletes" . World Surf League . Retrieved August 7, 2020 .

John "John John" Alexander Florence is an American professional surfer. He is considered one of the most dominant pipe surfers of his era and won back-to-back world titles on the 2016 World Surf League and 2017 World Surf League Men's Championship Tour. He is the first Hawaii-born surfer to win back-to-back world titles since the late Andy Irons. Florence qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in surfing's debut, as well as qualified for the Paris Olympic Games.

Early life

Early life Born in Honolulu , Hawaii, the oldest of three brothers. Florence grew up in Hale'iwa in an ocean-side house at Banzai Pipeline . He was introduced to surfing by his mother, Alexandra, who is a surfer herself. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] With his mother's help, Florence first rode on a surfboard when he was six-months old, and he was surfing on his own by the age of five. [ 1 ] He also enjoys skateboarding , snowboarding and drawing . [ 1 ] He was named after John F. Kennedy Jr. ,

Path and career

Career At the age of 13, standing at 4'11" and weighing 85 pounds, Florence became the youngest surfer ever to compete in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing , which consists of three big-wave surfing contests in Hawaii. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He had previously won five amateur awards, the 2003 1st NSSA Nationals Open Mini Grom, the 2005 1st NSSA Nationals Open Boy's, the 2005 NSSA Open Boys and the Explorer Menehune Champion. [ 3 ] He did not pass the first round,

Why this date

John John Florence appears on our October 18 calendar for 1992 as a birth entry.

October 18 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1979Federal Communications Commission
  2. 1989Space Shuttle Atlantis
  3. 1991Azerbaijan
  4. 1992Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 5601
  5. 1992John John Florence
  6. 1993Nihilism (collection)
  7. 2003Bolivian gas war
  8. 20072007 Karsaz bombing
  9. 2019NASA Astronaut Corps
  10. 2019Social Outburst (Chile)
  11. 2019Santiago

Also in 1992

  • September 11Hurricane InikiHurricane Iniki, the most powerful hurricane on record to strike the Hawaiian Islands, passed directly over the island of Kauai, killing…
  • September 12Space Shuttle EndeavourAboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space.
  • September 12NASANASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47, which marks the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-…
  • September 12Abimael GuzmánAbimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leaders…
  • September 14Croatian Republic of Herzeg-BosniaThe Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be unconstitutional.
  • September 14Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
  • September 16Pound sterlingThe British pound (coin pictured) was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday and suffered a major devaluat…
  • September 16Manuel NoriegaThe trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and mo…

Everything we record for 1992 →

Sources

Cite this page

“John John Florence”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/john-john-florence-1992-october-18, accessed October 28, 2026.

Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.

Questions about this entry

When did John John Florence happen?

October 18 1992 — 34 years ago, on a Sunday.

Where does this text come from?

Wikipedia “On this day” feed. Summaries are short adaptations that link back to the source, not reprints.

How do I cite this page?

Use the ready-made citation near the sources at the bottom of the page, and follow the source link to cite the underlying record as well.

Text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 and from Wikidata (CC0). Images come from Wikimedia Commons; credit and licence are shown with each image. Editorial entries are © What's On This Date. Sources & licensing · How this site works.