Colin Patrick "Col" McPhillips (born 18 April 1975,

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) is an American professional longboard surfrider and three times ASP Longboard World Champion.

Early years

Colin was raised in

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, United States, where his parents taught him how to surf at the age of five. He started out as a shortboarder, finishing fourth place in the 1992 ''United States Surfing Championship'' in

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. As a longboarder, he was more successful, Duke Boyd mentioned in his book ''Legends of Surfing'' that his

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style ripping methods and dynamic power moves proved successful in longboard competitions. He soon won the ''NSSA National longboard Championship'' for San Clemente High School in 1992 & 1993. His brother Iain won the ''NSSA Explorer Men’s event'' in 1996.The Encyclopedia of Surfing Matt Warshaw, published by Harcourt Books in 2005, p.376

Pro career

Colin won his first professional title winning the ''US Open of Longboarding'' in 1994. In October 1999, he defeated

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from

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at One Mile Point, Australia to win his first

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title. In 2000 he finished 3rd, but came back to win 2 world titles in a row by defeating local surfer Jason Ribbink in the final at J-Bay, South Africa in 2001 and in August 2002, he narrowly defeated Hawaiian

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to retain the world title at

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, Mexico. In the same year he took the ''

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(2002,2004,2005)''. In 2007, he reclaimed the ''US Open of Longboarding'' title by defeating Taylor Jensen in the final. In 2009, he was nominated "O.C. Surfers of the Year".

Other projects

Colin started out designing longboards for Stewarts. He currently designs longboards and paddle boards for Hobie and features in surf documentaries ''(see below for details)''.

Results

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Longboard Event Champions

Documentaries

McPhillips featured in the following as himself: *

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(2003)Season 3 Episode 11 aired on

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*Log:Redefine the Stereotype(2006) *From This Day Forward(2005) *Longboard Habit *Fin (2005) *Longboard Fever *Wordz * Unsalted: A Great Lakes Experience (2005) *Costa Rica: Land of Waves (2001) (V) * The Daily Habit: Colin McPhillips (#1.103)" (2006) TV Episode aired on

References

External links

Fuel TV FirsthandStewart Surfboardsgo211
{{DEFAULTSORT:McPhillips, Colin World Surf League surfers American surfers 1975 births Living people San Clemente High School (California) alumni