Joel Tudor is an American surfer, primarily known for

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, and a competitive grappler from

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Biography

Professional Surf career

Tudor became a professional surfer at 14 and won his first professional ASP competition at age 15, making him the youngest competitor to win an ASP event. He rode a longboard, and in 1998 he won his first ASP Longboard World Championship in the

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. He won the U.S. Open of Longboarding 8 times, and won the ASP Longboard World Championship for the second time in 2004.The Encyclopedia of Surfing Matt Warshaw, published by Harcourt Books in 2005, p.656 Legends of Surfing b
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published by MVP Books in 2009, p.84 In 2021 Tudor won his third world title at 45 years old.

Grappling

Tudor is also a Brazilian jiu-jitsu Black Belt under Carlson Gracie Black Belt and World Champion,

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/ BJJ Revolution Team. He is also an ADCC veteran.

Other projects

In 2010, he founded the international Longboard Competition called the Duct Tape Invitational.

Publications

During 1999 to 2004 Tudor collaborated with photographer Michael Halsband to create Surf Book, a homage to the architects of contemporary surf culture. Tudor's text accompanied Halsband's photographs. The book was designed by Doug Lloyd and edited by Scott Hulet. Additional text was written by C.R. Stecyk.

Documentaries

Tudor is featured in the art film " Surf Movie: reels 1- 14" shot in 8mm by Michael Halsband, "Shelter" a 16mm film by Chris Malloy, "The Seedling", "Sprout", "The Present" 16mm surfing films by Thomas Campbell, the super 16mm film, "One California Day" by Jason Baffa and Mark Jeremias, and "Kingshighway - Rob Machado and Joel Tudor" by Paulo Carvalho (Kid Rio) and Danny Camp.

Family

Tudor has two children: Tosh and Juda Tudor.

References

External links

Surfhistory bio - listing him as one of just 24 surfing Legends - and with brief video interview

Surfline bio
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