Nat Young
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- Date of Birth: June 17, 1991
- Hometown: Santa Cruz, California
- Other Sponsors: O'Neill Surfshop, O'Neill, Nike 6.0, Oakley, Sexwax, future fins, Stretch Boards, Creatures of Leisure, Freestyle watches
- Other Hobbies: I like spraying my boards and making them look really good.
- Favorite Spot: Macaronis, Indonesia
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Career Highlights:
- Oakley North America Champion, 2007
- 1st, NSSA Westerns Open Juniors division, 2006
- 1st, Rip Curl GromSearch, 2006
- Overall Champion, NSSA Southwest Open Juniors, 2007
- 2008: 3rd US Open Huntington Beach
- 2008: 1st Open Men's NSSA Nationals
- 2008: 1st WQS 4 star O'Neill Cold Water Classic
Bio
Nat Young just goes surfing. He doesn’t think about the fact that a legendary, world champion surfer shares his name, or that he regularly earns his waves amongst one of the heaviest crews of local regulators, because none of that matters when you’re a stoked grom. Life is too good—and he’s just stoked to go surfing everyday. He wants to make it to the WCT, so he knows that he will have to do well in some Pro Junior Events and then duplicate that success on the WQS, but right now he’s focused on keeping up on schoolwork while away for ‘re a stoked grom with the kind of schedule he does, you don’t have time to think about much else. Training in the gladiator pit at The Lane everyday and sharing the namesake of a great surfing champion doesn’t seem to register as anything more than part of his daily routine. Nat Young’s biggest challenge as a professional surfer may be something that isn’t self-imposed at all, but to live up to all that hype.
Q&A
- Favorite? BANDS: Lil Wayne, Andre Nickatina, Rick Ross, Shiny Toy Guns CHICK: Jessica Alba SURFER: Dane Reynolds, Kelly Slater, Bobby Martinez and Joel Parkinson FILM: Campaign 1 & 2, the Drive Thrus, Big Daddy, The Hangover, Stepbrothers TV SHOWS: New Pollution DRINK: Horchata BOOK: The Hunger Games
- Love? Family, friends, surfing, eating and sleeping.
- Hate? No hates.
- Goals? Win gold at Worlds, good ranking in the Pro Junior and WQS and then one day be on the WCT and become a World Champ!
- Motivation? Good waves!
- More important than surfing? My family.
- Fav wave? Macaronis
- Congratulations on winning the Oakley Pro Junior North American Championships in your hometown. Did you have a strategy for the final? It looked like there was a lot of current and that you never stopped paddling. What were the challenges you faced during the contest? My strategy was to catch a couple average scores at the point just so I had something to sit on. Once I got those waves I moved over to middle peak where I knew they were scoring the lefts pretty high and I caught a couple of those. Ya there was definitely a lot of current but thanks to the jet skis we were able to get towed out. I think the biggest challenge was finding the right wave, It was hard to tell which ones were good.
- How did you start surfing? How old were you? I started surfing when I saw some other kids my age doing it and it looked super fun. I was boogieboarding at the time.
- Influences/heroes? Why? Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds, Mick Fanning, SC Boys, and Mom and dad because they are nice people and my favorite surfers
- If you were not a pro surfer, you would be? A gangsta
- What is the biggest obstacle you have faced? When I first started doing contests we had to drive down south every weekend.
- What is the best advice you've heard? Go big or go home.
- What is the best advice you've heard on improving your surfing? The only way to learn is to fall.
- At this level, what is something unique that you do in your training to improve your surfing? I feel like surfing is the best way to improve your surfing.
- Did you ever have a doubt that you could be a pro-surfer? I wasn't sure, I didnt know what I needed to do to become professional.
- Tell us one secret to surfing Steamer Lane. Secrets are secrets.
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