Here it is! This is a comprehensive list of Bodyboarding's World Champions (Men's, Women's, Drop Knee, and Pro Junior) as compiled by Craig Hadden of the APB and updated, annually, by me. This is our sport! These are our champions!
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| 2x Men's World Champion Jared Houston from South Africa. |
YEAR - ORGANIZATION - CHAMPION - COUNTRY
MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONS:
2019 - APB - Tristan Roberts - South Africa
2018 - APB - Jared Houston - South Africa
2017 - APB - Iain Campbell - South Africa
2016 - APB - Pierre Louis Costes - France
2015 - APB - Jared Houston - South Africa
2014 - APB - Amaury Lavernhe - Reunion Island
2013 - IBA - Ben Player - Australia
2012 - IBA - Jeff Hubbard - Hawaii
2011 - IBA - Pierre Louis Costes - France
2010 - IBA - Amaury Lavernhe - Reunion Island
2009 - IBA - Jeff Hubbard- Hawaii
2008 - IBA - Uri Valadao - Brazil
2007 - IBA - Ben Player - Australia
2006 - IBA - Jeff Hubbard - Hawaii
2005 - IBA - Ben Player - Australia
2004 - IBA - Damian King - Australia
2003 - GOB - Damian King - Australia
2002 - GOB - Guilherme Tamega - Brazil
2001 - GOB - Guilherme Tamega - Brazil
2000 - GOB - Paulo Barcellos - Brazil
1999 - GOB - Andre Botha - South Africa
1998 - GOB - Andre Botha - South Africa
1997 - GOB - Guilherme Tamega - Brazil
1996 - GOB - Guilherme Tamega - Brazil
1995 - GOB - Guilherme Tamega - Brazil
1994 - *GOB (Global Oraganization of Bodyboarders) - Guilherme Tamega - Brazil
1994 - *APB (Association of Professional Bodyboarders) - Mike Stewart - Hawaii
(*transition from APB Pipe Championship to GOB as governing organization for bodyboarding's first world tour)
1993 - APB - Michael "Eppo" Eppelstun - Australia
1992 - Honolulu Bodysurfing Club - Mike Stewart - Hawaii
1991 - Honolulu Bodysurfing Club - Mike Stewart - Hawaii
1990 - Honolulu Bodysurfing Club - Mike Stewart - Hawaii
1989 - Honolulu Bodysurfing Club - Mike Stewart - Hawaii
1988 - Honolulu Bodysurfing Club - Mike Stewart - Hawaii
1987 - Honolulu Bodysurfing Club - Mike Stewart - Hawaii
1986 - Honolulu Bodysurfing Club - Ben Severson - Hawaii
1985 - Honolulu Bodysurfing Club - Mike Stewart - Hawaii
*1984 - NO CHAMPION CROWNED THIS YEAR (*Pipeline Championship was originally scheduled for December 1984, but was rescheduled and run in January 1985)
1983 - Honolulu Bodysurfing Club - Mike Stewart - Hawaii
1982 - Honolulu Bodysurfing Club - Daniel Kaimi - Hawaii
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| 6x World Champion Guilherme Tamega (Brazil), 3x World Champion Jeff Hubbard (Hawaii), and 9x World Champion Mike Stewart (Hawaii) at an autograph signing promo during the 2010 Buzios Pro in Brazil. |
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| 2018 Women's World Champion Ayaka Suzuki from Japan. |
WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONS:
2019 - APB - Sari Ohhara - Japan
2018 - APB - Ayaka Suzuki - Japan
2017 - APB - Joana Schenker - Portugal
2016 - APB - Isabela Sousa - Brazil
2015 - APB - Alexandra Rinder - Canary Islands
2014 - APB - Alexandra Rinder - Canary Islands
2013 - IBA - Isabela Sousa - Brazil
2012 - IBA - Isabela Sousa - Brazil
2011 - IBA - Eunate Aguirre - Basque
2010 - IBA - Isabela Sousa - Brazil
2009 - IBA - Neymara Carvalho - Brazil
2008 - IBA - Neymara Carvalho - Brazil
2007 - IBA - Neymara Carvalho - Brazil
2006 - IBA - Marina Taylor - Canary Islands
2005 - IBA - Kira Llewellyn - Australia
2004 - IBA - Neymara Carvalho - Brazil
2003 - GOB - Neymara Carvalho - Brazil
2002 - GOB - Stephanie Pettersen - Brazil
2001 - GOB - Soraia Rocha - Brazil
2000 - GOB - Soraia Rocha - Brazil
1999 - GOB - Karla Costa - Brazil
1998 - GOB - Mariana Nogueira - Brazil
1997 - GOB - Daniela Freitas - Brazil
1996 - GOB - Daniela Freitas - Brazil
*1995 - GOB - Claudia Ferrari - Brazil
*1995 - Mariana Nogueira - Brazil
(*transition from Pipeline Championship to GOB World Tour)
1994 - Stephanie Pettersen - Brazil
1993 - Stephanie Pettersen - Brazil
1992 - Mariana Nogueira - Brazil
1991 - Glenda Koslowski - Brazil
1990 - Stephanie Pettersen - Brazil
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| 1995 Women's World Champion Claudia Ferrari and 1999 Women's World Champion Karla Costa. North Shore 2011. |
DROP KNEE WORLD CHAMPIONS:
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| 2018 Drop Knee Champion Sammy Morretino from Hawaii. |
2019 - APB - Sammy Morretino - Hawaii
2018 - APB - Sammy Morretino - Hawaii
2017 - APB - Sammy Morretino - Hawaii
2016 - APB - Dave Hubbard - Hawaii
2015 - APB - Dave Hubbard - Hawaii
2014 - APB - Dave Hubbard - Hawaii
2013 - IBA - Dave Hubbard - Hawaii
2012 - IBA - Sacha Specker - South Africa
2011 - IBA - Damian King - Australia
2010 - IBA - Cesar Bauer - Peru
2009 - IBA - Dave Hubbard - Hawaii
2008 - IBA - Dave Hubbard - Hawaii
2007 - NO CHAMPION CROWNED THIS YEAR
2006 - IBA - Dave Hubbard - Hawaii
2005 - IBA - Dave Hubbard - Hawaii
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| Damian King (Australia) was crowned the 2011 IBA DK World Champion, becoming the first rider in bodyboarding history to have won world titles in both the Men's tour (2003, 2004) and the Drop Knee tour. Kingy clinched the DK title at the 2011 Encanto Pro Puerto Rico. |
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| 2018 Pro Junior World Champion Armide Soliveres of the Canary Islands. |
PRO JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONS:
2019 - APB - Nicolas Soliveres - Reunion Island
2018 - APB - Armide Soliveres - Canary Islands
2017 - APB - Nelson Flores - Chile
2016 - APB - Socrates Santana - Brazil
2015 - APB - Socrates Santana - Brazil
2014 - APB - Tristan Roberts - South África
*The 2014 Pro Junior World Champion was crowned at the Sintra Portugal Pro in a single, stand-alone championship event. 2015 was the first year of the APB Pro Junior World Tour with four events (Itacoatiara in Brazil, Antofagasta in Chile, Sintra in Portugal, and the season finale in Puerto Rico). The Pro Junior world title has since returned to a single World Championship event held in Viana, Portugal.
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