Justin Faulkner

Tell us a bit about yourself ?

I am about to turn 18
Birthday 16/12/89
Victoria College Jersey
I am currently studying Art, Media, Design technology and Photography (the easy ones!) at A level and am going to Uni next year and travelling next summer.

How long have you been surfing?

Seriously since I was about 11 but I have lived opposite the beach all my life so have kind of grown up with it.

Nickname?

Faulky/ Fish Boy, don’t ask…

Where is home?

Jersey, Secrets

Favourite break?

Secrets, it’s a really ripable wave when it gets good and is not overrun by the splash lot!! haha

Coolest band...in the world !

Bliss n Eso, an aussi hip hop group

Way to beat the crowds ?

Get up ridiculously early or once this guy was sick in the middle of the line up at secrets. Everyone ended up getting out leaving free waves!

Glory day ?

Learning to drive, beats mopeds by miles!!

Party I went to recently ?

The recent parties have been pretty average but when the rich boarding school group are over for the summer they normally have some pretty mad parties with ridiculous amounts of food and free alcohol!

Long or Short?

Defiantly short board without a doubt!

Perfect Board?

Probably my last board that I just snapped! I’ve got a new one but it doesn’t really compare to the last one. Gutted.

Wahines in tow?

Dunno what that means but yeah, why not…

Coffee or Tea?

Definitely tea, without sugar!

Item of clothing?

Probably a big jacket to get into after a winter surf!

Biarritz or Fistral ?

Definitely Biarritz, Fistral is packed and cold, the two worst case scenarios when trying to surf!

Snapper or teahupoo?

Hmmm, id rather surf snapper because I would s*** myself at taehupoo, but there is nothing better than watching a few nice wipeouts at Teahupoo.

Icons?

Kelly
Dane Reynolds
Chris Tucker! Never seen anyone surf secrets more than that guy…

Morning or afternoon?

If the surf is pumping then morning but theres nothing better than a nice lie in.

Do you get scared and how do you deal with it?

Only when I’m surfing somewhere else really, I just think that jersey is jersey and it never gets life threatening here so there’s not really anything to get scared about. But I kind of like getting a bit scared, the adrenaline rush feels really good and makes you surf better.