Sunova Surfboards - Justin Redman Profile

Name: Justin Redman
Nickname: JR
Nationality: Australian
Date of Birth: 29.06.77

Surfing style: Goofy

Surf Club: Yallingup Board Riders and Indian Ocean Boardriders. 

Surf Team: Sunova since 1996

Family: Single, Justin comes from a strong family surfing background with his sister Melanie Redman-Carr a renowned West Australian professional surfer and his father Ralph Redman who can hold his own in all conditions. 

- Brother Patrick twice Australian windsurfing champion
- Melanie has been runner up to World Surfing Champion Layne Beachley twice.

- Dad was on the cover of Tracks Magazine, 30 years ago.

About Justin Redman:
As perhaps one of the most exciting Longboarders to come out of Australia in recent years, Redman always excites the ground with his eclectic style of surfing.

As a competitive surfer he burst onto the scene as a fresh faced boundary pushing surfer in the mid 1990s and became one of the Sunova Team riders back in 1996.

A Longboarding aerial specialist, Redman was never blessed with the ‘perfect’ surfer physique, more muscular than stout. However his natural ability to see a wave earlier than most, he was able to take advantage of the best each wave he had to offer.

His notoriety increased after his victory in the Australian Longboard Championships at Yallingup in 2001, and Redman’s career continued to rise.

Achievements

- State Longboard Champion – 10 maybe more times. Sorry, lost count!
- Won a National Longboard Title at Bells Beach in 1999 (The last year that division was contested)
- Won the Open Mens National Longboard Title at Yallingup in 2001
- 4th World Surfing Games Durban, South Africa 2002
- 41st World Longboard Tour ranking 2003
- 49th World Longboard Tour ranking 2004
- 5 times Yallinup Malibu Classic winner.

2005 stopped competing due to knee ligament damage and to save money for a house.

Snapshot of Events

(1.)Second round of the ILUKA SURFWEAR STATE LONGBOARD SERIES 2005
Supported by O’Fish’L Fins, Sunova Surfboards
Trigg Beach, W A.
21 - 22 May 2005

Redman makes it two in a row to take out the blue ribbon event of the Second State Longboard Round.

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 24 May, 2005 : - - Clean inconsistent 0.5 to 1m waves tested the resourcefulness of competitors in the second round of the Iluka Surfwear Longboard series at Trigg beach on the weekend. A record amount of 90 entrys and a huge contingent of younger girl competitors the second round of the Iluka Surfwear Longboard series was a huge success. 

With the average length of boar being around the 3 metre mark, if the boards belonging to the competitors were laid end to end along the beach at Trigg on the weekend there would have been over a quarter of a kilometre of boards stretched along the beach.

To be a truly competitive surfer competitors need to be able to adapt themselves to various conditions and surf size and Yallingup surfer Justin Redman proved his versatility on the weekend to win the Sunova Surfboards Open division of the second round of the Iluka State Longboarding series for the second consecutive time. 

After winning the last event in large surf on his home break at Yallingup in April, Redman continued his winning run in Perth this weekend by posting a 9.27 point scoring ride out of a possible 10 to set the pace for his final.  There was no looking back for Redman as his fellow competitors desperately tried to match Redman’s score, but were unable to replicate the talented goofy footers ride.  City Beach surfer Rahn Goddard posted a 7.17 pt ride which was the closest that any other of the finalists came to Redmans high scoring wave.  While Goddard, Paul Thompson (Margaret River) and Bob Monkman (Yallingup) were busy trying hard to knock Redman from his perch the talented goofy footer further cemented his lead with his second scoring ride seeing him awarded a 7.50pts giving him his second consecutive win. 

“It was hard Yakka out there, waves were pretty inconsistent and finding a good one was hard, but I managed to get a couple of good scores and the win makes it worth while” said Redman, “I don’t know what happened to Wally (Paul Thompson) as usually I have him to seriously contend with in the final, but this time I had this grommet nipping at my heels” added Redman.

Results Second round of the ILUKA SURFWEAR STATE LONGBOARD SERIES 2005
Supported by O’Fish’L Fins, Sunova Surfboards
21st to 22nd May 2005 – Trigg Beach 
Opens: 1, Justin Redman (Yallingup), 2. Rahn Goddard (City Beach), 3. Paul Thompson (Margaret River),  4. Bob Monkman (Yallingup).

(2.) Steve Harber Real Estate WA Longboard Series
Presented by SunSmart
Trigg Beach, W.A.
14 June 2003

Justin Redman secured the 9’ Open WA Longboard Title yet again
In small clean waves, Redman displayed all his longboarding skills, narrowly defeating upcoming youngster Jarryd Foster of Mullaloo. Foster displayed his ability to claim a title in the coming years, a fact acknowledged by Redman in his acceptance speech.

RESULTS
9´ Open
1. J Redman, 2. J Foster, 3. R Goddard, 4. P Thompson

(3.) Australian Long board Championships
Yallingup Beach - Western Australia
OCTOBER 20TH TO 27TH.

West Australians win both blue ribbon finals.
Yallingup, Saturday 27 October 2001: West Australian Justin Redman has taken out the Mc Tavish 9ft Open Final of the GOLDEN BREED/ MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA (MUA) Australian Longboard Championships at Yallingup.

In a tense and dare I say it again, nail biting final, Redman (30.65pts) just pipped Queensland’s Josh Constable (30.55pts) by 0.10 of a point. Constable who had remained undefeated throughout the entire event went head to head with Redman right down to the final siren.

FINAL RESULTS
Mc Tavish 9ft open Men
1. Justin Redman WA ; 2. Josh Constable QLD ; 3. Hayden Swan NSW ; 4. Neil Thompson WA

Big Disappointment: State Longboard Series 2006
Surfing WA
Yallingup Australia
8- 9 April 2006

Former State champ returns to competition while new kid on the block looks set to shake up ratings
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 10 April, 2006 : - -Local favorite Justin Redman (Dunsborough) was a noticeable absence from the event. Multiple state title winner and fourth at the world title in Brazil a few years ago, Redman had to pull out of the due to a knee injury. “I’ am really disappointed about not having been able to compete in the event, I really wanted to do well as the National titles will be held here, on my home break, but with the ligament damage I have done to my knee, I just couldn’t compete” said Redman.