John Showell

NICKNAME: just John

BIRTH DATE: 26/4/1986

BIRTHPLACE: Melbourne

HEIGHT: shit, um 5"9 maybe

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Cronulla, riot central

SIC Final 2008 Johnny placing 4th.

YEARS B/B: 12

YEARS SPONSORED: 5

FIRST SPONSOR: Manta and No Friends

HOW DID YOU FIRST GET INVOLVED IN B/B? Sisters mates used to do it and Doug and i looked up to them so we started

Board SPECS:

Length-                  41"

Nose Width-            11"

Wide Point-             18.7"

Nose to Wide Point- 19.4"

Tail Width-              15.5"

Rails-                     60/40

Thickness finished-  55mm

FAV FOOD: Chicken Snitzel Salad Sandwich

FAV PLACE ON EARTH: Home

VECHILE: the mighty Ford Falcon

VIDEO APPEARANCES: No Friends 4,5,6. Tension 7,8,9. Under Exposed, Visions 1,2. Denise. But only a couple of waves in each

BIGGEST  INFLUENCES: Doug, Alex Leon, Ben Hall and Lester

BIGGEST INFLUENCES OTHER THAN B/B: Mum, Dad, Kim, Harry

DESCRIBE YOUR IDEAL DAY: Sleep in Friday morning until high tide so the islands pumping, surf till low tide, have a big lunch, play tennis cause the wind went on shore, meet up with Annie and get ready for the RSL followed by fusions with all the boys.

WORST INJURY (INCLUDE DETAILS): um, when I was 11 I was run over by a surfer whilst I tried to duck dive underneath him, his fin sliced my head open straight down the middle and I got 8 stitches.

CREATIVE OUTLETS: Myspace, haha and fishing and stuff, not sure if that’s creative?

WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INSPIRATION? From the kids who know my name, or talk to me in the surf and from my sponsors who I try and promote, them backing me inspires me to surf better so they can expand

FAVORITE ARTICLE OF CLOTHING: My clean, new Human shoes

FAVORITE WORD: At the moment, amazing

FAVORITE ROOKIE: Joe Clark, he rips and has fun all day everyday

TOP THREE FAVORITE WAVES: 1) The Island

                                              2) Black Woods

                                              3) Dunny Bowls

FAVORITE MUSIC: Rise Against, Beasty Boys, TV Rock haha and Bloc Party

FAVORITE FOOD: Good tasting healthy stuff

CURRENT SPONSORS: Manta, Edge fins, No Friends and Human

SOMETHING PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU: I recently found myself a girlfriend, haha

WORDS (LIFE MOTTO): If at first you succeed, try not to act to astonished

IF YOU WEREN’T A B/B, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING? Trying to become a fighter pilot or architect

11/6/07 John Showell arvo sess pic by mitch pearson

Johns twisted invert during SIC Finals , he pulled it.........frame grabs from Hardlyfe 2 by Chris Bryan

 Johnny ...pic by Gleeso