Josh Kerr
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About
Australian surfer whose accomplishments include winning the 2015 Big Wave Tour event and becoming a multiple-time Airshow World Champion. He is known in the surfing community for his superior tail wafts and aerial flips.
Before Fame
He honed his surfing skills on the Snapper Rocks in Gold Coast, Australia, and was a member of the Snapper Boardriders Club.
Trivia
He invented his own surfing maneuver called the Kerr-upt Flip. He has garnered more than 320,000 followers on his josh_kerr84 Instagram account.
Family Life
He married Nikki Kerr in 2006 and has children named Colin and Sierra. When he was eleven years old, his father passed away from a heart attack while windsurfing.
Associated With
In 2002, he was hit by a car in Oahu, Hawaii. He was found by surfing legend Kelly Slater, who called an ambulance.
