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Californian surfer Taylor Jensen confirmed his first place in the rankings and became world champion, tying the record of four world titles that had only been achieved by his father-in-law, Nat Young, in 1990.

Jensen won both final matches against Kai Sallas, who came from Match 2 and had left four surfers behind: Ben Skinner, Kaniela Stewart, Rogelio Esquievel and John Michael Van Hohonstein.

The Oceanside man won the first final by 16,23 to 11,73 and the second by 16,66 to 10,46.

In the last one he only surfed two waves, a 7,33 and a 9,33.

Jensen was world champion in 2011, 2012 and 2017, when longboarding was judged 50/50 and he was one of the great representatives of high-performance surfing.

From the modern era in which only the classic is judged, he has just become the first to succeed in making the transition.

Nat Young, the last four-time world longboard champion, won the title in 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1990.

 

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