{{Full citations needed|date=December 2025}} {{short description|French professional surfer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:Justine Dupont}} {{Infobox surfer | name = Justine Dupont | image = Justine Dupont Surf.png | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|07|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Bordeaux, France | sponsors = Red Bull, Adidas, Manera, Breitling | major_achievements = {{bulleted list|12 times World Champion of the XXL Awards|3 times World Champion of tow Surfing|2019 World Champion Stand Up Paddle|4 times 2nd place World Champion}} | stance = Regular | website = {{URL|https://justinedupont.fr/}} }}
'''Justine Dupont''' (born 27 August 1991) is a French professional surfer and champion in several disciplines. She holds the record for the 2nd largest measured wave ever surfed by a woman, at {{convert|70.5|ft|m|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}, in February, 2020, at Nazaré, Portugal.<ref name="10BIGGEST">{{Cite web|title=10 biggest waves ever surfed|date=November 2, 2023|first=Esther| last=Hershkovits|url=https://www.redbull.com/au-en/biggest-waves-surfed|website=Red Bull|language=en|access-date=December 31, 2025}}</ref> She is a 12 times World Champion of the XXL Awards, three times World Champion of Tow Surfing, four times World Champion 2nd place, and 2019 Stand Up Paddle World Champion. Her performance in tow-in surfing ranks her with some of the best male surfers in the discipline. In 2025 she placed second among men in the Nazaré Big Waves Challenge.
== Career == Justine Dupont was born in Bordeaux, France. She began surfing at the age of 11.<ref name="RB1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/int-en/athlete/justine-dupont|title=Justine Dupont|website=Red Bull|language=en|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>
She was the French national longboard champion at the age of 15. In 2007 at the age of 16 she was 2nd in the World Longboard Championships.
In 2013, Dupont became the first woman to surf the 15m Belharra in the Northern Basque Country of France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.doolinfestivals.ie/surf-festival-bios/item/156-justine-dupont.html|title=Justine DUPONT|website=doolinfestivals.ie|language=en-gb|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>
In 2016, she was 2nd in the Big Waves World Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/billy-kemper-and-paige-alms-win-the-2016-peahi-challenge|title=Billy Kemper and Paige Alms win the 2016 Peahi Challenge|last=|first=|date=2016-11-12|website=surfertoday.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
In 2017, she was crowned ISA World Team Surfing Champion with the French team.
Dupont has also won multiple National and European surfing and longboarding championships. She has accumulated three ISA World Team Titles with France (2013 and 2019 Longboard, 2017 Surf).
She has repeatedly surfed waves considered as some of the biggest waves in the world by a woman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/justine-dupont-surfed-the-greatest-wave-of-her-life-in-nazare|title=Justine Dupont surfed "the greatest wave of her life" in Nazaré|website=surfertoday.com|language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> She holds the record for the second largest wave ever surfed by a woman, at {{convert|70.5|ft|m|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}, on February 11, 2020, at Nazaré, Portugal <ref name="10BIGGEST"/>, behind Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira, {{convert|73.5|ft|m|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}, on the same day, also at Nazaré.
In 2019, she won two trophies at the XXL Big Waves Awards.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.isasurf.org/isa-athletes-commission-chair-justine-dupont-wins-big-at-wsl-big-wave-awards/|title=ISA ATHLETES' COMMISSION CHAIR JUSTINE DUPONT WINS BIG AT WSL BIG WAVE AWARDS|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527202511/https://www.isasurf.org/isa-athletes-commission-chair-justine-dupont-wins-big-at-wsl-big-wave-awards/|archive-date=2019-05-27|access-date=|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isasurf.org/isa-athletes-commission-chair-justine-dupont-wins-big-at-wsl-big-wave-awards/|title=ISA Athletes' Commission Chair Justine Dupont Wins Big at WSL Big Wave Awards|date=2019-05-06|website=International Surfing Association|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-28|archive-date=2020-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930001150/https://www.isasurf.org/isa-athletes-commission-chair-justine-dupont-wins-big-at-wsl-big-wave-awards/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Justine was elected Chair of the ISA Athletes' Commission for the 2020 Olympic Games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.francsjeux.com/en/breves/justine-dupont-a-la-tete-de-la-commission-des-athletes/|title=Justine Dupont will chair the athletes' commission|date=April 25, 2018|access-date=December 31, 2025}}</ref>
In February 2020, she won the first-ever Nazaré Tow Challenge.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
In January 2023 she surfed a gigantic wave at Cortes Bank, 110 miles off the coast of California. The wave is being measured as a potential World Record for the biggest wave surfed by a woman.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Return to Massive Cortes Bank |url=https://www.surfline.com/surf-news/cashing-return-xxl-cortes-bank/171678}}</ref>
In 2023, she was one of the first women to be invited to compete in The Eddie Aikau Invitational competition in Hawaii.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.surfer.com/news/female-big-wave-surfers-made-history-waimea-bay/|title=These Women Made History at Waimea Bay Last Weekend|date=January 24, 2023}}</ref>
In 2025, she won the Nazaré Big Wave Challenge and placed second among the men<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nazaré Big Wave Challenge |website=forbespt.com|language=pt|url=https://www.forbespt.com/nazare-big-wave-challenge-o-dia-mais-importante-da-temporada/}}</ref>
== Surfing career highlights{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}== * 2025 ** Winner of WSL Nazaré Tow Challenge ** Second of WSL Nazaré Tow Challenge in the men division * 2024 ** Participation in the Eddie Aikau Invitational
* 2023 ** SIMA Waterperson of the Year<ref>{{Cite web |title=SIMA's Waterman's Weekend 2023 |date=31 July 2023 |url=https://shop-eat-surf.com/2023/07/photos-from-simas-watermans-weekend-2023/}}</ref> ** Nominated at the Laureus World Sports Awards for World Action Sportsperson of the YearWomen ** Ride Of The Year Award<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Justine Dupont Surfed the Biggest Wave of 2023 |date=29 October 2023 |url=https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/justine-dupont-surfed-the-biggest-wave-of-2023-video}}</ref> ** Women Biggest Wave Of The Year Award<ref name=":1" /> ** Women Performance Of The Year Award<ref name=":1" /> ** ISA Stand Up Paddle Team World Champion<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Big Wave Charger Justine Dupont Talks World Titles and SUP Surfing Pregnant |date=27 October 2023 |url=https://www.theinertia.com/surf/big-wave-charger-justine-dupont-talks-world-titles-and-sup-surfing-pregnant/}}</ref> ** ISA Stand Up Paddle World Championships 4th place<ref name=":2" /> ** Winner of Safi Surf Invitational, Morocco * 2022 ** Women XXL Ride of the Year Award ** Women XXL Biggest Wave of the Year Award * 2021 ** Winner of WSL Nazaré Tow Challenge ** Women XXL Performance of the Year Award ** Women XXL Ride of the Year Award ** Women XXL Biggest Wave of the Year Award ** Women Performance of the Year at Mavericks Awards * 2020 **Women XXL Performance of the Year Award **Women XXL Ride of the Year Award **Winner of the WSL Nazaré Tow Challenge *2019 **ISA Stand Up Paddle World Champion **ISA Stand Up Paddle Team World Champion **Women XXL Performance of the Year Award<ref name=":0" /> **Women XXL Biggest Wave Award **ISA Longboard World Championship: 2nd individual **ISA Longboard World Championship: 1st team **Elected European surfer of the year by Eurosima **Heavy Water Award by Surfer Mag *2018 **European Longboard Champion **Jaws Challenge: 5th <ref name="WSL">{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/528/justine-dupont|title=Pro Surfer: Justine Dupont|website=World Surf League|language=en|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> **QS Caparica, Portugal: 1st **LQS Espinho, Portugal: 1st **LQS Caparica, Portugal: 2nd ** LQS Biarritz, France: 2nd *2017 ** ISA surf team World Champion ** Aloha Cup World Champion with French team ** ISA Stand Up Paddle Surfing World Championship: 2nd ** ISA Stand Up Paddle World Championship with French team: 2nd ** Stand Up Paddle team European Champion ** European Stand Up Paddle Surfing Championships: 2nd ** LQS Boardmasters Jeep Women's Longboard: 1st ** WQS 1000 Caparica Pro, Portugal: 1st ** Women's Pe'ahi Challenge: 3rd<ref name="WSL"/> * 2016 ** WSL Big Waves World Championships, Pea'hi, Hawaii: 2nd<ref name="WSL"/> ** WQS 1000 Central Coast Pro, Avoca Beach, Australia: 1st ** WQS 1500 Azores Airlines Pro, Açores, Portugal: 1st * 2015 ** National surf Champion ** National longboard Champion * 2014 ** European Longboard Champion ** LQS Vieux Boucau Longboard festival, France: 1st * 2013 ** World longboard championships, China: 3rd ** World longboard ISA team Champion with France, Peru ** World longboard ISA championships, Peru: 3rd * 2012 ** WQS 6000 Surf Pro Estoril, Cascais, Portugal: 1st * 2011 ** European Surf Champion * 2010 ** World longboard ISA championships, Biarritz, France: 3rd ** National surf Champion ** National longboard Champion * 2009 ** World longboard ISA championships, Biarritz, France: 3rd * 2008 ** European Surf Champion ** National longboard Champion * 2007 ** World longboard championships, Biarritz, France: 2nd ** National longboard Champion * 2006 ** National longboard Champion
== Personal life == Dupont was a commentator on French TV during the 2021 Olympics.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}
She is one of the main characters in the HBO series "100 Foot Wave".
She lives between the South West of France<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurosima.com/en/speaker/justine-dupont/|title=Justine DUPONT - EuroSIMA|website=eurosima.com/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> and Nazaré, Portugal. She has a child.<ref name="RB1"/>
== References == <references />
== External links == * {{Official website|https://justinedupont.fr/}} * [https://www.redbull.com/int-en/athlete/justine-dupont Justine Dupont] at Red Bull * {{Instagram|justinedupont33}} * {{WSL profile}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dupont, Justine}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:French surfers Category:French female surfers Category:21st-century French sportswomen