Jason Polakow

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Jason Polakow (born 10 November 1971 in Torquay, Victoria) is an Australian professional windsurfer from Victoria.{{cite web|title=PWA Athletes|url=https://www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=7&tx_pwasailor_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=28&cHash=7d50a2d092e5ad6c9c521008410ccb29|publisher=PWA World Tour}} He founded the watersports company JP Australia and {{cite web|title=Jason Polakow|url=http://jp-australia.com/2019/sup/team/international-team-riders/jason-polakow/|publisher=JP Australia|year=2019}} was the first windsurfer to ride big wave of Nazare, in Portugal.{{cite web|title=Jason Polakow is the first windsurfer to ride Nazare|url=http://www.ifcaclass.com/windsurfer-to-ride-nazare/|publisher=IFCA|year=2016}}

Polakow gained notoriety in 1991 when we won the Marui/O’Neill World Cup Grand Slam contest against Robby Naish becoming the first non-Hawaiian ever to win a World Cup Wave contest in Hawaii.

{{cite web|title=Jason Polakow|url=https://jp-australia.com/2018/team/international-team-riders/jason-polakow/|publisher=JP Australia|year=2009}} Polakow won the PWA World Tour wave world title in 1997 and 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/a-short-history-of-the-pwa-world-tour|title=A short history of the PWA World Tour|website=Surfertoday}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=7&tx_pwasailor_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=28&cHash=0709a44373ed6e2fa317da36f9c19175|title = PWA WORLD WINDSURFING TOUR: Athletes}}