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What a weird year 2020 was—both for the world at large, and for the surf world in particular. Thanks to a once-per-century pandemic, basically everything shut down, which meant no world tour, no travel, and, in many places, no surfing whatsoever.
Many of the biggest names that we’ve become accustomed to seeing in the media faded into relative obscurity with no events to contest and no swells to chase, leaving behind a content vacuum that was filled by those with creative vision, enduring talent, or the simple luck of being stuck in the right place at the right time.
As this challenging year comes to an end and we look forward with hope to a new start in 2021, we’ve curated a list of surfers who were able to remain relevant while the rest of the world burned over the past 12 months. Here’s our list of the 50 most trending surfers in 2020. (And here’s 2018 and 2019‘s list for reference.)
26. Jonathan Gubbins
Sometimes staying relevant is a matter of luck. Others, it’s all about talent. With Jonathan Gubbins, it’s a bit of both. Grounded by the pandemic and a world full of closed borders, Gubbins posted up in Peru—and ended up scoring crazy left-hand barrels a few miles from his doorstep. Who says you have to travel halfway around the world to surf Namibian-style mutants? Sometimes the best option is to shelter at home.
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