Cole Houshmand

Cole Houshmand (born December 27, 2000) is an American professional surfer who is in the World Surf League.

Career Houshmand started competing on the QS in 2014, but only made it to the professional circuit when he won the 2023 Challenger Series. That year, he won two consecutive stages and maintained his results to qualify for the 2024 CT for the first time in his career.

In 2024, as a rookie, he won the Bells Beach stage and added his name to the list of bell ringers. He finished his first year in 15th place.

Career victories WCT WinsYearEventVenueCountry2026 Fiji ProCloudbreak, Tavarua 2025 VIVO Rio Pro Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro 2024 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Bells Beach, Victoria WQS WinsYearEventVenueCountry 2023 Cabarete Pro Encuentro Beach, Puerto Plata Juniors WinsYear Event VenueCountry 2017 Live Like Zander Junior Pro Soup Bowl, Bathsheba

Controversies In early 2025, Houshmand was heavily criticized by multiple surf outlets for posting, and then deleting, a picture with social media personality Andrew Tate, captioned "G's".