Justine Dupont

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 , in February, 2020, at Nazaré, Portugal. 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.

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.

In 2016, she was 2nd in the Big Waves World Championship.

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. She holds the record for the second largest wave ever surfed by a woman, at , on February 11, 2020, at Nazaré, Portugal,

Justine was elected Chair of the ISA Athletes' Commission for the 2020 Olympic Games.

In February 2020, she won the first-ever Nazaré Tow Challenge.

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.

In 2023, she was one of the first women to be invited to compete in The Eddie Aikau Invitational competition in Hawaii.

In 2025, she won the Nazaré Big Wave Challenge and placed second among the men

Surfing career highlights 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 Nominated at the Laureus World Sports Awards for World Action Sportsperson of the YearWomen Ride Of The Year Award Women Biggest Wave Of The Year Award ISA Stand Up Paddle World Championships 4th place 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 and Nazaré, Portugal. She has a child.