QLD surfer Julian Wilson performs “The Sushi Roll”
Teenage phenomenon Julian Wilson (Coolum, Qld) a regular competitor at longboard events around Australia has added yet another surfing first to his ground-breaking career by inventing and naming his own aerial manoeuvre on a recent photo shoot in Japan.
Photo Credit: Quiksilver/Shield
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A whirlwind 12 months has seen the 18 year-old defeat eight time world champion Kelly Slater (USA), bag a string of wins on the Australasian Pro Junior circuit and become the youngest-ever recipient of the industry’s coveted “Breakthrough Performer of the Year” award.
Wilson, surpassed all these achievements on the recent Australia’s Surfing Life magazine shoot with an aerial manoeuvre that is a startling combination of a “Superman” (made popular by free-style Motor-X riders) and a twisting, carving, backhand loop, considered virtually impossible until recent times.
It’s a world first, and with that come bragging rights, and naming rights. Wilson appropriately dubbed the aerobatic manoeuvre ‘The Sushi Roll’.
“I was just surfing one day and I flew out of the back of the wave and then the board got away from me and I pulled off that Superman manoeuvre. It felt really comfortable,” said Wilson.
“So I started trying it a couple of times. A few days later, I went to Japan on an ASL trip and turned it into ‘The Sushi Roll’ which they got it on film,” added Wilson.
It caps off an incredible year for the Sunshine Coast star whose momentum has appeared unstoppable since winning the U/18 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Title in July of last year. A starring role in Quiksilver’s Young Guns 3 surf film has also made him a media darling in the eyes of the U.S. (United States).
Wilson will end the year in Hawaii, shooting photos for his sponsors as he tackles the island’s huge waves, before returning to Australia in preparation of an assault on the World Qualifying Series in 2008.