Jay Quinn
Surf champ
Age: 23
World champion surfer Jay Quinn didn't even like surfing when he
first tried it. But when you're born into the equivalent of New
Zealand surfing royalty the lure of the perfect break can just be
too hard to ignore.
Jay followed in the wake of older brother Maz and sister Holly -
both champion surfers - and became New Zealand's first ever World
Champion surfer, winning the World Under 18 Championship title in
2001. Since then Jay's turned pro and left his Gisborne home for
life on the Gold Coast and the professional circuit.
Before leaving for the island Jay speculated that the thing most
likely to be his downfall were "puzzles and problem solving".
The hardest thing about competing in Treasure Island says Jay was
"not being able to eat," though even that had benefits.
"I lost heaps of weight!" says the surf champ.
