John "John" Alexander Florence (born 18 October 1992 ) is a Hawaiian professional surfer. He is known as "one of the most dominant Pipe surfers of his era" and has most recently won the title of 2017 World Surf League Men's Champion, thus naming him the best surfer in the world. He is the first Hawaii-born surfer to win back-to-back world titles since the late great Andy Irons.
