Since being cut after a narrow loss, the 26-year-old is determined to win back his spot – for himself and in memory of his mum
“It’s been one of those years,” sighs Jackson Baker. The 26-year-old Novocastrian may lay claim to being the world’s unluckiest surfer in 2023.
After a strong start to the World Surf League, including a career-best quarter-final at Bells Beach, Baker needed a reasonable result at the midway event of the season to remain on tour. In recent years, the WSL has introduced the dreaded “cut” whereby the field gets slimmed halfway through the campaign – with only 22 men and 10 women remaining.
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