C.J. is an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championshipsurfer. C.J. has a twin brother, Damien Hobgood, who both compete in the East.C.J. entered his first surfing contest in 1989 and made the Open Boys final. He placed second in a national competition the following year. He won several other championships and in 1998 he was selected as the model for the newNSSAlogo. In 1999, CJ was the Association Surfer Professionals Rookie of the Year.In 2001 he won the ASPWorld Championship. He currently resides inSatellite Beach, Floridawith his wife and daughter, near his younger brother Travis, his younger sister Marissa, and his parents.Along with surfing, C.J. is also a great tennis player, and his filmography includes Noahs Ark, The Outsiders produced by Walkingonwater.org, Down the Barrel (2007), Inaugural Hobgood Challenge (2007), Somewhere, Anywhere, Everywhere. He has recently won the 2007 US Open of Surfing.C.J. is a 1997 graduate ofSatellite High School. His twin brother Damien is a 1997Satellite Highgraduate as well.C.J. and Damien operate The Goods Surf and Skate in Indialantic, Florida. 

July 6th, 1979 in Melbourne (Age 45)