Nikki van Dijk explained

Nikki van Dijk
Birth Date:1994 11, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia[2]
Residence:Victoria, Australia
Height:5feet[3]
Weight:122lb[4]
Sponsors:Rip Curl, Channel Islands Surfboards, Oakley and Kommunity Project
Stance:Regular (natural foot)
Shapers:Al Merrick [5]

Nikki van Dijk (born 28 November 1994) is an Australian professional surfer. She has been a touring competitor in the World Surf League, the top flight of international professional surfing.

Career

Van Dijk won the women's world junior title in 2012 in Bali.[6] In 2013, she competed in the Association of Surfing Professionals' Qualifying Series; she ended her season by winning the Pantin Classic Galicia Pro in Spain, and qualified for the ASP Women's Championship Tour.[7] As a rookie, van Dijk finished 13th on the 2014 Women's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour.[8]

Van Dijk continued to compete at the highest level of the sport through 2021 with the World Surf League, the successor to the ASP tour.[9] In May 2015 she got her best result in a WSL CT competition in Fiji, moving into quarters. In 2021 she finished 13th on the WSL tour, below the automatic qualifying threshold for the 2022 season.

At the same time she was on tour, she competed in some Qualifying Series events. In June 2015 she won Los Cabos Open of Surfing at Zippers beach.

2015 was van Dijk's best year on the WSL tour, finishing the year with six quarter-finals in a row. She finished in 9th place for the season, and qualified to compete on the WSL tour again in 2016.

Career highlights

Surf Career Highlights
YearPlacedEvent
11th World Surf League Ranking
3rd Swatch Women’s Pro – California
9th World Surf League Ranking
1st Los Cabos Open of Surfing – Mexico
13th World Surf League Ranking
13th Women’s Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour
1st Pantin Classic Galicia Pro - Spain
1st World Junior Title - Bali

Sponsors

Van Dijk's sponsors have included Rip Curl, Channel Islands Surfboards, Oakley and Kommunity Project.[10]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ripcurl.com.au/?nikki Rip Curl Team Profiles: Nikki Van Dijk
  2. http://www.ripcurl.com.au/?nikki Rip Curl Team Profiles: Nikki Van Dijk
  3. http://www.ripcurl.com/nikki-van-dijk-6.html Rip Curl: Nikki Van Dijk information page
  4. Web site: Nikki van Dijk Surfer Bio | Age, Height, Videos & Results.
  5. https://www.ripcurl.com.au/team/surf/nikki-van-dijk.html Rip Curl Team Rider
  6. Web site: "Nikki Van Dijk Crowned World Junior Champion in Bali," Surfinglife.com.au, 12 October 2012 . 6 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094214/http://www.surfinglife.com.au/news/sl-news/9572-nikki-van-dijk-crowned-world-junior-champion-in-bali . 2 April 2015 . dead .
  7. http://archive.aspworldtour.com/2013/12/10/introducing-2014-asp-womens-wct-rookie-nikki-van-dijk/ Hayden-Smith, Will, "Introducing 2014 ASP Women’s WCT Rookie Nikki Van Dijk," Association of Surfing Professionals, 10 December 2013
  8. http://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/tour/wct?year=2014 "2014 Women's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour," last updated 27 November 2014
  9. http://www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2015/wct/1208/roxy-pro-gold-coast/results Roxy Pro Gold Coast 2015 results and scores
  10. Web site: Rip Curl: Nikki Van Dijk information page . 6 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161016072850/http://www.ripcurl.com/nikki-van-dijk-6.html . 16 October 2016 . dead .

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