Bobby Martinez was born on May 26,1982 and is a professional surfer from Santa Barbara, California.
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13 Facts About Bobby Martinez
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Bobby Martinez joined the World Championship Tour in 2006, finishing the year with a No 5 ranking which earned him Rookie of the Year honors with wins in Teahupoo and Mundaka.
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Bobby Martinez featured in the 2007 biopic Mixed Tape, produced by Pete Santa Maria.
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On September 7,2011 Bobby Martinez was suspended from competition by the ASP after publicly criticizing the organization in a post-heat interview with commentator Todd Kline.
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Disillusioned with the implementation of a new ASP international ranking system modeled after professional tennis, Bobby Martinez had skipped the J-Bay and Tahiti contests earlier in the year due to poor wave quality, resulting in the implementation of a new ASP policy establishing fines and suspensions for surfers who miss Championship Tour competition without medical release.
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Bobby Martinez was immediately disqualified from the event and suspended indefinitely pending an ASP rules committee meeting.
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Bobby Martinez retired from professional competition before the ASP arrived at a final disciplinary decision.
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Bobby Martinez has stated that had he earned a solid result in New York, and that he had intended to compete at Ocean Beach, San Francisco and at Pipeline, but that he had no intention of competing at Trestles or continuing to travel or chase the tour.
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Bobby Martinez explained the incident as his way of making light of the situation and venting about longstanding frustrations with industry personalities and institutions, in particular his former sponsor Reef.
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Bobby Martinez married his wife Cleo, who is Australian, in February 2009.
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Bobby Martinez is an avid recreational boxer and trains regularly at Santa Barbara gyms, including Primo Boxing Club on the Eastside.
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On June 7,2012, Bobby Martinez signed on with the now-closed Homegrown Surf Shop in Ventura, after finding out that the owner was his long-lost cousin.
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Bobby Martinez retains sponsorship by Monster Energy Drink and Channel Islands Surfboards.
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