Justin grew up on the Eastern coast of Australia in Emerald Beach, started surfing at the age of 5 years and has been in the water ever since.
He quickly became interested in wanting to compete in many contest which he had success as a junior short board surfer. He started competing on the billabong junior series around Australia.
He then competed in various WQS events around Australia and the world.
He has always had a love for surfing big waves, and had his first trip to Hawaii in 1999 where his second day on the rock landed him out 20 feet Waimea bay where he rode a hand-full of great waves, this has lead Justin surfing in Hawaii every year since, a couple times a year and also tackling Peahi Jaws on Maui.