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Tim Boal: the surfer from the Antilles who became European champion

A short profile of Tim Boal, the French professional surfer born on Saint-Martin according to Surf Session, who was European champion in 2008 and surfed the 2009 ASP World Tour.

By SXM Daily · October 22, 2026

Tim Boal is a French professional surfer who was European (ASP) champion in 2008 and spent the 2009 season on the ASP World Tour, surfing's top tour. Surf Session's 2009 profile of him says he was born on Saint-Martin, and in an interview with Surf-Report he described himself as "originaire des Antilles" (from the Antilles), saying he moved to Biarritz at 14.

Photo: Markel Olano, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

European champion

Boal was French Open champion in 2007, Surf Session and Surf-Report report. In September 2008 he won the Rip Curl Pro Zarautz, a WQS event in Spain, which qualified him for the 2009 ASP World Tour, Surf Europe and Surf Session reported. That November Surf Europe called him "our new European champion".

World Tour

He spent the 2009 season on the World Tour. Surf Session reported that his best result that year was ninth place at the Quiksilver Pro France. After his World Tour season he returned to the qualifying circuit and was runner-up at the 2010 San Miguel Pro in Zarautz, Spain, losing the final, Surf-Report and Surf Session reported.

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Sources

• https://www.surfsession.com/actu/les-surfeurs/tim-boal-752836783/
• https://www.surf-report.com/news/surf/zoom-7-pyrenees-atlantiques-492719234.html
• https://surfeuropemag.com/euro-situation-room-before-hawaii.html/uncategorized/
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tim_Boal.jpg
• https://www.surf-report.com/news/autres/wqs-san-miguel-pro-zarautz-2010-resultat-final-962812874.html
• https://www.surfsession.com/actu/qs/tim-boal-remporte-wqs-5x-confital-917343261/

Source: https://www.surfsession.com/actu/les-surfeurs/tim-boal-752836783/