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 Jay
Reale
Jay is from Ocean City, Maryland and is the first-ever pro
bodyboarder from the east coast. He was born in 1964, and
learned to ride waves on inflateable rafts in his early teen
years, switching to a bodyboard when his brother Mitch loaned
his to Jay one day. He hasn't looked back since. Jay began
bodyboarding full-time in 1980 at the age of 16, and entered
the local contest scene right away in between working at mom
and dad's bakery and playing drums and singing in a rock band.
He won the fourth event he ever entered, and dominated amateur
bodyboarding on the east coast until moving to California
in 1987. During that time, he amassed 4 ESA
Championship titles, 1 Mid-Atlantic Regional Title, was an
ESA All-Star, and winner of the ESA's Marsh Scholarship which
he used to get his bachelor's degree in Earth Science/Secondary
Education in 1986. Jay was U.S. Amateur Champ in 1986, and
took out the Morey Nationals in 1984 and 1986. Jay is recognized
as the first-ever "champion" in the sport of bodyboarding
by virtue of winning the first series of events that accumulated
points toward crowning a champion when he won the 1982 Eastern
Surfing Championships Bodyboarding division. 
His travels began just after finishing high school when Reale
went to Hawaii for the first Morey World Championships at
Pipe in 1982. He competed in that event 17 years in a row!
After college, Jay relocated to San Clemente, California to
join the fledgling U.S. Pro Tour, and enjoyed success over
the course of the next several years ending up as high as
4th in the year-end ratings. During that time, Reale started
a whirlwind of travels that took him to 5 continents, over
20 countries, and hundreds of beaches around the world. Promos,
contests, and photo shoots were Jay's life, and he gained
a reputation as an ambassador for bodyboarding. He also wrote
articles for a dozen magazines worldwide, and acted as beach
announcer for several contests as well as television commentator
for ESPN and Fox Sports broadcasts of bodyboarding events.
Jay loaned his announcing talents to several bodyboarding
videos as well participating in 5 different How-To videos
and even provided the voice for Mike Stewart's Pro Bodyboarding
video game.
With the advent of the GOB World Tour (now the IBA
Tour) in the mid-90's, Jay began focussing his competitive
efforts on not only that Tour where he ended his best year-1997-
ranked 5th, but also on the Australian Tour, the U.S. Tour,
and the BIA Tour. He
managed Top 16 finishes on all four up until 1998. In 1998,
his last full year on Tour, Jay ended the all-new GOB Dropknee
Tour rated 6th in the world.
In 2002, Jay regained his amateur status and competed in several
events in the 30-and-over division becoming the 2002 U.S.
Champion and runner up in both the ESA and BIA Championships
as well as the FlowRider
World Bodyboarding Championships, and was elected to the ESA
All-Star Team for the first time since he was last an amateur
in 1986. He came back in 2003 and defended his title as U.S.
Senior Bodyboarding Champ once again. Also in 2003, he was
honored by being recognized as one of the top ten wave-riding
competitors ever to come out of the Eastern Surfing Association,
ranking as the lone bodyboarder amongst that group.
His career has been long and illustrious nabbing 15 magazine
cover shots worldwide, countless posters, profiles, and other
articles and photos. Jay has appeared many times on MTV, the
Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon, The Learning Channel, and
too many local television shows to mention. He's hosted programs
in Japan, the U.S. and Australia, as well as commercials for
Morey, and radio ads in the U.S., Australia, and Europe.
Jay resides in San Clemente with Vicki after their wedding
in January of '99, and their daughter Saige
who was born in September of 2003 and son Kieran born November
2007, and he is busy concentrating on keeping eBodyboarding.com
on top as the Internet's Bodyboarding Superstore. He spends
most of his spare time training and racing in the sport of
triathlon (swimming, cycling and running) racing all distances
from sprint to Ironman-distance races and generally competes
in about 15 events per season. He also loves bodyboarding
(of course) and surfing, snowboarding, watching TV, surfing
the internet, and trying out for various game shows. To date,
Jay has appeared on "The Dating Game", "Don't
Forget Your Toothbrush", "The Weakest Link",
"Whammy", "Pet Star" (with his dog
Kea), "On The Cover", and "Camoflauge",
but his goal is making it on Jeopardy or Survivor. He also
starred in an ensemble cast in the San Clemente Community
Theater musical "Christmas In San Clemente" in December,
2004.
Email: unreale@aol.com
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