Jack Wilkinson
Nationality?
Australian
 
Current Position? 
Critical Care SRMO at Port Macquarie Base Hospital 
 
Education and work experience?
Griffith University, MD Class of 2019
Sunshine Coast University Hospital – Internship & RMO 2020-21
Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney – Emergency SRMO 2022
 
Medical interests?
Hope to specialise in anaesthetics, broadly interested in critical care
 
Local surf spot?
Mudjimba, Queensland
 
What is your favourite surf destination?
Crescent Head / Limeburner’s Creek National Park 
Travel experience? 
Annapurna circuit, Nepal
Backpacking through Europe
PNG, SE Asia and Japan 
 
Best surf trip ever?
Summer this year at Crescent Head (thank you Kempsey ED shifts )
 
Worst surf trip ever?
Portugal, Nazaré 2017 – flat and cold
 
Best thing about surfing? 
Immersion in the beauty of nature, wildlife, the elements

Best advice you were ever given with regards to surfing?
The best surfer out there is the one having the most fun

Favourite surfer in the world and why? 

Not a pro, but I fell in love with the way William Finnegan wrote about his lifelong obsession in “Barbarian Days”. No other surfer has captured my amateur interest like his writing
 
Current go-to surfboards? (make and dims)
9’6 log, Hayden Shapes Holy Grail 6’1 34.9L or an old faithful Hypto