Justin Citta grew up surfing the beautiful barreling waves of Long Beach Island. A local Surf City standout Justin would set the standard for radical above the lip performance surfing that surfers like fellow Surf City Pro Randy Townsend would acknowledge as the surfer they all emulated. Justin would take to competitive surfing early on with the local ESA events as his first top level results. He states that the young Kelly Slater in 1985 would teach him how to do upside down backside re entries that would lead him to a podium finish in 1987. Citta would soon find himself traveling with Slater as part of an ESA All Star Team and that proximity to top talent should raise his level of surfing so much that sponsors took notice.
Citta would first start riding for Rusty Surfboards and Matt Kechle would sign him on to the Quiksilver Gen X team program which would allow him to start traveling the world for photo shoots and contests. Citta’s radical style would land him multiple surf mag photos and a number of covers for The Eastern Surf Magazine. Justin skills have not diminished and can still be found surfing the different waves on Long Beach Island.
