| Before Jack Johnson perfected his casual rock star | | | | 2002, and Johnson's sophomore effort, and, appeared |
| ways, he was a champion surfer on the professional | | | | in May 2003. Stateside dates with Harper helped |
| route. The sport was second nature to the young | | | | Johnson expand his audience, and on and On |
| Hawaiian native, who began chasing waves as a | | | | eventually climbed to number three on the Billboard |
| toddler and, by the age of 17, had become an | | | | charts. A third album, In Between Dreams, arrived in |
| outstanding athlete on the Pipeline. However, Johnson | | | | March 2005 and charted even higher, eventually going |
| was also testing other creative outlets -- specifically | | | | on to sell over two million copies. Johnson earned two |
| film and music -- and a serious surfing accident | | | | Brit Awards for the album: International Male Solo |
| convinced him to devote more time to those | | | | Artist and International Breakthrough Act. In February, |
| landlocked hobbies. | | | | he issued the soundtrack Curious George. Nielsen |
| It was during his college years in the continental U.S. | | | | Sound Scan sales topped at 163,000 copies in its first |
| that Johnson began writing the relaxed, acoustic-based | | | | week of release, earning Johnson his first-ever number |
| songs that would later turn him into a star. While | | | | one album on Billboard's Top 200 and Rock Albums |
| studying film at the University of California at Santa | | | | charts. His sixth album, Sleep through the Static, was |
| Barbara, he also paired up with old friends Chris Malloy | | | | issued in February 2008 and went platinum within a |
| and Emmett Malloy to produce a surf cinema | | | | month of its release, a testament to Johnson's |
| documentary entitled thicker than Water, which | | | | enduring popularity. |
| spotlighted Johnson as a talented cinematographer as | | | | Jack's summer kicked off with a really great tour |
| well as a burgeoning singer and songwriter. His peers | | | | through Europe. There is a great demand for jack |
| from the surf circuit praised his work, and Thicker than | | | | johnson tickets. Thanks to all the fans that came out |
| Water received props in Surfer magazine as 2000s | | | | to the shows. The tour opened in Germany with a sold |
| Video of the Year. The follow-up surf flick The | | | | out gig in Berlin and stops at two festivals Southside |
| September Sessions also earned the Adobe Highlight | | | | and Hurricane. From there the tour hit Amsterdam, two |
| Award at the ESPN Film Festival that same year. | | | | nights in Paris, then to the UK for one of the world's |
| Tours followed throughout the spring and summer of | | | | biggest festivals. |