# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-moriarity
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:39:24.971Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-moriarity"
name: "Jay Moriarity"
slug: "jay-moriarity"
description: "Jay Moriarity was a surfer from Santa Cruz, California. He was an accomplished surfer, waterman, and adventurer. As a surfer, he made his reputation surfing Mavericks in Half Moon Bay, California. At age 16, he was made internationally famous when his wipeout at Mavericks was caught on film and made the cover of Surfer magazine. Although a successful competitor, Jay is remembered as a soul surfer, winning many sportsmanship awards throughout his career. A biopic of his life, Chasing Mavericks, was released in 2012."
tagline: "American surfer (1978–2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/Jay_moriarity.jpg/330px-Jay_moriarity.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1978-06-16"
deathDate: "2001-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.36
  momentum:             2.124021096372063
  historical:           6.606429333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "جاي موريارتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "جاى موريارتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Moriarity"
    title: "Jay Moriarity"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Moriarity"
    title: "Jay Moriarity"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Moriarity"
    title: "Jay Moriarity"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9"
    title: "Мориарти, Джей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3737389"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump