Jonothan (Jono) Porter (12 May 1981 – 9 June 2004) was an Australian freestyle motocrosser.

Porter was a factory Suzuki Australia rider and formed his own motocross team and company, JPI Industries. In 1994 he won the Australian 80cc Australian MX Championship. In 2002, he won the Australian X Games and the Melbourne Supercross Masters, and the 2002 Planet X Games; in the last, he performed the first flip in Australian competition.

On 9 June 2004, while leading the pack at the Maxxis Australian Motocross Champions in Coolum, he crashed and was run over by the riders behind him; he died shortly thereafter.

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