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Maya Reis Gabeira (born April 10, 1987) is a Brazilian big wave surfer.She surfed a 22.4 m (73 ft) high wave in Nazaré, Portugal in February 2020, recorded by Guinness World Records as the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman.
Ishita Malaviya, (India) first Indian female surfer; Malia Manuel (1993– ) (Haw) 2008 US Open Champion (youngest ever) [30] Brenden Margieson (1972– ) (Aus) First free-surfer, nominated two times Best Free-Surfer in the World by the magazine Australia's Surfing Life, won Nias Indonesia Pro 1999. Bobby Martinez (1986– ) (USA) 2006 Rookie ...
Sally Fitzgibbons (born 19 December 1990) is an Australian professional surfer on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour (2009–2013). In June 2019, she was ranked No. 1 in the world for women's surfing after winning the Rio Pro .
At 18, she became the youngest person – male or female – to win a surfing world title. Moore took top World Tour honors again in 2013 and 2015. [12] [13] Moore has been named an Adventurer of the Year by National Geographic, [14] a Woman of the Year by Glamour magazine [5] [15] and Top Female Surfer in the SURFER magazine poll (numerous ...
In 2022 Johnson qualified to compete at the top flight of professional surfing, the World Surf League Championship Tour (CT) for the 2023 season. [4] [5]Johnson missed out on qualification for the CT, the top-flight of professional surfing, during the mid-season cut. [6]
Layne Collette Beachley AO (born 24 May 1972) is an Australian former professional surfer from Manly, New South Wales. She won the World Championship seven times. Currently she is the chair of Surfing Australia .
Joyce Hoffman (born 1946/47) is an American surfer, considered a pioneer in her sport. She is often regarded as the first female international surfing star [1] and was one of the first inductees of the International Surfing Hall of Fame. In 1968 she became the first woman to surf the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii.
She was named the "1998 Female Athlete of the Year" by Conde Nast Sports for Women magazine. She is a two-times winner of Surfer Magazine's Readers Poll. In 2002, she was inducted into the Surfer's Hall of Fame. [1] In 2004, she was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame (located in Huntington Beach, California) as that year's Woman of the Year ...