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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.
Laura Enever (born 14 November 1991) is an Australian professional surfer. Enever was the ASP Women's World Junior Champion in 2009. She made her professional debut in 2011. [1] As of March 2015, Enever competes at the highest level of professional surfing, touring with the World Surf League. [2] She finished 10th in final standings for the ...
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]
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 .
She is also a five-time world champion, winning in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2021 on the World Surf League WSL Women's World Tour. [2] [3] Moore was the first surfer in history to win a WSL world title and the Olympic title in the same year. [4] In 2013, she was named by Glamour magazine as one of their Women of the Year. [5]
She returned to surfing in 1974, winning a contest in Malibu. In 1975, she and six other women competed in the men's Smirnoff contest; she came in first among the women and third overall, winning $1,000 and becoming the first woman to be paid for surfing, [5] and continued her professional career by signing contract with surf brand Lightning ...
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.
Caroline Marks (born February 14, 2002) is an American professional surfer. She is the 2023 World Surf League Women's World Tour Champion and an Olympic gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She has won multiple national championships and is the youngest woman to compete in a World Surf League event.