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Current Guinness World Record. [1] 80 feet (24.4 m) Rodrigo Koxa: Praia do Norte, Nazaré: 8 November 2017 Previous Guinness World Record 2017–2020. [2] Awarded the Quiksilver XXL Biggest Wave Award by the World Surf League (WSL). [3] [4] 78 feet (23.8 m) Garrett McNamara: Praia do Norte, Nazaré: 1 November 2011 Guinness World Record 2011 ...
Marge Calhoun was a woman surfer who pioneered surfing in Hawaii. She is considered the first women surfing champion. She was indicted into the surfing hall of fame in 2003. [20] Stephanie Gilmore is an Australian professional surfer and eight-time world champion on the Women's WSL World Tour. She started surfing at 9.
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.
Moore was 18 years, 10 months and 18 days old when she won the Association of Surfing Professionals women’s title in 2011. Simmers would be 18 years, 10 months and 12 days old if she wins the ...
Robert "Wingnut" Weaver Featured, along with Patrick O'Connell, in The Endless Summer II surf film. Sharon Webber (USA) Women's world surfing championship in 1970 and 1972; Dewey Weber (1938–1993) (USA) Surfer and surfboard designer; Dale Webster (1948– ) (USA) Northern California surfer who surfed over 10,407 days in a row, minimum of 3 ...
Simmers overtook five-time world champion Carissa Moore as surfing’s youngest women’s world champion at the age of 18 years, 10 months and 12 days. ... Simmers said the record was “cool ...
She shared the woman's record for most World Championships won with Stephanie Gilmore until Gilmore won her eighth title in 2022. In 2004, Layne was given a wildcard entry into the Energy Australia Open held at Newcastle, one of the rare occasions a woman has competed in a men's surfing event. [3]
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.