Who are the world’s top female surfers? Below is a list of women surfers we feel are at the top of their game and an inspiration to all.
No other surfer girl was the omnipresent popular face for women surfing in the mid-‘90s than Lisa Andersen. In the early 80’s women’s surfing was basically hidden from the dominance of men’s surfing. But when Lisa exploded into the competitive … Read More
Caroline Marks was born February 14, 2002 in Boca Raton, Florida. She grew up in Melbourne Beach, Florida where she first began surfing at the age of 4, but didn’t get serious until around the age of 9. It was … Read More
Sage Erickson was born in December 28, 1990 in Ojai, California. Her family moved to the North Shore of Oahu when Sage was 9 years old where she taught herself to surf after being inspired by her older brother and … Read More
Lakey Peterson was born, Laura Louise, on September 30, 1994 in Santa Barbara, California. She was just 5 years old when her parents took her and two older siblings and went on year-long tour of adventures around the world. On … Read More
Courtney Conlogue, nick named ‘Lil Tiger’, was born on August 25, 1992 in Santa Ana, California. Courtney’s father would take the family on annual trip to Mexico where Courtney learned to surf at the age of 4. After returning home, … Read More
Tyler Wright was born in March 31, 1994 in Culburra Beach, New South Wales, Australia. She learned to surf as a toddler, charging into the shorebreak with her 5 siblings (including older brother and future world tour star Owen Wright), … Read More
Laura Enever was born November 11, 1991 in Syndey, Australia and began riding waves at age four. At the age of 10, after an early childhood detour into gymnastics, she began surfing seriously and competitively. Enever was twice a world … Read More
Nikki Van Dijk was born November 11, 1991 in Phillip Island, Australia. Raised on the beautiful shores of Phillip Island, 87 miles south of Melbourne, Nikki learned to surf in the frigid waters of southeast Australia. Nikki began her professional … Read More
Stephanie Gilmore was born January 29, 1988 in Murwillumbah, Australia. Stephanie has dominated women’s professional surfing since she entered the scene in 2007 – winning a world title as a rookie and following with five titles in as many attempts … Read More
Sally Fitzgibbons was born on December 19, 1990 in Gerroa, New South Wales, Australia. Like most professional surfer girls, Sally is a natural-born athlete as you’ll see in her accomplishments. Before her professional surfing career, she was a national champion … Read More
Felicity Palmateer, nicknamed “Flick or Floss”, was born on August 4, 1992 in Perth, Western Australia. She spent her childhood on the beaches of Western Australia surfing with her father and two younger brothers. She was only 12 years old … Read More
Keely Andrew was born on December 2, 1994 in Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Australia. Keely always knew that she wanted to be a professional athlete. She competed in every sport imaginable before she narrowed the list down to tennis and surfing. … Read More
Bronte was born January 9, 1994, in Gracetown, Australia. When she was only 9 years old, her father – an icon professional surfer in the 80’s and 90’s – taught Bronte, her brother and older twin surfers to surf in … Read More
Chelsea Tuach was born December 2, 1995 in Bridgetown, Barbados. When she was 8 years old, she learned to surf at the Soup Bowl, Barbardos’ most consistent wave spot with her family – 2 big brothers and a sister. When … Read More
Tatiana Weston-Web was born May 9, 1996 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Within 2 weeks of her birth in Brazil, Weston-Webb and her parents moved back to Hawaii in an effort to get Tatiana dual citizenship. Her … Read More
Extreme surfer girl Maya Gabeira was born April 10, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gabeira and her older sister grew up in a lively household as their mom, Yame Reis, is a famous fashion designer, and their dad, Fernando … Read More
Silvana Lima was born on October 29, 1984 in Paracuru, Ceará, Brazil. Paracuru is home to beautiful beaches and warm water. Located just north of Fortaleza and south of the mighty Amazon River, this area of Brazil is also known … Read More
Johanne Defay was born on November 19 1993 in Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France. She began surfing at the age of 8 of the beaches of Reunion Island, which is her home today. For those of you who have never heard … Read More
Paige Hareb was born July 6, 1990 in New Plymouth, New Zealand. In 2008 Paige became the first New Zealand woman to qualify for the ASP Women’s World Tour, aka “The Dream Tour” and limited to the best 18 surfers … Read More
Bethany Hamilton was born February 8, 1990 in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. She is most famous surfer girl for surviving a shark attack that happened on the island of Kauai in 2003. She lost her left arm in the attack, but … Read More
Alana Blanchard was born March 5, 1990 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Alana’s father and uncle were vagabond surfers who finally had moved to Kauai in the ’70s. Alana began surfing at the age of 4 and when she … Read More
Malia Manuel was born in August 9, 1993 in Wailua, HI. Malia is the true meaning to aloha. At the age of two, Malia started surfing with her parents, catching waves along the beaches of Kauai. She has been highly … Read More
Coco Ho was born April 28, 1991 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She began surfing at 7 years old, following in the footsteps of her family. Famous surfers run in the Ho family. Coco’s father, Michael Ho, was a professional as well … Read More
Carissa Moore was born August 27, 1992 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She started surfing at the age of 5 off the beaches of Waikiki with her father. She soon discovered her untapped passion for surfing. In several years she was collecting … Read More
Alessa Quizon was born January 2, 1994 in Honolulu, Hawaii is now a Makaha resident. She was born into a classic Hawaiian surf family where her father would take her and her sister surfing on the Westside of Oahu to … Read More
Bianca Buitendag was born November 9, 1993 in Victoria Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. She grew up near a beach of False Bay outside of Cape Town. With her father’s encouragement she learned to surf at the age of 8 … Read More
Shino Matsuda was born August 13, 2002 in Chigasaki, Japan. Shino spent her childhood in Shonan, a coastal community of Sagami Bay just outside of the Tokyo area. Both her parents were recreational surfers and had Shino joined a surfing … Read More