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
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
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
As the owner of Surfergirls.com, which is a resource for women and girls who love surfing, I wanted to embrace the most influential female surfers in the world. I named the bio section of the website “Top Female Surfers”. What … 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
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
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
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
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
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