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), all of whom were taught to surf by their father. As a child, Tyler and her family traveled Australia’s amateur contest scene almost nonstop in a six-bed passenger van.
In her teens, Tyler was one of Australia’s most dominant female surfing competitors. She won the Australian National Titles in multiple age categories in 2008-2009, became the youngest person, male or female, to ever win a major ASP event (the 2008 Beachley Classic; Tyler was 14), and took home the World Pro Junior championship in 2010. She made her full-time pro tour debut in 2011 and finished the year ranked fourth and easily winning Rookie of the Year honors.
Tyler is a powerful, stylish, function-over-form surfer. Her signature move, the “front side” hack, is without equal among women pros. She’s also a first-rate tuberider. Along with Carissa Moore of Hawaii, Tyler stepped directly onto the world tour as a likely successor to then-reigning world champion Australian, Stephanie Gilmore.
Tyler didn’t follow the sexpot trend embraced by many of her contemporary pros by surfing in full-coverage swimsuits rather than dental floss bikinis; while surfers like Alana Blanchard and Laura Enever starred in promo ads that doubled as fashion shoots.
Tyler Wright became the 2016 WSL Women’s World Champion.
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Surfing Career
2017 1st WSL Women’s World Champion
2017 2nd Drug Aware Margaret River Pro – Australia
2017 1st Oi Rio Women’s Pro – Brazil
2016 1st WSL Women’s World Champion
2016 Roxy Pro Gold Coast
2016 Drug Aware Pro Margaret River
2016 Oi Rio Pro
2016 Swatch Women’s Pro Trestles
2014 Vans US Open of Surfing
2014 Roxy Pro France
2013 Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro
2013 Roxy Pro Gold Coast
2011 ASP Women’s Rookie of the Year
2010 O’Neill Women’s World Cup
2008 Beachley Classic
Height: 5’7”
Surfboard Shaper: Mayhem Surfboards
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Rip Curl | Monster Energy Drink | Oakley | Ocean and Earth | Power Base Fins
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For 2016 Tyler Wright is the top female surfer for 2016!