Serena Brooke

Serena Brooke, born on 9 January 1976, is an Australian professional surfer from Coolangatta, Queensland. She began competing in amateur events in 1990 and won both the Queensland amateur title and the Australian national title. After finishing school in 1995 she turned professional, ended her rookie season ranked 13th on the women's tour and was named the 1995 Women's Rookie of the Year. Among her best-known results are the Billabong Pro Australia title and a temporary world number one ranking in 2001; she finished second on the World Championship Tour twice. She appeared in the 2001 surfing documentary 7 Girls, held sponsorships including Angel Eyewear and Bud Light, and in 2001 founded the Serena Brooke Charity Foundation in Huntington Beach, California, which raises money for child abuse prevention, youth centres, breast cancer research and the Surfrider Foundation.