Surfing

karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding as optional sports for the 2020 Summer Olympics

(combining snow and surfer) by his wife Nancy, the toy proved so popular among his daughters

is an American big-wave surfer

is an American surfer

is an American professional surfer

is an Australian professional surfer

is an Australian professional surfer

was an American professional surfer

is a Brazilian professional surfer

is an Australian former professional surfer

is an Australian surfer who competed in the World Surf League (WSL)

is an American professional surfer

Clifton James Hobgood (born July 6, 1979) is an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship surfer.

Chris Bertish is a South African surfer, stand-up paddleboarder, adventurer, and motivational speaker.

Ethan Ewing (born 2 September 1998) is an Australian professional surfer.

Gary Elkerton (born 21 August 1964), known as Kong is an Australian surfer,

is a Brazilian professional surfer hailing from a small community of Baía Formosa

is an Australian former surfer from Sydney

an American surfer, primarily known for longboarding

is an Irish surfer from Rossnowlagh, County Donegal

is an American professional surfer from Santa Barbara, California

is a Brazilian professional surfer and also the 2015 WSL World Champion

is former junior Australian surfer who has represented Australia in national and international championships

is an Australian professional surfer competing on the World Surf League World Tour

is an Australian professional surfer

is an American regularfoot professional surfer from Hanalei, Kauai

is a professional Hawaiian surfer born in Honolulu, Hawaii

is a well known Hawaiian surfer, lifeguard, and waterman

Caio Ibelli (born October 11, 1993) is a Brazilian professional surfer who is in the World Surf League.

Caroline Marks (born February 14, 2002) is an American professional surfer.

Schumacher has won multiple national and international surfing titles being best known for women's longboarding.

Corky Carroll (born September 29, 1947) is a professional American surfer and is considered a pioneer in the sport by becoming the first real professional surfer as well as being the first to make paid endorsements.

March 17, 1978) was a Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer.

(born 3 January 1992), also known as Kikas, is a Portuguese professional surfer who competes on the World Surfing League Men's Championship Tour since 2017.

Ian Gouveia (born October 27, 1992) is a Brazilian professional surfer who competes on the World Surfing League Men's World Tour since 2017.

Ian Cairns (born 24 July 1952 in Kew, Victoria) is a former champion surfer who was also influential in establishing the world professional surfing circuit and particularly the World Championship Tour.

Barton Lynch (born 9 August 1963) is an Australian former professional surfer known for his competitive prowess and style.

Robert George Patterson ("Bobby" or "Flea", born February 22, 1935), was a surfing star of the 1950s.

Brett Simpson is an American surfer and coach from Huntington Beach, California.

Clay Marzo (born July 17, 1989) is an American professional surfer known for his unique "double-jointed" style of turns and spins.

Dane Reynolds (born September 7, 1985 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional surfer from Ventura, California.

Beau Young is an Australian surfer, singer and songwriter.

Chris Davidson (1 January 1978-24 September 2022) was an Australian professional surfer.

began surfing at Sunset, Waimea and the outer reefs in search of giant swells

was an Australian surfer who specialized in big wave surfing.

Kalani Ball (born 26 March 1997) is an Australian professional surfer from Stanwell Park, NSW.

George Hamilton Perkins Greenough (born November 6, 1941) is an influential surfer

is a Costa Rican professional surfer who competes in the World Surf League (WSL)

Cliff Kapono is a Native Hawaiian professional surfer, journalist, and marine conservation scientist

Doerner is an accomplished big wave surfer himself

is an ex-professional surfer from Mumbles, Wales

is a slalom canoeist, whitewater kayaker, surfer and surfboard designer

is a professional surfer from Dunedin, Florida, United States

Ashley Cheadle is an Australian actress and surfer.

He was an accomplished surfer, waterman, and adventurer.

is an Australian professional surfer from Copacabana, New South Wales, Australia

is a Brazilian professional surfer who competes on the World Surfing League Men's World Tour since 2016

was an American surfer

is an American musician and surfer

was an American surfer based in Hawaii

is an American surfer, shaper, journalist and film actor

is a professional surfer, DJ, and actress

was an American professional surfer and surfboard shaper

is an American professional surfer

is a professional surfer from Byron Bay, Australia

is an Australian professional longboard surfrider

She is also a competitive surfer and has won national titles in the sport.

is an Israeli Olympic surfer

is a professional surfer

ex-professional surfer

is an American professional surfer

is an Australian surfer who won the 2005 world title

is an American surfer, author, businessman, and politician

is an American professional surfer who has competed on the World Surf League Men's World Tour since 2018

is an American professional surfer and winner of the 1982 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship

is an Australian professional big wave surfer, author, keynote speaker and ocean adventurer

Greg Long (born May 25, 1983) is an American surfer from San Clemente, California.

Mason Ho (born September 1, 1988) is a professional surfer from Sunset Beach on Oahu's North Shore.

was a noted surfer of the 1950s and 1960s in Malibu, California.

Jérémy Florès (born 27 April 1988) is a French professional surfer.

João Vítor de Azeredo Chianca (Saquarema, August 30, 2000), sometimes known as Chumbinho, is a Brazilian professional surfer in the World Surf League (WSL).

is an American professional surfer

is a professional surfer from

is a Brazilian professional surfer who is in the World Surf League

professional surfer who competes at the World Surf League

was the first female professional surfer in the world

is a Polish big wave surfer and windsurfer

is a Spanish professional surfer

is an American professional surfer

is an American surfer, photographer and model.

is an aerial surfer.

was one of the earliest surfers in San Diego, California

Michel Bourez (born 30 December 1985) is a French professional surfer.

is an American professional surfer and a veteran of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour.

AJ Dungo is an American surfer and illustrator

Barron Mamiya (born January 27, 2000) is an American professional surfer from Hawaii.

Jodie Cooper (born 4 May 1964 in Albany, Western Australia) is a former champion surfer.

was an American businessman, philanthropist, surfer, and diver

Michael Ho (born July 13, 1957) is a Hawaiian Chinese professional surfer

Peter Townend (born 1953), also known as PT, is an Australian surfer

Luke Egan (born 24 January 1969) is an Australian former professional surfer from Newcastle, New South Wales.

Pete Cabrinha (born September 13, 1961 on Oahu, Hawaii) is an American big-wave surfer

was an American surfer and physician

Letham went on to become an accomplished surfer

was an American surfer

professional surfer

is a retired professional surfer

is a French professional surfer and champion in several disciplines

is an Australian professional surfer who competes on the World Surf League Men's World Tour

Robert Harold "Nat" Young (born 14 November 1947) is an Australian surfer and author.

Joan Duru (born 25 April 1989) is a French professional surfer.

born 14 November 1996 in Chiba) is a Japanese surfer.

is a Peruvian surfer.

He is one of the early surfers in Australia.

Alan Stokes (born 19 January 1981) is a British professional surfer and surf model from Newquay, Cornwall.

becoming one of the first native surfers in Britain

Sally Fitzgibbons (born 19 December 1990) is an Australian professional surfer

Rolf Aurness (born February 18, 1952, Santa Monica, California) is an American surfer

Sam Bleakley is a British surfer, travel writer, filmmaker, presenter and longboard contest commentator.

Skip Frye (born Harry Richard Frye; September 7, 1941, in San Diego, California) is an American surfer, surfboard designer and shaper, and environmental activist.

is a Brazilian surfer based in

is a French professional surfer

is a Brazilian professional surfer

is a Brazilian professional surfer

Kyle Thiermann (born January 9, 1990) is a professional surfer, writer, podcast host from Santa Cruz, California.

was an American surfer and surfboard shaper

is a professional surfer from Perth, Western Australia

is a professional big wave surfer

is an Australian surfer

is an American surfer from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

is an American professional surfer

is an Australian big wave surfer

is a South African and American professional surfer

is a four-time world surfing champion

is a professional surfer from the North Shore, Hawaii

Lynne Boyer is a two-time world surfing champion from the United States.

is an Australian surfer.

is a New Zealand surfer.

is an Australian professional surfer who competes at the World Surf League.

is an American surfer who has competed professionally since 2019

is an Australian professional surfer

is a professional surfer

is a Brazilian-American professional surfer

is a Pipeline surfer ranked 527th in the world

Heather Clark is a South African surfer.

Mark Sheldon Foo was a professional surfer who favored big wave surfing.

is an American professional surfer and surfing coach

professional surfer

is a professional surfer and action sports personality

Andrews grew up surfing in La Jolla, California.

is an American surfer and filmmaker

was a pioneer of early surfing in California prior to the WWII and surf photographer

his stint as a professional surfer ended when he suffered a surfing accident at the Pipeline

Murphy is also known for being a surfing champion, musician, author, and artist.

De Rosnay is famous for pioneering surfing in France in 1957 and created the Surf Club de France in 1964.

was a Hawaiian surfer and sailor.

(born December 25, 1950) is an American surfer

Lucca Mesinas (born 20 April 1996) is a Peruvian surfer.

Matt Wilkinson is a professional Australian surfer.

Russ "Rusty" Keaulana (born 6 March 1966) is a Hawaiian professional longboard surfrider.

Simon Anderson (born 7 July 1954) is an Australian competitive surfer, surfboard shaper, and writer.

Sage Erickson (born December 28, 1990) is an American professional surfer born in Ojai, California, United States.

is a British pro surfer, winner of numerous UK competitive surfing titles

Joyce Hoffman (born 1946/47) is an American surfer, considered a pioneer in her sport.

is an American big wave rider, professional surfer and musician

is a Brazilian big wave surfer

is an early surfing pioneer, sailor, paddleboarder, skier, and surfboard shaper

was an Australian surfer that pioneered surfing competitions on the island of Bali

pioneered the sport of surfing in South Africa

is an Australian surfer known for pioneering surfing in the Maldives

is a recently retired professional surfer from Portugal

was an early surfer who is credited by surfing experts with being California's first documented surfer of African-American and Latino descent

is an American professional longboard surfrider

Maud Le Car is a professional surfer and model.

born 7 November 2007) is a Japanese surfer

is a professional surfer raised on the Northern Sydney beach of Narrabeen

Reid Jackson is a Canadian professional surfer.

Sànoe Lake is an American actress, model and surfer.

(born 24 June 1983) is a Peruvian surfer

Will Skudin is a native of Long Beach, NY and a professional surfer.

Stroud began surfing at the age of 3 and taught the sport while he was still in high school.

is a Brazilian professional surfer.

is a Canadian surfer.

is a professional surfer from Hawaii

is an Australian surfer who competes on the WSL

is an American professional surfer, skimboarder and wakeboarder

was an American surfer and businessman

surfer, sailor and surfboard shaper

Bodyboarding originates from an ancient form of riding waves (surfing) on one's belly.

Owen Wright (born 16 January 1990) is an Australian professional surfer on the World Surf League

Alter was a surfing competitor in his younger days.

is an Australian professional surfer

Kelia Gallina is a Tahitian surfer.

was an Australian surfer who became the first Women's World Surfing Champion

mixed martial artist and big wave surfer

Orthodox Lubavitcher Chassidic rabbi, published author and surfer

is a South African DJ, model, actress, and surfer

is an Ecuadorian surfer

is a Chilean surfer

Paige Frances Hareb (born 6 June 1990) is a professional surfer from Ōakura Beach, New Zealand.

Leandro Usuna (born 21 December 1987) is an Argentine surfer.

Quincy Rose Davis (born May 18, 1995) is a surfer born in Montauk, New York.

Richie Collins is a former professional surfer and shaper from Newport Beach, California.

Tim Curran (born August 14, 1977) is a musician and retired professional surfer.

was an American surfer and watercraft designer best known for inventing the modern catamaran.

an Australian surfer, is a member of the Australian surf gang the Bra Boys.

Gabriel 'Gabe' Davies is a British big-wave surfer.

is an American big-wave surfer, co-pioneer of tow-in surfing

is an American professional surfer

Santino Luca Basaldella (born 15 December 2004) is an Argentine surfer.

Ellie-Jean Coffey (25 November 1994) is an Australian model, softcore actress and professional surfer.

Serena Brooke (born 9 January 1976) is an Australian professional surfer from Coolangatta, Queensland.

is an American professional surfer from San Clemente, California

was a musician, engineer, surfboard shaper, and surfer

Keely Andrew (born 2 December 1994) is a professional surfer from Australia.

born 13 August 2002) is a Japanese surfer.

is a Brazilian professional big wave surfer and extreme waterman

is a Portuguese professional surfer

was a surfer from Pensacola

Growing up, he was also an avid surfer who won several competitions

is an Australian professional surfer, painter, and musician

is an Indonesian surfer

was an Australian surfer

is a Portuguese professional surfer

was an American surfer

is an Australian world champion surfer

is an Australian surfer

is a Brazilian professional surfer and two time World Surf League (WSL) world champion

is an American surfer and surfboard shaper

was a professional surfer from South Africa

Sarah Mason (born 11 April 1995) is a New Zealand-born surfer currently residing in Australia.

Poenaiki Raioha (born 21 January 1997) is a French Polynesian surfer who specialises in the stand-up paddle.

Malik Joyeux (31 March 1980-2 December 2005) was an accomplished all-around waterman and a professional Big Wave surfer.

Julián Schweizer (born 1998) is a Uruguayan surfer.

was an American professional surfer.

was an American surfer and surfboard shaper

was a Peruvian surfer and surfboard shaper

Mark Mathews is an Australian professional big wave surfer.

Matt Warshaw (born 1960) is a former professional surfer

was an American big wave surfing pioneer and businessman.

She started surfing at the age of 15

Russell Winter is a British professional surfer and avid coasteerer

Sharron Weber, an American surfer, won the women's world surfing championship in 1970

who began surfing at the Wedge at age 14

is a French professional surfer from French Polynesia, France

is a Peruvian surfer

an Australian former professional surfer

is an English-Australian big wave surfer

is an Australian professional longboard surfrider

is an American professional surfer

Her father Hiroshi Yokohama was the one who taught Mara how to surf.

is a Japanese surfing and flight champion, actor and hip hop singer

Muir became a big-wave surfer and stand up paddle surfing

better known as Lucas Chumbo, is a Brazilian professional surfer

is a Turkish surfer who has won Turkey's first national surfing title in October 2012

is a New Zealand-born American professional surfer and actor

is also a ten-time surfing champion in Guadeloupe

Peter Harris (born 1958) is a surfer/shaper from Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia.

Sanoa Dempfle-Olin (born July 3, 2005) is a Canadian surfer.

is an Irish big-wave surfer

Sunny Abberton was once a professional surfer

is a Brazilian professional surfer

In 1890 he reputedly became the first person in Britain to surf

they were among the first Britons to surf standing up

De Josselin has been surfing since she was six years old.

Strachan became an avid surfer

Viertel is recognized for introducing surfing in Europe.

During his youth he took up surfing, which became a lifelong passion.

At Newport Harbor High School surfing, playing water polo, and the guitar became his constant companions.

Originally, Brophy set out to be a professional surfer, and he traveled internationally using artwork to help pay for his surf adventures.

After the Tragic Kingdom tour, Tom returned to his home in Long Beach, California and started surfing in 1997.

In October 2020, Ingrid Alexandra won the gold medal in the junior women's final at Norwegian surfing championship at Jæren.

Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing.

It combines the aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and wakeboarding.

most attribute its roots to the Polynesian pioneers who also developed surfing

Visual records and written media from the 1950s and 1960s depict surfers actively riding surfboards behind motorboats in ocean settings.

is a well-known surfer from Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles

four-time world surfing champion from the United States

was a surfer

lifeguard, surfer, and swimming instructor

surfer from Santa Cruz, California

is an American world surfing champion

is a professional surfer

has been a competing surfer since the age of seven

professional longboard surfrider

professional longboard surfrider

is an American Hawaiian surfer

is a professional surfer from Satellite Beach, Florida

professional longboard surfrider and three times ASP Longboard World Champion

was an American surfer who set the official Guinness World Record

was a surfer from Hawaii

was the 1972 World Surfing Champion

California (USA) born professional surfer

was an American pioneer of big wave surfing

is an American professional surfer

was an American surfer, paddleboarder, swimmer, and stunt-woman

was an American surfer, lifeguard, surf equipment innovator, and commercial diver

is a Hawaiian surfer who competes in the World Surf League

is a professional American surfer

is an American surfer

was a professional surfer and is a model from La Jolla, California

is an American surfer

professional big wave surfer

Allen Sarlo (born January 9, 1958) is an American surfer, most prominently known as one of the original members of the Z-Boys surf and skateboarding team.

He was appointed the first president of the Surf Life Saving Association of America in 1964, which later became known as the United States Lifesaving Association.

Philips is the founder of the North Shore Surf Girls - Surf School.

Chris Ward (born December 11, 1978) is an American professional surfer.

In 2011, he became president of the Maroubra Surfers Association.

Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890, January 22, 1968) was a Hawaiian competition swimmer, lifeguard, and popularizer of the sport of surfing.

Greyson Thunder Fletcher is an American professional free skateboarder, surfer, visual artist and actor from San Clemente, California.

Jake Caster is an American professional wake surfer and was the 2017 world champion in Men's Pro Skim Division.

Jenna de Rosnay (born Jenna Severson, 7 March 1963) is an American windsurfer, fashion designer, and model.

He started to surf in Guriri, Espírito Santo, and he developed his skills as a bodyboarder on the beaches of Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

Julien Kerneur (born 1 November 1991) is a French professional kite surfer.

Kristin Boese (born 1 July 1977) is a German female kite surfer.

Manuel Centeno (born 18 September 1980) is a former bodyboarding European and World Champion, having won the ISA World Surfing Games 2006 on 22 October, at Huntington Beach, California, United States.

Martin Vari (born February 27, 1982, in Argentina) is a professional kitesurfer and two times PKRA freestyle world champion in kitesurfing (2001 and 2003).

Oki (born April 10, 1956) is an American skateboarder, surfer, artist, and environmental activist.

Rachid Roussafi (born 16 December 1970) is a Moroccan windsurfer.

Sabre Elle Norris (born 3 January 2005) is an Australian surfer, skater, and YouTuber from Newcastle.

Thomas Roland Curren (born July 3, 1964) is an American former professional surfer, known for being the first American to win the World Surf League Title.

former competitive surfer

is an American surfer

professional skateboarder and surfer who competes for Great Britain

is an American professional surfer

is a South African professional surfer

is a surfer.

is an American/Lithuanian professional surfer

an American pioneer of big wave surfing

is a Salvadoran professional surfer

is a Peruvian surfer

Holt still surfed into his mid-70s, riding the waves at Kuhio Beach, where he surfed as a child.

In 1997, Sanders was taught to surf by professional surfer Nancy Emerson

is an American model and surfer

Velzy began surfing as a boy

Mark Massara is an American surfer, attorney, and environmental conservationist.

is an American professional surfer and writer.

is a surfer and champion in big wave surfing