Pacific Beach is a neighborhood in San Diego,California,bounded by La Jolla to the north,Mission Beach and Mission Bay to the south,Interstate 5 and Clairemont to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. While formerly largely populated by young people,surfers,and college students,because of rising property and rental costs the population is gradually becoming older and more affluent. "P.B.," as it is known as by local residents,is home to one of San Diego's more developed nightlife scenes,with a great variety of bars,eateries,and clothing stores located along Garnet Avenue and Mission Boulevard.
A surfboard is a narrow plank used in surfing. Surfboards are relatively light,but are strong enough to support an individual standing on them while riding an ocean wave. They were invented in ancient Hawaii,where they were known as papa he'e nalu in the Hawaiian language,and were usually made of wood from local trees,such as koa. They were often over 460 cm (15 ft) in length and extremely heavy. Major advances over the years include the addition of one or more fins (skegs) on the bottom rear of the board to improve directional stability,and numerous improvements in materials and shape.
Bethany Meilani Hamilton is an American professional surfer and writer. In 2003,she survived a shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off;ultimately,she returned to professional surfing and wrote about her experiences in the 2004 autobiography,Soul Surfer:A True Story of Faith,Family,and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. The book was adapted into the 2011 feature film,Soul Surfer. Hamilton attributes her strength to her Christian faith.
The World Surf League (WSL) is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world's best talent in a variety of progressive formats. The World Surf League was originally known as the International Professional Surfing founded by Fred Hemmings and Randy Rarick in 1976. IPS created the first world circuit of pro surfing events. In 1983 the Association of Surfing Pros took over management of the world circuit. In 2013,the ASP was acquired by ZoSea,backed by Paul Speaker,Terry Hardy,and Dirk Ziff. At the start of the 2015 season,the ASP changed its name to the World Surf League. Sophie Goldschmidt was appointed as WSL CEO on 19 July 2017. Paul Speaker had stepped down as CEO on 11 January 2017,and Dirk Ziff acted as the interim WSL CEO until Goldschmidt's appointment.
Skip Frye is an American surfer,surfboard designer and shaper,and environmental activist.
Margo Oberg was the first female professional surfer in the world. She won her first competition at the age of 11,won her first world title at 15,and became the first professional female surfer in 1975.
Joel Tudor is an American surfer,primarily known for longboarding,and a competitive grappler from San Diego,California.
Keala Kennelly is a professional surfer,DJ,and actress from Kauai,Hawaii. After spending a decade ranked in the top 10 on the ASP World Championship Tour (WCT),Kennelly took a break from the tour in 2007 to explore her passions for acting and music,including a recurring role as a surfer in the 2007 series John from Cincinnati. She continues to DJ and compete as a big wave surfer.
Rochelle Ballard is an American professional surfer and a veteran of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour. She co-founded International Women's Surfing (IWS) and has appeared in several movies and television shows,most notably,Blue Crush,Step Into Liquid, and Beyond the Break.
Lisa Andersen is an American four-time world surfing champion. She won four successive world titles from 1994 to 1997. She was named ASP's Rookie of the Year in 1987. She was named as one of the 100 "Greatest Sportswomen of the Century" by Sports Illustrated for Women. She was named the "1998 Female Athlete of the Year" by Conde Nast Sports for Women magazine. She is a two-times winner of Surfer Magazine's Readers Poll. In 2002,she was inducted into the Surfer's Hall of Fame. In 2004,she was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame as that year's Woman of the Year.
Carissa Kainani Moore is an American surfer. She was the first-ever winner of the Olympic gold medal in women's shortboard surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is also a five-time world champion,winning in 2011,2013,2015,2019 and 2021 on the World Surf League WSL Women's World Tour. Moore was the first surfer in history to win a WSL world title and the Olympic title in the same year.
Sally Fitzgibbons is an Australian professional surfer on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour (2009–2013). In June 2019,she was ranked No. 1 in the world for women's surfing after winning the Rio Pro.
Donald Moke Takayama was an American professional surfer and surfboard shaper. Originally a longboard surfer,Takayama won the Master's division of the United States Surfing Champions in 1971,1972 and 1973. Hawaiian born,Takayama learned to surf at Waikiki Beach and moved to California in the mid-1950s. Takayama died of complications from heart surgery;he is survived by his wife and four daughters.
Sage Creek High School is a public high school in Carlsbad,California. It opened in the fall of 2013. Sage Creek specializes in the STEM fields and was created to alleviate growing enrollment at Carlsbad High School. Although the school is public,a lottery for admission is held if a class reaches a certain threshold.
Women's surfing is thought to date back to the 17th century. One of the earliest records of women surfing is of princess Keleanohoana’api’api,also known as Kalea or the Maui Surf Riding Princess. It is rumored that Kalea was the trailblazer of surfing and could surf better than both men and women. A few centuries later in the mid-late 1800s,Thrum’s Hawaiian Annual reported that women in ancient Hawaii surfed in equal numbers and frequently better than men. Over the last 50 years,women's surfing has grown in popularity.
Tiarah Lue Blanco is an American professional surfer from San Clemente,California who won the first place gold medal at the International Surfing Association (ISA) Open Women's World Surfing Championship in 2015 and 2016.
Justine Dupont is a French professional surfer.
The 2019 World Surf League was the competition series hosted by the World Surf League,the global championship body for competitive surfing. The 2019 World Surf League consisted of the Championship Tour,the Qualifying Series,Big Wave Tour,Longboard Tour,Junior Tour,and other specialty tours and events such as the Vans Triple Crown.
Patti Paniccia is an American law professor,lawyer,journalist and former professional surfer.
Rhonda Harper is an American surfer and surf coach and the founder of Black Girls Surf,a nonprofit organization that works to help young women of color to become professional surfers.
