Carissa Moore | |
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Personal information | |
Born |
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
August 27, 1992
Residence | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) |
Surfing career | |
Best year | World Champion 2011, 2013, 2015 ASP Women's World Tour |
Career earnings | $266,917 |
Sponsors | Nike, Red Bull, Target, Hurley |
Major achievements | 3 time ASP Women's World Tour Champion; ASP Elite Victories: 6; ASP Other Victories: 2; ASP Rookie of the Year 2010; 11 NSSA Titles. |
Surfing specifications | |
Stance | Regular |
Website | www.carissamoore.com |
Carissa Kainani Moore (born August 27, 1992) is an American professional surfer and the 2011, 2013 and 2015 WSL Women's World Tour Champion.
As of July 2011, Moore has won 6 ASP Women's World Tour events, 2 ASP WQS 6-Star events and an unprecedented 11 NSSA Titles. In 2013 she was named one of Glamour magazine's Women of the Year. She was inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame in 2014.
In 2013, Moore won four of the eight ASP World Tour events.
In 2012, Moore finished 3rd in the 2012 ASP World Tour, failing to win any ASP World Tour events, coming runner-up in two events.
In 2011, Moore was declared the ASP Women’s World Champion, the youngest winner of the Title. Throughout the 2011 Tour, Moore won the Billabong Rio Pro, Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic and the Roxy Pro Gold Coast.
In 2010, Moore started competing on the ASP Women’s World Tour. During her first year on the Tour Moore won both the TSB Bank Women’s Surf Festival and Rip Curl Pro Portugal. Moore’s 2010 Women’s World Tour Ranking was 3rd overall. and she was awarded the ASP Women’s World Tour Rookie of the Year.
In 2010, Moore won the US Open of Surfing, a 6-Star WQS Prime Event.
In 2009, Moore qualified for the 2010 ASP World Tour from the ASP Women's WQS.
In 2008, at the age of 16, Moore became the youngest winner of a Triple Crown of Surfing event when she won the Reef Hawaiian Pro, a 6-Star WQS Prime Event.