Carissa Moore
at the 2011 Roxy Pro France in Biarritz, France
Personal information
Born (1992-08-27) August 27, 1992 (age 31)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
ResidenceHonolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight140 lb (64 kg)
Surfing career
Best year1st: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021
Career earnings$2.1 million on world tour 2010-19[1]
SponsorsNike, Red Bull, Target, Hurley, Subaru Hawaii, Visa, Gillette Venus, FCS traction and fins
Major achievements
Surfing specifications
StanceRegular
Websitewww.carissamoore.com
Medal record
Women's surfing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Shortboard

Carissa Kainani Moore (born August 27, 1992) is a Hawaiian American Olympian, world champion surfer and activist. She was the first-ever winner of the Olympic Gold Medal in women's short board surfing in 2020. She was also the 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2021 World Surf League WSL Women's World Tour Champion.[2][3] Moore is the first surfer in history to win a WSL world title and the Olympic title in the same year.[4]

In 2013, she was named by Glamour magazine as one of their Women of the Year.[5] She became a member of the Surfers' Hall of Fame in 2014.[6] In 2022, Moore was featured in Naomi Hirahara's anthology We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States that was published by the Smithsonian Institution and Running Press Kids.[7]

Early life

When she was five years old, Moore started surfing with her dad off the beaches of Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii.[8] "Dad taught me how to surf when I was about four or five years old at Waikiki Beach and I was immediately hooked."[9] Her father, Chris, was a competitive open water swimmer who won a number of competitions. He lived closer to the water than Moore's landlocked mother, so Moore chose Hawaii, the ocean, and her father after her parents divorced when she was ten years old. When Moore stayed with her mother and her motivation for surfing would start to wane she would write letters to her father to stay motivated.[8]

She started earning multiple wins at National Scholastic Surfing Association, NSSA, junior surf competitions at age 11. She also won top spots at the International Surfing Association, ISA, World Junior Surfing Championships, where she helped Hawaii win a team victory. In all, she clinched a record 11 NSSA amateur titles, and at age 16 in 2008, she became the youngest champion at a Triple Crown of Surfing event when she won the Reef Hawaiian Pro.[8]

Career

In 2010, Moore qualified to compete on the ASP (now called the World Surf League) Championship Tour. She won two major contests, finished third overall, and was named Rookie of the Year.[10][11]

The following season, Moore was a youngster to watch on the World Tour and she lived up to her reputation, winning three events and claiming her first World crown, unseating four-time defending champ Stephanie Gilmore in the process. At 18, she became the youngest person – male or female – to win a surfing world title.

Moore took top World Tour honors again in 2013 and 2015.[12][13]

Moore has been named an Adventurer of the Year by National Geographic,[14] a Woman of the Year by Glamour magazine[5][15] and Top Female Surfer in the SURFER magazine poll (numerous times).[16] She was inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame, and the State of Hawaii declared January 4 to be Carissa Moore Day.[17]

2019 Championship Tour

At the 2019 World Surf League Women's Championship Tour, Moore finished in first place and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[18][19]

2020

She announced after the 2019 season that she would take a break from the world tour in 2020.[20]

2020 Summer Olympics

See also: Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics
2020 Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place Shortboard 14.93

Moore qualified to compete for the United States in surfing on the U.S. women's team with Caroline Marks at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan and postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21][22] Moore competed under the flag of the United States for the first time in her career at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the World Surf League and International Surfing Association both recognize Hawaii as an entity separate of the United States.[22][23] At the 2020 Olympic Games, she represented the United States for the first time and was the first surfer to participate in the Olympic Games that is ethnically Hawaiian since the final Olympic appearance of Duke Kahanamoku in 1924.[24]

In the first round of competition, Moore scored an 11.74 and won her heat, which advanced her directly to the third round of competition.[25] Moore won her heat of the third round of competition against Peruvian Sofía Mulánovich with a 10.34 and advanced to the quarterfinals.[26] Moore won her head-to-head competition with a score of 14.26 in the quarterfinals against Brazilian Silvana Lima and advanced to the semifinals.[27] In the semifinals match between Moore and Japan's Amuro Tsuzuki, Moore won and advanced to the final heat where surfers compete for the gold and silver medals.[28] In the final match against South African Bianca Buitendag, Moore won the Olympic gold medal with a score of 14.93.[29][30] As the 2020 Summer Olympics were the first Olympic Games where surfing was included as a sport, Moore became the first woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal in surfing.[31]

2021 Season

In 2021, Carissa Moore won the WSL season at the WSL Finals in Trestles (surfing).[32] She also won the Triple Crown of Surfing in January 2022.

Personal

Moore is of Irish and German descent through her father, while her mother is Native Hawaiian and Filipino.[33][34] She chooses to wear the flag of Hawaii, which is similar to the Hawaii State flag, instead of the United States flag when she competes for the United States at World Surf League international competitions.[35]

Surfer and shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton wrote in her autobiography that she admired Moore's toughness when they participated in the same competition as seven to nine year olds.[36]

Moore is a 2010 graduate from Punahou School in Honolulu.[37] She married her high school sweetheart, Luke Untermann, on December 16, 2017.[38]

In 2018, Moore launched Moore Aloha Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization focused on using surfing as a platform to bring young women together.[39]

WSL Qualifying Series

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 Event2.[40]

In 2009, Moore qualified for the 2010 ASP World Tour from the ASP Women's WQS.[41]

In 2010, Moore won the US Open of Surfing, a 6-Star WQS Prime Event1.[42]

In 2011, Moore received a wildcard entry into the Men's Triple Crown of Surfing, limited to the Reef Hawaiian Pro at Haleiwa and the Vans Hawaiian Pro at Sunset Beach, becoming the first woman in history to be given the honor.[43]

WSL Women’s Championship Tour

In 2007, Moore reached the Final of the ASP Women's World Tour Roxy Pro event as a wildcard, becoming the youngest surfer to reach a Final of an ASP World Title Race event. The Roxy Pro wildcard entry was the first Women's World Tour event Moore entered after success in the Roxy Pro Trials.[44]

In 2009, Moore won the ASP Women's World Tour Gidget Pro Sunset Beach event as a wildcard entrant.[45]

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[46][47] and Rip Curl Pro Portugal.[48] Moore's 2010 Women's World Tour Ranking was 3rd overall.[49] and she was awarded the ASP Women's World Tour Rookie of the Year.[50]

In 2011, Moore was declared the ASP Women's World Champion, the youngest winner of the Title.[51] Throughout the 2011 Tour, Moore won the Billabong Rio Pro,[52] Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic[53] and the Roxy Pro Gold Coast.[54]

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 2013, Moore won four of the eight ASP World Tour events and became World Champion for the second time in her career.[55][56]

In 2014, Moore won three WSL Women's Championship Tour events.[57]

In 2015, she again won four Events of the WSL Championship Tour and won her third world title.[58]

In 2016, Moore's only victory was the Roxy Pro in Hossegor, France.[59]

In 2017, she finished the year at No. 5.[60]

In 2018, she finished the year at No. 3.[61]

In 2019, she won her fourth world championship, winning stops in France and South Africa.[62]

In 2021, she won another world championship, successfully defending her title against Tatiana Weston-Webb in a head-to-head title match at the inaugural WSL Finals.[63]

WSL Event Wins

Year Event Venue WSL Sanctioned Tour
2023 Surf Ranch Pro Lemoore, California United States Women's Championship Tour
2023 Margaret River Pro Margaret River, Western Australia Australia Women's Championship Tour
2023 Billabong Pro Pipeline Banzai Pipeline, Oahu Hawaii Women's Championship Tour
2022 Oi Rio Pro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil Women's Championship Tour
2021 Rip Curl WSL Finals Lower Trestles, San Clemente, California United States Women's Championship Tour
2021 Rip Curl Newcastle Cup presented by Corona Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Australia Women's Championship Tour
2019 Roxy Pro France Hossegor, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France France Women's World Tour
2019 Corona Open J-Bay J-Bay  South Africa Women's World Tour
2018 Beachwater Maui Pro Honolua, Hawaii, United States Women's World Tour
2018 Surf Ranch Pro Lemoore, California,  United States Women's World Tour
2017 Roxy Pro France Hossegor, France  France Women's World Tour
2016 Roxy Pro France Hossegor, France  France Women's World Tour
2015 Swatch Womens Pro San Clemente, California,  United States Women's World Tour
2015 Target Maui Pro Honolua, Hawaii, United States Women's World Tour
2015 Rip Curl Women's Pro Bells Beach Bells Beach, Victoria,  Australia Women's World Tour
2015 Roxy Pro Gold Coast Gold Coast, Queensland,  Australia Women's World Tour
2014 Target Maui Pro Honolua, Hawaii, United States Women's World Tour
2014 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, Victoria,  Australia Women's World Tour
2014 Drug Aware Margaret River Women's Pro Margaret River, Western Australia,  Australia Women's World Tour
2013 Cascais Women's Pro Cascais,  Portugal Women's World Tour
2013 US Open of Surfing[64] Huntington Beach, California,  United States Women's WQS
2013 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, Victoria,  Australia Women's World Tour
2013 Drug Aware Margaret River Women's Pro Margaret River, Western Australia,  Australia Women's World Tour
2011 Billabong Pro Rio Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil Women's World Tour
2011 Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic Dee Why, New South Wales,  Australia Women's World Tour
2011 Roxy Pro Gold Coast Gold Coast, Queensland,  Australia Women's World Tour
2010 Rip Curl Pro Portugal Peniche,  Portugal Women's World Tour
2010 TSB Bank Women's Surf Festival Taranaki,  New Zealand Women's World Tour
2010 US Open of Surfing Huntington Beach, California,  United States Women's WQS
2009 Gidget Pro Sunset Beach, United States Women's World Tour3
2008 Reef Hawaiian Pro Ali'i Beach Park, Haleʻiwa, United States Women's WQS

National Scholastic Surfing Association Titles

Moore is known for her unprecedented 11 National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) Titles.[65]

National Scholastic Surfing Association Titles[66]
2004[67] 2005[68] 2006[69] 2007[70]
Open Women's
Explorer Women's
Middle School Girls 		Open Women's
Explorer Girls
Middle School Girls 		Open Women's
Explorer Girls
Middle School Girls 		Open Women's
Explorer Women's

International Surfing Association

2005, Moore represented Hawai‘i at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Junior Surfing Championships and was placed 3rd in the Female Junior Final (under 18) category.[71] Moore aided Hawai‘i's first team victory in a World Junior surfing contest.[72]

Notes

1 & 2 ^ ^ The equivalent of an ASP Women’s Star; at the time it was known as an ASP 6-Star Prime within the Women’s World Qualifying Series (WQS).
3 ^ As a wildcard entrant Moore was ineligible to compete in the ASP World Title Race.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Women's Championship Tour Rankings 2019". World Surf League.
  2. ^ Carissa Moore Claims Maiden ASP Women’s World Title, ASP International, 15 July 2011 (accessed 27 July 2011)
  3. ^ Gilmore Wins Roxy Pro ahead of Freshly Crowned ASP Women’s World Champion Moore, ASP International, 15 July 2011 (accessed 27 July 2011)
  4. ^ "2021 Olympics". USA Surfing. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  5. ^ a b "Chatting with Glamour Woman of the Year Honoree Carissa Moore". A Bullseye View. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  6. ^ "Surfers' Hall of Fame". Huntington Surf & Sport.
  7. ^ Hirahara, Naomi (2022). We are here : 30 inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have shaped the United States. Illustrated by Illi Ferandez (1st ed.). Philadelphia. ISBN 978-0-7624-7965-8. OCLC 1284917938.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ a b c Goyanes, Cristina (November 7, 2011). "Fast waves, faster girl". ESPN. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  9. ^ "carissamoore". carissamoore. Archived from the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  10. ^ "Carissa Moore". Red Bull.
  11. ^ Azzi, Alex (2021-09-22). "Carissa Moore reflects on fifth world title, progress in women's surfing". On Her Turf. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  12. ^ Butler, Casey (2013-10-05). "Carissa Moore wins second ASP Women's World Title". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  13. ^ "Carissa Moore wins the 2015 WSL Women's Championship Tour". Surfertoday. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  14. ^ "Carissa Moore, Adventurers of the Year 2012 -- National Geographic". Adventure. 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  15. ^ "Carissa Moore: The Game Changer". Glamour. 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  16. ^ "Past SURFER Poll Winners". Surfer. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  17. ^ HNN, Hawaii News Now (5 January 2016). "Mayor Caldwell proclaims Carrissa Moore Day". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  18. ^ "2019 Women's Championship Tour Rankings". World Surf League. December 2, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  19. ^ "Carissa Moore, Caroline Marks earn U.S. Olympic surfing spots". ESPN. December 1, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  20. ^ Inertia, The (21 December 2019). "Carissa Moore Announces Break From 2020 Championship Tour Season". The Inertia. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  21. ^ OlympicTalk (2019-12-02). "Carissa Moore, Caroline Marks qualify for U.S. Olympic surfing team". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  22. ^ a b Garrity, Tanner (May 19, 2021). "Why Hawaiian-Born Surfers Aren't Excited to Surf for America in the Olympics". InsideHook. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  23. ^ Branch, John (May 17, 2021). "'I'm Not Anti-Anything, I'm Pro-Hawaii.'". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  24. ^ "Olympic surfing exposes whitewashed Native Hawaiian roots". Local10.com. 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  25. ^ Gibbs, Simon (July 25, 2021). "USA duo Marks and Moore advance to Round 3 of women's surfing competition". NBC Olympics. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  26. ^ Pierce, Zach (July 25, 2021). "2021 Olympics: Live updates, news, medal count, daily schedule as Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, U.S. basketball compete". The Athletic. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  27. ^ Urban, Mychael (July 26, 2021). "U.S. teen Caroline Marks, teammate Carissa Moore surf into semis". NBC Olympics. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  28. ^ "Surfing-Japan's Igarashi to take on Ferreira for first surfing gold". Reuters. July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  29. ^ Gaydos, Ryan (July 27, 2021). "Tokyo Olympics 2021: American surfer Carissa Moore takes home gold in sport's debut". Fox News. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  30. ^ Branch, John (July 27, 2021). "Carissa Moore and Italo Ferreira Win the First Olympic Gold Medals in Surfing". The New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  31. ^ Del Barco, Mandalit (July 27, 2021). "U.S. Surfer Carissa Moore Wins The First Gold Medal Ever In Her Sport At The Olympics". NPR. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  32. ^ Carissa Moore, Gabriel Medina crowned world champions at World Surf League Finals (accessed 29 April 2022)
  33. ^ Hirahara, Naomi (2022-02-07). We Are Here. Running Press. ISBN 978-0-7624-7965-8.
  34. ^ Ho, Sally (2021-08-06). "Native Hawaiians 'reclaim' surfing with Carissa Moore's Olympic gold". mauinews.com. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  35. ^ Price, Karen (December 1, 2019). "Hawaii Native Carissa Moore Is First American Woman To Qualify For The Olympics In Surfing". TeamUSA.org. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  36. ^ Hamilton, Bethany; Berk, Sheryl; Bundschuh, Rick. Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. New York, MTV Books, 2004, pp. 41-42.
  37. ^ School, Punahou (2021-11-19). "Pure Gold". Punahou School. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  38. ^ "Professional Surfer Carissa Moore Reveals Her Backyard Oahu Wedding Album – nick". www.yahoo.com. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  39. ^ "Home". Moore Aloha. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  40. ^ Carissa Moore claims the Women's Reef Hawaiian Pro, Surfers Village, 2008 Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 28 July 2011)
  41. ^ 2010 ASP World Tour Rosters, Red Bull USA, 17 December 2009 (accessed 28 July 2011)
  42. ^ Carissa Moore Wins US Open Of Surfing, Transworld Surf, 7 August 2010 (accessed 28 July 2011)
  43. ^ [ASP Women’s World Champion Carissa Moore Readies for Men’s Vans Triple Crown, ASP International, 10 November 2011](accessed 11 November 2011)
  44. ^ Roxy Pro 2007, Surfer Mag (accessed 28 July 2008)
  45. ^ "surfersvillage.com - Latest News - Surfing News, Surfing Contest, All the surf in one website". Surfersvillage.com.
  46. ^ "Hawaiian Carissa Moore triumphs in Taranaki". Stuff.co.nz. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  47. ^ "Rookie Carissa Moore wins TSB Bank Women's Surf Festival". April 16, 2010.
  48. ^ Carissa Moore Defeats Stephanie Gilmore to Claim Rip Curl Women’s Pro Portugal
  49. ^ ASP Women’s World Tour Final Ranking, ASP World Tour Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 28 July 2011)
  50. ^ ASP World Surfing Awards Prepares for Sport’s Night of Nights, ASP International, 21 February 2011 (accessed 28 July 2011)
  51. ^ Carissa Moore Claims Maiden ASP Women’s World Title, ASP International, 15 July 2011 (accessed 28 July 2011)
  52. ^ Carissa Moore Wins Billabong Rio Pro, Gilmore Knocked Out of ASP World Title Race
  53. ^ Moore Back to ASP World No. 1 with Win at Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic
  54. ^ "surfersvillage.com - Latest News - Surfing News, Surfing Contest, All the surf in one website". Surfersvillage.com.
  55. ^ "Women's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour Event Schedule 2013". worldsurfleague.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  56. ^ "Pro Surfer: Carissa Moore - 2013 Women's Championship Tour event results". World Surf League. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  57. ^ "Pro Surfer: Carissa Moore - 2014 Women's Championship Tour event results". World Surf League. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  58. ^ "Pro Surfer: Carissa Moore - 2015 Women's Championship Tour event results". World Surf League. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  59. ^ "Pro Surfer: Carissa Moore - 2016 Women's Championship Tour event results". World Surf League. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  60. ^ "Pro Surfer: Carissa Moore - 2017 Women's Championship Tour event results". World Surf League. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  61. ^ "Pro Surfer: Carissa Moore - 2018 Women's Championship Tour event results". World Surf League. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  62. ^ "Women's Championship Tour Rankings". World Surf League. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  63. ^ "Medina, Moore Celebrate 2021 World Title Victories After Dominant Championship Tour Seasons". World Surf League. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  64. ^ Butler, Casey (28 July 2013). "Carissa Moore wins Women's U.S. Open". ESPN. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  65. ^ "Carissa Moore Win Unprecedented 11 National Surfing Titles". Surfline.com.
  66. ^ Carissa Kainani Moore, National Championship Profile, National Scholastic Surfing Association Titles Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (accessed 27 July 2011)
  67. ^ 2004 NSSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (accessed 27 July 2011)
  68. ^ 2005 NSSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS (accessed 27 July 2011)
  69. ^ 2006 NSSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (accessed 27 July 2011)
  70. ^ 2007 NSSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AND HIGHLIGHTS (accessed 27 July 2011)
  71. ^ Results, WJSC 2005 - Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships, ISA Press Release, February 2006 Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 28 July 2011)
  72. ^ 2006 Year In Review, Free Surf Magazine, 15 December 2006 Archived June 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (accessed 28 July 2011)

https://isqkm.fun/index.php?q=carissa+moore

External links

Olympic Surfing Shortboard Champions – Women's
James E. Sullivan Award winners
WSL Championship Tour Roster
Categories