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They call Lisa Andersen, Elise Garrigue and Mary Osborne. Their names do you say may be nothing and yet they are the muses of surfing and there are many others! Beat of freedom and adventure, they combine in this sport, travel around the world and family life. To live a “Endless Summer” somehow.

In recent years, these women both sports, sexy and daring gave their pedigree in women’s surfing. Can not start with Lisa Andersen, because it is a pioneer of inspirational women’s surfing as we know. Lisa was born in 1969, a veteran of the sport that requires extraordinary physical abilities. She began surfing at the age of 13 years in the early 80s, a time when surfing was still a female minor phenomenon. Aged just 16, she asserts her independence and is dedicated to amateur competitions. Immediately, she collects trophies and exploded while on its way and turned professional three years later. In 1993, she gave birth to her first child. A month later, she climbs in the final at a championship in Japan. On the shore, the girls holding their breath, Lisa Andersen became the model for a generation. Read the rest of this entry »

The Hawaiian Carissa Moore , who is only 16 years old, has managed to appear on the cover of Surfer magazine . Yes, yes ” has to appear ” and I say this because being a cover of Surfer magazine is not easy . In the history of the magazine only three women have come to appear on the cover. The last was Lisa Andersen in 1996. This means that in more than a decade, no woman has been on the cover of this magazine ! (Are those things that drive me crazy .) Read the rest of this entry »