40 Facts About Carissa Moore

Carissa Kainani Moore was born on August 27,1992 and is an American surfer.

Carissa Moore was the first-ever winner of the Olympic gold medal in women's shortboard surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Carissa Moore is a five-time world champion, winning in 2011,2013,2015,2019 and 2021 on the World Surf League WSL Women's World Tour.

Carissa Moore became a member of the Surfers' Hall of Fame in 2014.

In 2022, Carissa 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.

When she was five years old, Carissa Moore started surfing with her dad off the beaches of Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Carissa Moore 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 Carissa Moore stayed with her mother and her motivation for surfing would start to wane she would write letters to her father to stay motivated.

Carissa Moore started earning multiple wins at National Scholastic Surfing Association, NSSA, junior surf competitions at age 11.

Carissa Moore won top spots at the International Surfing Association, ISA, World Junior Surfing Championships, where she helped Hawaii win a team victory.

Carissa Moore won two major contests, finished third overall, and was named Rookie of the Year.

Carissa Moore took top World Tour honors again in 2013 and 2015.

Carissa Moore has been named an Adventurer of the Year by National Geographic, a Woman of the Year by Glamour magazine and Top Female Surfer in the SURFER magazine poll.

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

Carissa Moore announced after the 2019 season that she would take a break from the world tour in 2020.

Carissa 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.

Carissa Moore won her heat of the third round of competition against Peruvian Sofia Mulanovich with a 10.34 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Carissa 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.

In 2021, Carissa Moore won the WSL season at the WSL Finals in Trestles.

Carissa Moore won the Triple Crown of Surfing in January 2022.

In 2023, Carissa Moore placed second in the 2023 World Surf League Championship Tour.

Carissa Moore competed at the 2024 Olympic Games, along with Caroline Marks and Caitlin Simmers representing the United States.

Carissa Moore is of Irish and German descent through her father, while her mother is Native Hawaiian and Filipino.

Carissa Moore 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.

Carissa Moore is a 2010 graduate from Punahou School in Honolulu.

Carissa Moore married her high school sweetheart, Luke Untermann, on December 16,2017.

In 2018, Carissa Moore launched Carissa Moore Aloha Charitable Foundation, a 501 organization focused on using surfing as a platform to bring young women together.

In 2008, at the age of 16, Carissa 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.

In 2010, Carissa Moore won the US Open of Surfing, a 6-Star WQS Prime Event.

In 2011, Carissa 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.

In 2007, Carissa 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 Carissa Moore entered after success in the Roxy Pro Trials.

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

In 2010, Carissa Moore started competing on the ASP Women's World Tour.

In 2011, Carissa Moore was declared the ASP Women's World Champion, the youngest winner of the Title.

In 2012, Carissa 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, Carissa Moore won four of the eight ASP World Tour events and became World Champion for the second time in her career.

In 2014, Carissa Moore won three WSL Women's Championship Tour events.

Carissa Moore is known for her unprecedented 11 National Scholastic Surfing Association Titles.

Carissa Moore aided Hawai'i's first team victory in a World Junior surfing contest.