How many of you have heard of Carissa Moore? I’m guessing most of you have no clue. I wasn’t familiar with her either until I recently revisited a few surfing web sites. Long story short… Carissa Moore became the youngest surfer to ever win a Triple Crown Event (think Arnold Classic or Olympia) and at age 16 she’s the first female to grace the cover of SURFER magazine (think FLEX or Muscle & Fitness) in the last ten years. This makes her only the third, yes you read it right THIRD, female in the magazine’s 50-year history.
If you think making a cover in the fitness industry is difficult, try being a female surfer.
I guess you can’t feel too sorry for Carissa. According to her agent Bryan Taylor, in an interview with Surfing Magazine, Carrissa signed one of the biggest contracts in female pro surfing history. She left long-time sponsor Roxy and went with Red Bull and Nike 6.0. Not a bad duo to be signed by.
All said and done, the 16-year-old Punahou junior will likely be enjoying one of the most lucrative contacts in female pro surfing history (estimated to be in the range of three-quarters of a million dollars by one anonymous source). “CARISSA’S new agreements have for the first time ever shattered the glass ceiling of surfing sponsorship, opening up new and never heard of before possibilities for other surfers to eventually emulate,†says Taylor.
Congrats! Check out an interview with the cover girl on ESPN’s web site.
