A few centuries later in the mid-late 1800s, Thrum’s Hawaiian Annual reported that women in ancient Hawaii surfed in equal numbers and frequently better than men.

It was not widely accepted by Europeans because it took time away from working and labor, although they enjoyed the excitement of seeing the action of surfing.

[8] The California Golden Girls played a huge part in the making Women’s surfing featured.

Yarbrough competed in the first National Skateboard Championships held in 1964 and later became a fixture at the Northern Oregon Coast Surf break known as "The Point," where the Pacific meets Tillamook Head.

The World Surf League has held competitions for professional women around the world including, but not limited to, Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii, Sunset Beach in Hawaii, Peniche in Portugal, Bells Beach in Australia, Margaret River in Australia, G-Land in Indonesia, Punta Roca in El Salvador, Saquarema in Brazil, Jeffrey's Bay in South Africa, and Lower Trestles in California.

This will be my sixth year competing professionally on the World Tour, and to be involved in something like this goes to show that we do fine-tune our bodies in order to be as strong as we can when we enter the water.

Depending on the way the swell is -- because our sport is based on Mother Nature -- when the waves are good, I surf probably six hours a day.