In 2021 Carissa Moore clinched her fifth World Surf League championship and a few months later became the first female to win an Olympic gold medal in surfing. And now the world can read all about it—and much more—in her new book, “Hawai‘i Gold: A Celebration of Surfing.” It’s a remarkable tribute to the sport’s […]
The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris has begun—and five Hawaiʻi-born athletes are competing in two sports for Team USA. Here they are, in alphabetical order: Micah Christenson, Volleyball View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matt Anderson (@mja5041) This is the third Olympic Games for the 6-foot-6 Honolulu native. He was
Anyone who meets Carissa Moore immediately feels her warmth and bright spirit. The humble athlete grew up surfing on Oʻahu’s south shore. But Moore is a house-hold name in the Islands. The professional surfer has spent the last 14 years competing on the World Surf League Championship Tour and during this time she’s clenched an
Hawaiʻi native Carissa Moore, the five-time world surfing champion and first-ever Olympic surfing gold medalist, will be stepping away from the sport after the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer. On Instagram the 31-year-old posted: “This is by no means the end. I’d like to think of this instead as an evolution, the start of the
From ushering in progressive steps for women’s rights in local politics, to influencing national change and winning historic athletic competitions on a global stage, courageous wāhine (women) throughout Hawaiʻi’s history have shaped and inspired us all. Today, brave athletes, driven entrepreneurs and remarkable artists continue to leave us in awe as they write history. While
Driving down South King Street, on the island of Oʻahu, is a daily commute for many residents. Shops, restaurants and bars of every kind call this strip of road home, and now, so do two of Hawaiʻi’s Olympians. Standing ten stories tall, Carissa Moore—who recently was the first-ever surfer from Hawaiʻi to win a gold
As the clock strikes midnight, we will say aloha to 2021—and what a year it’s been. From COVID-19 to Carissa Moore making history, there was always something happening in the Islands. And if you haven’t been keeping up with local news—or just want to see what were some of Hawaiʻi’s biggest happenings in the year 2021—then this article
Carissa Moore has had quite the year. After bringing home the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she set her sights on winning her fifth World Surf League title, which would make her one of the most winningest surfers of all time. And she’s done just that. Facing off against Kauaʻi’s own
Carissa Moore, the four-time world champion from Oʻahu, dominated the final heat at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach Tuesday, handily defeating South Africa’s Bianca Buitendag to win the gold medal in the first-ever women’s surfing event in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The inaugural Olympic surf competition debuted in fickle, typhoon-generated waves, and event organizers crammed the
After being delayed for an entire year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics—yes, it is still being referred to as the 2020 Olympics—will be starting in a matter of days, on July 23. And for Hawaiʻi, it’s a big one! Not only do we have a host of athletes hailing from
It’s been a very good 24 hours for Honolulu’s Carissa Moore, who has not only qualified for one of the two spots on the women’s Olympic surfing team but has also won her fourth world title. It all happened at Honolua Bay, Maui, for Moore, who was born and raised on the island of Oahu.
If you didn’t know who she was, you would think Carissa Moore was just another surfer girl—white bikini top under a black tank, rocking a trucker hat, greeting regulars at her favorite Oahu south shore surf break, Kewalo’s. But Moore is not just another surfer. The smiley Honolulu resident is the reigning two-time Association of
