Rebecca Woods

Birth Date: September 9, 1984

Hometown: Copacabana NSW

Other sponsors: Gorilla Grip and Chilli Surfboards.

Board Manufacturer: Chilli

Stance: Natural

What’s your favourite thing about surfing? My favourite thing would be the freedom, it is just about yourself and the waves.

Which surfer inspires you the most? Probably Rob Machado or David Rastovich because they just surf for the love of it.

When I was a child I wanted to be… An archaeologist and dig up dinosaurs.

Favourite wave? Every wave in Indo

Describe your last twelve months in three words… Lots of moving!

Where’s the most interesting place you have been? Prague.

What are your obsessions outside of surfing? Photography, travel/culture, learning new things and being a drummer but I can’t play the drums.

The best invention…The toothbrush, seriously imagine being born in the period where you have to use charcoal and tree roots to clean your teeth!

If I wasn’t doing this right now, I’d be… Studying the earth.

Before I die I want to….fulfil my dreams

My greatest achievement… learning to drive and then rolling my parents car and surviving.

My greatest fear… balloons

Not many people know this about me but… I drowned when I was 9 months old and had a collapsed lung for a year.

My most embarrassing moment would be… when I forgot to put my fins in my board and only realised when I started paddling.

The soundtrack to my life would be…Linkin Park at the start then something cruisy like a bit of Ben Harper now.

My philosophy is…Dream, believe, create, succeed

Anything else you’d like to include… There are no snakes in Hawaii!

Achievements

2009
5th Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach
5th Roxy Pro, Gold Coast

2008
2nd Overall WQS
3rd Movistar Classic, Mancora Peru
1st Billabong Girls WQS Rio, Brazil
2nd Billabong Girls Cascais Festival 6 Star WQS, Portugal
3rd Drug Aware Pro 5 Star WQS, Margaret River
5th Roxy Pro Gold Coast

2007
3rd Roxy Pro Gold Coast
3rd Billabong Girls Pro, Brazil
5th Mancora Peru Classic, Peru 2006
2nd Gallaz Surf Jam Florida 3rd Roxy Pro Cloudbreak
5th Billabong Pro Teahupoo 2005
1st on the overall World Qualifying Series
1st Billabong Girls Easter Surf Festival Sunshine Coast WCT

2005
9th Roxy Pro Gold Coast
9th SPC Fruit Pro Bells Beach
9th Roxy Pro Tavarua/ Namotu Fiji
3rd Billabong Pro Teahupoo Tahiti
3rd Roxy Pro Newquay, Cornwall England
9th Rip Curl Pro Hossegor France

2004
ASP Australasian Junior Women’s Champion
1st Nokia Pro Lacanau France
2nd Mr Price Pro Durban South Africa
1st Billabong Pro Teen Bells Beach VIC
1st Billabong Pro Teen Avoca NSW
1st Billabong Pro Teen Gold Coast QLD

2003
Runner Up ASP Australasian Junior Women’s Circuit

2002
ASP Australasian Junior Women’s Champion

2001
World Grommet U/19 Champion

Living out of a suitcase for the last three years, Rebecca Woods has had her flannelette PJs as security, making her feel closer to home. Growing up as the youngest of four sisters, Bec was in touch with her competitive side from a very early age. Even her first surfing experience uncovered her determination, seeing her to her feet on a foamie after watching older sister get to her knees on an earlier wave. But it wasn’t all perfection at that point, as Bec experienced her first dump sparking a teary run to mum on the beach and a return to surfing a few years later. Fast forward to 2008 and Rebecca Woods is one of the top female surfers. worldwide. Having a clear natural talent, and being a perfectionist at heart, she’s already making her mark on women’s surfing.