Sunset Club - Surf & Snow

Isabel - £8.95 Buy it now (New)

Isabel Letham (1899 – 11 March 1995) was the first Australian to surf. This was at Freshwater Beach, Sydney in 1915, tandem with Duke Kahanamoku.

Kahanamoku had been invited to Australia by the NSW Swimming Association. At the end of a demonstration session Kahanamoku invited Letham from the crowd for a tandem surfing demonstration. Letham was 15 at the time, but an accomplished swimmer and bodysurfer, and known as something of a tomboy. On the first few waves they paddled for she yelled for him to stop because it felt like going off a cliff. Being a gentleman Kahanamoku did stop, but then ignored her cries, went anyway, and hauled her up. They rode four waves that day and Letham was, as she later said "hooked for life".

Frieda - £8.95 Buy it now

Frieda Zamba is a four-time world surfing champion from the United States. She won three titles in a row from 1984 to 1986, then won again in 1988. She currently lives in north-east Florida.

Gidget - £8.95 Buy it now

Gidget aka Kathy Kohner was born in 1941 and spent much of her childhood on the beaches at Malibu. She hung out with such influential surfers as Miki Dora, Mickey Munoz, Dewey Weber, Tom Morey, Nat Young, Terry "Tubesteak" Tracy and Bill "Moondoggie" Jensen, who became the inspiration for the eponymous character in her father's novel.

Margo - £8.95 Buy it now

Margo Oberg is a three-time world surfing champion from the United States. She won her first world title in 1977, then won back-to-back titles in 1980 and 1981.

Jeannie - £8.95 Buy it now

Jeannie Chesser was born in Miami, Florida and started surfing at South Beach Miami in 1964. She won her first contest in 1965. She moved to Cocoa Beach briefly before packing up and leaving Florida behind in search of more perfect waves in Hawaii. That was 1971.

Jeannie painted surfboards from the mid-70’s and she enjoyed surfing and competing in the amateur contests in Hawaii. Jeannie won many contests in the females division, and was named Sr. Female Athlete of the year in 86. She was US Champ in 92.

Rell - £8.95 Buy it now

Rell Kapolioka'ehukai Sunn (1950 – January 2, 1998 in Makaha, Hawai'i) was an American world surfing champion. Known as "Queen of Makaha" and "Aunty Rell," she was a pioneer in the world of women's surfing.

Jericho - £8.95 Buy it now

Just ten years after riding her first wave, Jericho Poppler became the 1970 United States Champion in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Poppler dominated the surfing scene with a decade of championship titles from all over the world. She co-founded the Women’s International Surfing Association, then co-directed the first Women’s International Professional Surfing Championships and developed the Women’s Professional Surfing Coalition. As a founding member of Surfrider Foundation, Poppler took an active role in protecting the ocean starting a string of successful programs still in effect today.

The active environmentalist, wife and mother, remains on top by being active in the surf community.