Azusa Shiotani is a former professional competitive surfer, and her career started around the ‘90s. She competed in both national and international tours, and she is one of the early figures who greatly contributed to the development of the Japanese female surf industry. Now she runs her own surf school based in Tsujido beach, the Shonan region of central Japan, coaching men and women at all levels. She is also a founder of Aloha Girl Cup, an annual women’s surf contest  whose aim is to connect women surfers who love Shonan.

Pauline Menczer is a former pro surfer, winner of both the 1988 Women's Amateur World Title and also the 1993 Women's World Championship of Professional Surfing. Pauline shines with the strength and determination to overcome any societal or physical obstacle, including autoimmune disease. All photos are by Mala Norris www.epicshotz.com in this feature.

Becky is a rad inspiring surfer who also happens to be an action sports lawyer, helping professional surfers achieve their dreams, as well as a Co-Founder of Changing Tides Foundation. We’ve known about her through Changing Tides for a while, but we wanted to learn more about her own personal journey in life with her work.

Belinda Baggs is a professional surfer, Patagonia surf ambassador, and avid waterwoman with both surfing and bodsurfing. She shares with us her passion of climate activism, and her community’s recent win with a campaign against Equinor in Australia.

In this profile piece on Marissa Miller, a surfer on the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (SLO) Surf Team and President of the Cal Poly Surfrider Foundation Club, Charlotte Ross shares how Miller got started surfing, what Miller’s thoughts are on being a female surfer, and what her experience has been like as a member of the SLO Surf Team.