Women’s Surfing Legend – Tyler Wright

Last Updated on May 31, 2021 4:20 pm by

< wpimage aligncenterid6043sizeSluglargelinkDestinationnone > <div class=wp block image><figure class=aligncenter size large><img src=httpswwwgambylcomwp contentuploads202105Screen Shot 2021 05 31 at 41545 PM 1024x664png alt=Surfing class=wp image 6043><figure><div> < wpimage > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Tyler Wright<strong> is a professional surfer born in <strong>Culburra Beach New South Wales Australia<strong> on March 31 1994 <strong>Wright <strong>was a consecutive world champion in the 2016 and 2017 <strong>WSL<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>Wright was introduced to the world of surfing when she was a young girl Her brothers and her parents have always been lovers of surfing in which surfing was instilled as a way of life in her family <strong>Wright <strong>did not disappoint from the beginning she was classified as a surfing prodigy Her older brother was a professional surfer and was her main motivation and role model<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>In 2008 when she was only 14 years old she surfed as a <strong>Wildcard<strong> becoming the youngest surfer in history to win a <strong>Championship Tour <strong>event at the <strong>Beachley Classic <strong>tournament in <strong>Sydney<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Tyler Wrights Championship Tour Experience<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>In 2011 <strong>Wright<strong> officially entered the <strong>Championship Tour<strong> full time and opened with great participation in the <strong>Roxy Pro Finals<strong> She finished in fourth place as a rookie In 2013 she was runner up so it was to be expected that in the following years her first world championship would come<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>In 2014 Wright also finished runner up but in 2015 she had a tremendous decline However at the end of the season her attitude changed and she was close to beating the current 1 surfer in the <strong>Championship Tour <strong>world ranking <strong>Carissa Moore<strong> While all of this was going on her brother <strong>Owen<strong> was competing for the mens <strong>CT <strong>world championship but after an accident and suffering a life threatening brain injury <strong>Tylers<strong> outlook on surfing changed completely<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>After seeing her brother fight for what she loved most in the world which was surfing she became more focused on her goal of being the best womens surfer in the world This was demonstrated in 2016 when she won 5 events of the season including her first <strong>world title<strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>Her <strong>second world title <strong>was just as impressive but for physical health reasons everyone thought that <strong>Wright<strong> would be out of the race after sustaining a terrible injury to one of her knees However she pushed and overcame the pain and achieved an excellent victory in the finals<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p>At the height of her career <strong>Tyler <strong>contracted the flu on a trip to <strong>Africa<strong> in 2018 which caused her to lose 1 year of competition But like her brother <strong>Owen Tyler <strong>set out to overcome all barriers and regained her strength She further proved her surfing abilities by reaching the finals at the <strong>Maui<strong> 2019 event<p> < wpparagraph > < wpparagraph > <p><strong>Watch the best moments of Tyler Wright at <strong><p> < wpparagraph > < wpembed urlhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=z6VeLhYmAmstypevideoproviderNameSlugyoutuberesponsivetrueclassNamewp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio > <figure class=wp block embed is type video is provider youtube wp block embed youtube wp embed aspect 16 9 wp has aspect ratio><div class=wp block embed wrapper> httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=z6VeLhYmAms <div><figure> < wpembed > < wpparagraph > <p>Below are the achievements obtained by <strong>Tyler Wright<strong> in 2021<p> < wpparagraph > < wpshortcode > wpdatatable id=42 < wpshortcode >