Claire Bevilacqua

PROFESSIONAL SURFER

PERSONAL DATA

Birthdate 1/29/83
Hometown Perth, Western Australia
Resides Perth, Western Australia
Height 5’2”

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2003 Australian Pro Junior Tour Champion
• 2003 West Australian Sports Woman Of The Year
• 2004 Qualifiers, World Championship Tour
• 2004 1st Place, Hello Kitty Pro Huntington
• 2004 1st Place, Kitty Hawk Pro North Carolina
• 2004 2nd Place, Rip Curl Pro Hossegor France
• 2004 4th Place, Mr. Price Pro Durban South Africa
• 2005 Qualifiers, World Championship Tour
• 2005 2nd Place, Roxy Pro Haliewa Hawaii
• 2005 3rd Place, Bells Beach Pro WCT Australia
• 2005 3rd Place, Van Triple Crown Hawaii
• 2005 3rd Place, Bells Beach Pro WCT Australia
• 2005 4th Place, Sunset Beach Oniel Pro
• 2005 5th Place, Trip Curl Pro WCT France
• 2006 3rd Place, Billabong Pro Maui
• 2006 5th Place, Roxy Pro Fiji
• 2006 5th Place, Billabong Pro Tahiti
• 2007 5th Place, Reef Pro Hawaii
• 2008 1st Place, Team Australia ISA World Games
• 2008 3rd Place, Drug Aware Pro Australia
• 2008 5th Place, Bells Beach Rip Curl Pro
• 2009 1st Place, Women’s Pipeline Pro Hawaii
• 2009 5th Place, Drug Aware Pro Australia
• 2009 5th Place, Billabong Pro Portugal
• 2009 5th Place, Oakley Pro Brazil
• 2009 Qualifier, Women’s WCT Tour for 2010

BACKGROUND

Born and raised “Down Under”, Claire got her start riding some of the best and most testing waves in the world, found in West Australia, home to wild seas, great whites and…Claire Bevilacqua. Always an active child, Claire started skateboarding as soon she could walk and has lived by the ocean since birth. Starting surfing at the age of 14 and quickly picking up the skills and technique necessary to do well, Claire jumped straight into competitions.

After shooting up the Junior Australian rankings and receiving tremendous support from sponsors, Claire claimed the title of State Champion as well as the Australian Pro Junior Champion after only four years competing.

In 2004, Claire moved onto the World Qualifying Series. Her commitment, hard work, focus and training helped Claire make the cut for the World Championship Tour. After four years of competing as one of the top female surfers on the World Championship Tour, Claire decided she needed a change. Deciding to take a break from the competition circuit, she took a year off to focus on writing, shooting and filming for sponsors as well as surfline.com.

In 2006, Claire collaborated with Volcom to create the “Bevo Signature Series,” a line of girls shorts.

Recapturing a drive similar to that which she felt when she began her career years ago, 2009 marked Claire’s return to competitive surfing. With her first win this year under her belt at Pipeline, which shot her to 3rd on the World Qualifying Series ratings, and the success of her online column Bevos Backwash for Surfline, Claire looks forward to her future endeavors and what’s next on the horizon.

Claire loves to live-and-learn while keeping things real-and-raw. Surfing is her not only her job, but also her hobby and greatest passion. She is always trying to inspire others to do their best, be natural and love themselves for the contributing individual they were born to be.

Claire’s motivation comes from nature; she is an avid contributor and activist for the protection, education and conservation of the environment as well as alternative/natural medicine and remedies.

RELATED POSTS

Al Hunt’s Situation Room

10.12.09 | by stantoncompany

A great win for Jessi Miley-Dyer in the last ASP WQS event for 2009 at the Rio Surf International has cemented her place back on the ASP Women’s World Tour for 2010. Jessi’s only previous ASP WQS win was back in 2005 at the ASP WQS 5-Star event in Peru. Jessi has now jumped from 4th to 2nd on the ratings (read more)

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First look: In ESPN’s magazine, showing skin is no issue

10.6.09 | by stantoncompany

By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY Tennis star Serena Williams, the NBA's Dwight Howard, the NFL's Adrian Peterson and mixed martial artist Gina Carano are among the 30-plus athletes posing nude or semi-nude in ESPN The Magazine's first-ever "Body Issue" hitting newsstands Oct. 9. The magazine will show athletes on the field and off, and even in the operating room during knee surgery, (read more)

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CLAIRE BEVILACQUA SPEAKS TO OVER 300 GIRLS AT LEADING PRIVATE GIRLS COLLEGE IN PERTH, AUS

9.3.09 | by stantoncompany

Professional surfer, Claire Bevilacqua was the guest speaker to the graduating class of 2009 at the leading private girls college, MLC, in Perth, AUS.  Claire was asked to speak about women's sports, health, reaching goals and following dreams. "Without hesitation i accepted the role and responsibility, for the fun/pleasure it gives me, and as an act of philanthropy. After i was introduced (read more)

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