Tyler Wright is one of the world’s top female surfers. At the age of fourteen she became the youngest surfer to win a Championship Tour event, ever. At fifteen, she made the World Tour. At twenty two, she won her first World Title, and the following year she became a 2 x World Champion. Since then, she has become the first female to win a Championship Tour event at one of the world’s heaviest waves, Pipeline.

But these are simply achievements.

Tyler is a professional surfer by trade, but beyond this she is someone who lives her life with humanity and compassion in mind. She is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community and an empowered woman, who strives to use her platform as a top female athlete to speak for those who aren’t heard.

Over the course of her career Tyler has learnt to take adversity and turn it into strength. In 2018 a serious illness sidelined the 2x World Champion for two years, but it was during this difficult time that Tyler was able to come to understand more about her humanity – who she is outside of the water, and the legacy she wants to leave behind. Her struggles and consequent growth have led her to become a passionate advocate for equality and inclusivity in surfing and in society, as well as a strong voice for mental and physical health and wellbeing in sport.

Tyler has returned to competition full-time in 2021 to vie for a third World Title against the best surfers on the planet. Her monumental opening event win at Pipeline marked a new level of progression and equality in surfing, and she looks forward to continuing to raise that bar. Tyler hopes that through her actions and achievements, she can push surfing to become a more inclusive, progressive and dynamic sport.