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| name = Rochelle Ballard
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| website = {{url|www.surfintoyoga.com}}
| website = https://rochelleballard.com/
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|02|13}}
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| birth_place = [[Montebello, California]]
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| favorite_waves = Cloudbreak, Lance's Right, Backdoor, Lower Trestles
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| stance = Regular
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| major_achievements = Runner-up to World Title in 2004, still holds world record for scoring two 10s in a single heat, winner of 3 Surfer Poll Awards (2000, 2001 and 2002), won World Qualifying Series in 1997
| major_achievements = Runner-up to World Title in 2004, still holds the world record for scoring two 10s in a single heat, winner of 3 Surfer Poll Awards (2000, 2001, and 2002), won World Qualifying Series in 1997
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'''Rochelle Ballard''' (born February 13, 1971) is an American professional surfer and a veteran of the Association of Surfing Professional's (ASP) [[World championship tour (WCT) surfing|World Championship Tour]]. She also co-founded International Women's Surfing (IWS) and has appeared in several movies and television shows, most notably, ''[[Blue Crush]],'' ''[[Step Into Liquid]],'' and [[Beyond the Break]]. Ballard has been a pioneer for the advancement of [[Women's surfing]] over the past two decades.
'''Rochelle Ballard''' (born February 13, 1971) is an American professional surfer and a veteran of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) [[World championship tour (WCT) surfing|World Championship Tour]]. She co-founded International Women's Surfing (IWS) and has appeared in several movies and television shows, including, ''[[Blue Crush]],'' ''[[Step Into Liquid]],'' and ''[[Beyond the Break]]''.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Ballard was born Rochelle Gordines in [[Montebello, California]]. on February 13, 1971.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1226872/ Rochelle Ballard – IMDb<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Her parents moved to the island of [[Kauai]] in Hawaii when she was six months old. With the encouragement of four-time World Champion and Kauai resident [[Margo Oberg]], Ballard started surfing at 12 years old. Oberg had been a top surfing professional for more than three decades and was a mentor to Ballard when she was first learning to surf at Kauai's north shore.
Ballard was born Rochelle Gordines in [[Montebello, California]] on February 13, 1971. Her parents moved to the island of [[Kauai]] in Hawaii when she was six months old. With the encouragement of [[Margo Oberg]], another accomplished female surfer, Ballard started [[surfing]] at 11 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-28 |title=WSL Heritage: Rochelle Ballard |url=https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/373797/wsl-heritage-rochelle-ballard |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=World Surf League |language=en}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Ballard began surfing local competitions and then advancing to state competitions, and then on to nationals, and then on to the world amateur titles where she placed fourth in the World in 1988 and 1990.<ref>[https://books.google.de/books?id=-DWQSYRx4MUC&pg=PA39&dq=%22rochelle+ballard%22+surfer&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4xtnLkbPUAhXLLVAKHQK1AFcQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=%22rochelle%20ballard%22%20surfer&f=false Matt Washaw, ''The Encyclopedia of Surfing'']. Retrieved 10 June 2017.</ref> Her successes qualified her to surf professionally on the [[World championship tour (WCT) surfing|World Championship Tour]] in 1991.
Ballard began competing in local surfing competitions and soon advanced to state competitions, to nationals and finally to the world amateur titles, where she placed fourth in the World in 1988 and 1990.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-DWQSYRx4MUC&dq=%22rochelle+ballard%22+surfer&pg=PA39 Matt Warshaw, ''The Encyclopedia of Surfing'']. Retrieved 10 June 2017.</ref> She qualified to surf professionally on the [[World championship tour (WCT) surfing|World Championship Tour]] in 1991.


Ballard was a producer and stunt double for the movie ''[[Blue Crush]]'' in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-28 |title=WSL Heritage: Rochelle Ballard |url=https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/373797/wsl-heritage-rochelle-ballard |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=World Surf League |language=en}}</ref> She starred in ''A Girl's Surf Addiction'', a surf film that O'Neill released in 2004, and helped produce a "yoga for surfers" video series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Intern |first=SURFER |date=2010-07-22 |title=Yoga for Surfers |url=https://www.surfer.com/news/yoga |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Surfer |language=en}}</ref> In 2001, she starred in the surfing documentary ''7 Girls''. She co-founded International Women's Surfing (IWS) and, together with O'Neill, launched the Rochelle Ballard Surf Camp series which focuses on advanced surfing techniques, cross-training, and education.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Intern |first=SURFER |date=2010-07-22 |title=Yoga for Surfers |url=https://www.surfer.com/news/yoga |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Surfer |language=en}}</ref>
“I really admired her big wave surfing,” said Ballard in Christina Lessa's book ''Women Who Win.'' “She received so much respect for what she did. She took me out surfing quite a bit one year, spent time with me, gave me pointers, and encouraged me to brave larger waves. I developed a love for surfing, a love that is almost impossible to express. There’s an energy in the water that gives you every kind of feeling: peace, excitement, fear, a huge adrenaline rush, discouragement, frustration. The nature of surfing is such that you can’t control the waves. You have to flow with them and find the rhythm of the ocean in order to work with it and experience what the ocean has to offer. Surfing is an art—we draw a new line on each wave we ride. It’s also a science. You need to study the patterns of the ocean. And it’s an ongoing lesson, because every few years, the tides completely change.”


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In 2012, she became the ISA World Masters World Champion. During her years on tour, Ballard won seven world championship events and was runner-up to the World Championship title in 2004.{{cn|date=November 2024}} In 1997, she competed in the Billabong Pro at Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Australia and scored two perfect 10-barrel rides against Layne Beachley in the semi-finals; she went on to win the event after beating Lisa Anderson in the finals. Ballard continues to hold the women's world record for scoring two perfect 10s in a single heat.{{cn|date=November 2024}}
When she wasn't competing she was appearing in and helping her husband to produce a long string of women's-only surf movies including the original ''[[Blue Crush]]''.


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==Personal life==
Ballard served as a stunt double in [[Universal Pictures]] motion picture titled ''[[Blue Crush]]'' in 2002. She also starred in A Girl's Surf Addiction, a surf film that O'Neill released in 2004. She also helped produce a "yoga for surfers" video series. In 2001, she starred in the surfing documentary [[7 Girls]].
In 1991, Rochelle married cinematographer Bill Ballard; they divorced in 2004.
She co-founded [[International Women's Surfing]] (IWS) and, together with O'Neill, launched the successful Rochelle Ballard Surf Camp series which focuses on advanced surfing techniques, cross training and education.


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She currently resides on the island of Kauai, where she operates a surf, yoga, and wellness business called Surf Into Yoga.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://surfintoyoga.com/about |title=About Rochelle {{!}} Surf into Yoga<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2012-08-13 |archive-date=2016-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127183738/http://surfintoyoga.com/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Although Ballard never won a world title, she obtained a second place finish in 2004, and she has been a top-ten finisher since 1994.

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In 2012, she became the ISA World Masters World Champion. During her years on tour, Ballard won seven world championship events and in 2004, she was runner-up to the World Championship title. In 1997, at the Billabong Pro at Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Australia, Ballard scored two perfect 10 barrel rides against Layne Beachley in the semi-finals and went on to win the event, after beating Lisa Anderson in the finals. To this day, Ballard still holds the women's world record for scoring two perfect 10s in a single heat.

Ballard has been featured on local and national news as well as in magazines such as
''[[Surfing]], TW Surf, Surfer, SG Magazine, [[Surfing Girl]], Women Outside, Women's Sports and Fitness, Fit Magazine, Sports Illustrated Women, People, [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]]'' as well as some international magazines. She received multiple awards over the years from the surfing community and in surfer magazine polls for best female performance, best tube ride, most influential women surfer, and most popular women surfer.

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==Personal life==
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In 1991, the same year she went pro, she married cinematographer Bill Ballard. Ballard currently resides on the island of Kauai, where she operates a surf, yoga and wellness business called [http://www.surfintoyoga.com Surf Into Yoga].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://surfintoyoga.com/about |title=About Rochelle {{!}} Surf into Yoga<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2012-08-13 |archive-date=2016-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127183738/http://surfintoyoga.com/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Contest highlights==
==Contest highlights==
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*2nd Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Tahiti
*2nd Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Tahiti
*3rd Magnolia Girls Pro. Portugal
*3rd Magnolia Girls Pro. Portugal
*9th Roxy Pro, Australia
*9th Roxy Pro, France


'''2002'''
'''2002'''
*3rd Roxy Pro, Tavarua, Fiji
*3rd Roxy Pro, Tavarua, Fiji
*3rd Roxy Pro, France
*3rd Roxy Pro, France
*7th Billabong Pro, Honolua


'''2001'''
'''2001'''
*2nd Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Tahiti
*2nd Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Tahiti
*5th Roxy Surf Jam, Fiji
*9th Billabong Pro, Maui, Hawaii


'''2000'''
'''2000'''
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'''1995'''
'''1995'''
*1st Body Glove Surfbout VIII, U.S.
*1st Body Glove Surfbout VIII, U.S.

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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.rochelleballard.com/ Rochelle Ballard Official Site]
* {{Official website|https://rochelleballard.com/}}
* {{WSL profile}}
* [http://www.honolulumagazine.com/articles.aspx?id=4445&q=&m=11&y=2006&bid=1 "Where I'm From", HONOLULU Magazine ~ November 2006]
* [https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/373797/wsl-heritage-rochelle-ballard WSL Heritage: Rochelle Ballard | World Surf League]

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Latest revision as of 09:31, 21 November 2024

Rochelle Ballard
Personal information
Born (1971-02-13) February 13, 1971 (age 53)
Montebello, California
ResidenceKauai, Hawaii
Height5 ft 1 in (155 cm)
Weight106 lb (48 kg)
Surfing career
Years active1990-present
Major achievementsRunner-up to World Title in 2004, still holds the world record for scoring two 10s in a single heat, winner of 3 Surfer Poll Awards (2000, 2001, and 2002), won World Qualifying Series in 1997
Surfing specifications
StanceRegular
Favorite wavesCloudbreak, Lance's Right, Backdoor, Lower Trestles
Favorite maneuversBarrel Riding
Websitehttps://rochelleballard.com/

Rochelle Ballard (born February 13, 1971) is an American professional surfer and a veteran of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour. She co-founded International Women's Surfing (IWS) and has appeared in several movies and television shows, including, Blue Crush, Step Into Liquid, and Beyond the Break.

Early life

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Ballard was born Rochelle Gordines in Montebello, California on February 13, 1971. Her parents moved to the island of Kauai in Hawaii when she was six months old. With the encouragement of Margo Oberg, another accomplished female surfer, Ballard started surfing at 11 years old.[1]

Career

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Ballard began competing in local surfing competitions and soon advanced to state competitions, to nationals and finally to the world amateur titles, where she placed fourth in the World in 1988 and 1990.[2] She qualified to surf professionally on the World Championship Tour in 1991.

Ballard was a producer and stunt double for the movie Blue Crush in 2002.[3] She starred in A Girl's Surf Addiction, a surf film that O'Neill released in 2004, and helped produce a "yoga for surfers" video series.[4] In 2001, she starred in the surfing documentary 7 Girls. She co-founded International Women's Surfing (IWS) and, together with O'Neill, launched the Rochelle Ballard Surf Camp series which focuses on advanced surfing techniques, cross-training, and education.[5]

In 2012, she became the ISA World Masters World Champion. During her years on tour, Ballard won seven world championship events and was runner-up to the World Championship title in 2004.[citation needed] In 1997, she competed in the Billabong Pro at Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Australia and scored two perfect 10-barrel rides against Layne Beachley in the semi-finals; she went on to win the event after beating Lisa Anderson in the finals. Ballard continues to hold the women's world record for scoring two perfect 10s in a single heat.[citation needed]

Personal life

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In 1991, Rochelle married cinematographer Bill Ballard; they divorced in 2004.

She currently resides on the island of Kauai, where she operates a surf, yoga, and wellness business called Surf Into Yoga.[6]

Contest highlights

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2012

  • Women's Division ISA World Masters Surfing Champion[7]

2004

  • 3rd Rip Curl Pro, Malibu
  • 2nd Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Tahiti
  • 2nd Roxy Pro, Fiji
  • 2nd Roxy Pro, Australia

2003

  • 2nd Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Tahiti
  • 3rd Magnolia Girls Pro. Portugal

2002

  • 3rd Roxy Pro, Tavarua, Fiji
  • 3rd Roxy Pro, France

2001

  • 2nd Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Tahiti

2000

  • 1st OP Boat Challenge

1999

  • 1st Gotcha Girl Star Pro, U.S.
  • 1st Hossegor Rip Curl Pro, France

1997

  • 1st Billabong Pro, AUS
  • 1st Kana Beach Lacanau Pro, France
  • 1st Wahine Women's (WQS)
  • 1st Gunston 500 Women WQS), South Africa
  • 1st Wahine Women's (WQS), U.S.

1996

  • 1st Wahine Women's, U.S.
  • 1st Town &Country, Hawaii

1995

  • 1st Body Glove Surfbout VIII, U.S.

References

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  1. ^ "WSL Heritage: Rochelle Ballard". World Surf League. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  2. ^ Matt Warshaw, The Encyclopedia of Surfing. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  3. ^ "WSL Heritage: Rochelle Ballard". World Surf League. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  4. ^ Intern, SURFER (2010-07-22). "Yoga for Surfers". Surfer. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  5. ^ Intern, SURFER (2010-07-22). "Yoga for Surfers". Surfer. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  6. ^ "About Rochelle | Surf into Yoga". Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  7. ^ SurferToday.com, Editor at. "Team Hawaii wins 2012 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship". Surfertoday. Retrieved 2022-08-31. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
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