Female bodyboarders Phylis Dameron was the first person, man or woman, to ride big Waimea Bay on a bodyboard in the late 1970s. During the early 1990s in Brazil, Mariana Nogueira, Glenda Koslowski, and Stephanie Petterson set standards that pushed women's bodyboarding to a world class level. Stephanie Petterson won the first official World Championship of Women's Bodyboarding at Pipeline in 1990. It was the first women's event ever held there and initiated the longest running women's wave sport event in the world. 2009 marked the event's 20th anniversary. Alexandra Rinder is the top ranked female bodyboarder in the world. Sari Ohhara is the third ranked top female bodyboarder in the world. Jessica Becker is the fourth ranked top female bodyboarder in the world.
Female bodyboarders Phylis Dameron was the first person, man or woman, to ride big Waimea Bay on a bodyboard in the late 1970s. During the early 1990s in Brazil Mariana Nogueira, Glenda Koslowski, and Stephanie Petterson set standards that pushed women's bodyboarding to a world class level. Stephanie Petterson won the first official World Championship of Women's Bodyboarding at Pipeline in 1990. It was the first women's event ever held there and initiated the longest running women's wave sport event in the world. 2009 marked the event's 20th anniversary. Alexandra Rinder is the top ranked female bodyboarder in the world. Sari Ohhara is the third ranked top female ,bodyboarder in the world. Jessica Becker is the fourth ranked top female bodyboarder in the world.