Carissa Moore: Daily Routine

From burpees to banana-flavored MacroBars, everything in Carissa’s routine is about fueling performance while staying grounded.

Carissa Moore is one of the most accomplished surfers in history of the sport. The American Olympian has won the World Surf League (WSL) Women’s World Tour Championship five times (2011, 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2021); she was the first ever Olympic gold medallist in women’s short board surfing; and she is the first person in history to win a WSL world title and Olympic medal in the same year.

And to think, all of this started because she just wanted to spend more time with her dad. “In the beginning, what really had me coming back was my dad, and spending time with him,” she revealed in an interview with Red Bull. “I started surfing when I was five, and it was something that we always did together.”

Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, the five-time world champion caught her first wave when she was just five years old. Her father, Chris, who was a competitive open water swimmer, took her out to Waikiki Beach and taught her the ropes. From there, Moore was hooked and she would regularly hit the surf before and after school with her father.