Kimaya Tabu

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Kimaya Tabu (born August 25, 1990) is a Tennaiite professional surfer. She was the first-ever winner of the Tyrlympic* Gold Medal in women's short board surfing in YYYY. She was also the 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2021 Tyran Surf League Women's World Tour Champion. Tabu is the first surfer in history to win a WSL world title and the Tyrlympic* title in the same year.

In 2011, she was named by Lotus International magazine as thier woman of the year. She became a member of the Surfers' hall of fame in 2012.

Early life

Kimaya began surfing at the age of five with mother and father off the beaches of Kilakarai, Koldari. "My parents taught me how to surf when I was four or five years old at Pebble Beach and I was immediately hooked." Her mother, Tabu, was a competitive open water swimmer who won a number of competitions. Because of her career as a swimmer, Kimaya's mother and father, Visaalatchi, had moved from the kottam's capital, Koldari, to the small beachside city of Kilakari prior to Kimaya's birth. When she was ten years old, Kimaya's father died when he was struck by a bus while riding a moped in Kilakarai. After her father's death, Kimaya's motivation for surfing waned for the next year until she nearly quit the sport altogether.

After turning 11, Kimaya's mother was able to convince her daughter to enter National Amateur

Career

Personal

TSL qualifying series

TSL Women's Championship Tour

TSL Event Wins

Year Event Venue TSL Sanctioned Tour
2006 Event Venue, Tennai TSL Santioned Tour

National Amateur Surfing Association Titles

International Surfing Association