Serena Brooke

Surfer Serena Brooke was born on January 9, 1976 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia. Brooke began surfing at Caloundra, Queensland, Australia at age fourteen and started participating in amateur competitions in 1990. Serena won both the Queensland amateur surfing and the Australian National titles in 1990. Brooke turned pro in 1995 after graduating from high school and was named the World Tour Women's Rookie of the Year for 1995. World ranked at #13 on the woman's tour in 1995, Serena was ranked at #2 for the years 1998 and 1999. Brooke quit the world pro tour circuit at the end of the 2002 season, but eventually returned to the circuit in 2008 (she was world ranked at #17 for this particular year). In 2001 Serena established the Serena Brooke Fund through the Orange County Community Foundation in California for public recreational, educational, and charitable purposes. Brooke went on to launch her own sports-oriented women's apparel line Serena in 2011. Moreover, Serena and her partner Emma Sheldrake made headlines in Australia in 2013 after they came out as staunch advocates for gay marriage. Brooke is the mother of twin girls and has five sisters.