A sit down with the top-ranked female surfer in the world, Oceanside's Caity Simmers

The 18-year-old Oceanside native shares her story and the wins that brought her to the top of the sport.

[@jakemarlow8998]

Her performance in Maps to Nowhere was next-level. Total ripper!

[@scottallan6770]

That was indeed SICK!!! That series is amazing!!!

[@RobCummings]

That was unreal! I've never seen a woman -- and very few men -- ride the barrel that well. Caity Simmers is like a natural-foot Tommy Carroll -- A little freckled nugget with total commitment.

[@fritter1287]

Caity is the best thing to happen to professional surfing in the past decade easily. Her power and future success is unlimited and she reps SD hard!

[@chrishubbard1442]

This young lady lives up to the hype. She has the unspoken extra as a surfer. Good style and instincts that you cannot teach. A person either has it or they don't. Hope all the best for her as a surfer.

[@OrionsMako]

She definitely has IT.

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

CS is a beast, San Diego is a machine…Caitie and the ladies are taking over the WSL 😂 so stoked San Diego is my home base, keep it poppin’ all

[@OrionsMako]

She is so fun to watch. The future of women's surfing is in great hands.

[@fredrit323]

Olympic held in Thaiti this summer will be the real challenge for all competitors, but given her approach to gnarly backdoor pipeline I'm sure she'll do well...

[@bert_gimspon]

What a blessed life this girl leads man…

[@user-ot3vd7ce3z]

Down to earth cool surfer!!

[@Ineden774]

Impressive young lady!

[@BaliSurfHunters]

Making Oceanside proud. Congratulations!!!

[@chadly805]

Stoked for ya!! 🎉

[@frankthetank4101]

She's bad ass!🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@killbill5486]

Everything about her is adorable, even her radical style in the water. Def a fan!

[@Joshua_Peller]

Stoked for her doing it for SD

[@wasabiginger6993]

She has raised the bar on all professional aspects!

[@landonleathers5936]

WOW girl congratulations on all your accomplishments and the many more to come keep kicking butt and don't let anyone tell ya otherwise 🤘🤘😎😎💪💪❤️❤️

[@squid_fish]

Been really exciting watching her this year and last. Pipeline is for the MF girls now! Love her style and attitude, no corpo BS.

[@paulkelman1843]

Some of the best barrel riding from any human, completed by Caity in 'Maps to Nowhere' [youtube]

[@scottallan6770]

LOVE her!!!

[@GuitarWithBrett]

Ripping , so cool

[@pnwpovsurfer_]

The new generation of women’s surfing is insane:Erin Brooks,Sierra Kerr and of course Simmers absolutely pushing the limits 🤙

[@leosickboy]

punk rock!

[@TOADLINERACING]

killing it!

[@studentofabrahamiamavibrat3615]

WHEN I COME BACK IN NEXT LIFE, I WANNA LIFE LIKE HERS👏🏼👍😁

[@Surfdronesd]

Amazing skills, thanks

[@RebeccaEWebber]

Not me pausing to clock her books at 2:08. I see Memoirs of a Geisha and The Fault In Our Stars, both great.

[@joseph40ninjas88]

O'side!

[@clarkewi]

Amazing.

[@Morlouda]

Oside some of the best waves in the world

[@philduclos9056]

Love to watch you Shred the waves Caity, you always charge hard. Makes me smile when I watch your post win interviews. Happy that you wear your helmet on the shallow reefs and sorry to see the WSL and Ripcurl buy into the woke DEI bullshit but I don’t know any Surfers that do!

[@clintjones9848]

Go Caity!

[@SurfParkCentral_]

she rules!

[@danielward7788]

Oceanside 💚's Caity!!! (Anything is Possible \ Never give up hope!!!)👣

[@Steve-hs5le]

Caity s Oside Ninja Surfer Warrior 👍🤙

[@thepeterchannel3230]

What about Bethany Hamilton ? The Soul Surfer...

[@andrej2321]

Oh my. Dear media.

[@marting5130]

i watched the vid hoping they would use the word "stoked" i am shocked they didnt

[@roybutler8894]

Boorst boards put in di work too.. Chris Boorst..OC

[@tayronachan]

"it's so terrifying", i bet. I would liked to have seen Moana Jones and Carrisa out that day. Respects

[@leodegas7731]

I don't know much about surfing, but from this interview, she's not a great surfer, but a very very talented person in whatever she does. A Renaissance person. I love her mother's attitude. 😊✌️ Hello from way down south, Chula Vista. 😂

[@maxfish4770]

Caity and Pickles setting new standards

[@michaelbisceglia9154]

How did she surf if she doesn’t have enough energy to speak properly?

[@missinglinq]

Well, technically, the #1 on the Men's side is from Northern San Diego county so....

[@buzz5969]

The Top ONE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD is from COCOA BEACH FLORIDA, ONLY ONE GOAT!

[@sara505sings]

Lose the vocal fry! Unlistenable

[@lindatohara6438]

Hope your using total blockout? Don’t forget your ears I just lost my earring hole to a squamous cell.

[@zoemcfadden4004]

at "The Pipeline" yeah dude your not a surfer its called Pipeline not "The Pipeline"

[@masterpropper2485]

You have no clue...

[@hughmckendrick3018]

She is an excellent surfer but one of many of the new crew of Ladies surfers. She just seems to be hyped more. Her last wave at Bells was over scored. Defay won the Bells.

[@myrrhavm]

Was that a guy that took second place surfing as a girl?

[@biggiec5600]

No they announce the men and women’s 1st place winners at the same time.

[@shacktime]

🤦🏼‍♂️

[@KevinMasters-lw5de]

Yikes

[@Ottointtl]

no black surfers?

[@noahgeo5192]

They’d drown

[@Ottointtl]

@@noahgeo5192 LOL

[@manro0211]

The best woman surfers in the world are not on the tour and do not support the WSL with their "New agenda", its disrespectful what corporations are doing to our sport.

[@Napoleon-xp3sm]

I don't follow the less exciting sports like surfing, just curious how it's being ruined. Is it like post 2020 Wheel of Fortune where they always have a female bleep as a contestant to make up for the lack of bleeps that test for Jeopardy spots?

[@manro0211]

@@Napoleon-xp3sm The judges and sponsors #1 priority is to work together to maximize profits at each event, surfing is secondary...Its why the top 2 women surfers dropped off the tour and why the brazilian men are getting screwed. The corporate money comes from California so the WSL is favoring the Californian surfers.

[@onekewlbraddah8460]

She never surfed real Pipeline just stop. Moana Jones Wong is the Queen of Pipe. Come out on a day where third reed is breaking.

[@shacktime]

She’s, like, phenomenal. But, like, I never wanna, like, hear “like” uttered, like, ever again. Likelihood of incoming likety likes dropping likes:👍🏼 Lickity like that like button, likey likers. I’m out. Gonna go catch a few at Likey Peak🌊👍🏼

[@MrPrice2U]

The vocal fry American women are so obsessed with is driving me nuts!

[@donjuan2262]

Wearing a helmet is gay. I don't respect it. You have to fully offer yourself to the consequences and be vulnerable. Thats what makes it real. helmet = not a worthy sacrifice to the shred gods. ruins the beauty of it. Irremediable to the soul.

[@patrickgarvey146]

You wouldn't even paddle out at Pipe.

[@peterperfect848]

Hey hippy. The shred gods are looking forward to you having to be spoon-fed in your wheelchair by your mommy for the rest of your life after a head injury. Not that a kook like you would ever surf pipe.

[@shacktime]

Drooling all over yourself and putting your loved ones in a position to have to change your adult diapers til you die is a lot less cool than a helmet. And if you’ve never surfed Pipe, especially at size, you’re the least cool of all, especially for using “gay” as an epithet.

[@josiahambrose924]

fortunately no one is seeking out your respect