Holly Monkman

Holly Monkman is the daughter of WA surfing legend Bob Monkman and has followed in her dad’s footsteps, forging a successful competitive surfing career and working in the surf industry. She now resides in Dunsborough with her family.

Born in Yallingup WA, Holly began surfing at age 8 and quickly rose through the junior ranks to become 12-times WA state champion and eventually Australian National Champion in 1997.

After a career as a touring pro surfer, she moved into athlete management roles for Globe, Electric Eyewear and then Roxy, finally becoming Roxy’s Global Sports Marketing Director between 2013-2016.

She has also worked as a WSL Judge, WSL commentator at the world title deciding event at Maui Hawaii, an event commentator and owned a Surf School business in Bali.

Holly has been the Owner-Manager of Quiksilver Dunsborough clothing store since April 2023.

*2023 Holly Monkman new local owner Quiksilver Dunsborough. Jim King pic*

*2023 Holly & kids (rear) with Stephanie Gilmore and Roxy team promotion at Quiksilver Dunsborough store. Holly Monkman pic.*

The Monkman family have been wonderful supporters of the WA Surf Gallery at Aravina Estate Yallingup and have kindly loaned surf memorabilia items for display purposes. Holly’s memorabilia items are on display in the Women in the Waves section of the Gallery. The Gallery is open free to the public 11am to 5pm daily.

Holly. ” I’d guess I’m around age fourteen in the next photo, so it would have been around 30 years ago.

Misty, Taj, Justin & I went to the Australian titles at Avalon Beach NSW, Joe Jordanoff was a body boarder so he possibly made a state team and I’d guess Mel Redman would have been going on tour.

I remember the night & remember Dad took me surfing at Bears the next day & Craig Turley from the West Coast Eagles was there and surfed with us.

I also remember the Aussie Title event as it was my first. Us kids got up to a bit of no good. Mr Bremner, Mark Clift & Mark Laney were our coaches.

Surfers like Nathan Hedge, Joel Parkinson, Troy Brooks, Serena Brooke were surfers we completed against.

Taj & James Catto were our team hero’s back in those days.

We stayed at the Narrabeen Caravan Park and us kids got caught with a slab of VB.

And a bottle of Jim Beam.”😊

*1993 Yallingup Surfers Club. Justin Redman, Misty Ellis RIP, Taj Burrow, Joe Jordanoff, Holly Monkman & Melanie Redman. Photo courtesy Ning Ellis.*

*1993 Poster Yallingup Surfers Club fundraiser for State Team held at Dunsborough Hotel (see pic above for names). Poster courtesy Holly Monkman.*

*1994 **State Representative Sports Award** to Holly Monkman from the Minister for Sport & Recreation WA.*

Holly. “This surf photo was taken by surf photographer ‘Twiggy’ at Shallows, he was shooting for a Rip-Curl The Search catalogue.”

*1997-98 Holly surfing Shallows Beach at Yallingup for **Rip Curl The Search** Catalogue. Photo by the late Kevin ‘Twiggy’ Sharland.*

*1997 Australian Titles Geraldton WA. Holly (white top) celebrating with her Australian Womens Title win with Mark Clift, Mitch Thorson, Peter Hayes and others at Award Presentations. Holly pic.*

*1998 Holly Monkman featured in **Lizzie Nunn’s G-Spot** article Tracks magazine.*

*2019 Dad Bob Monkman with an Al Bean surfboard he shaped for his daughter Holly. Photo Thea McDonald-Lee.*

*2019 Holly with saltwater ladies at WA Surf Gallery. Photo Sandra Newland.*
*L to R: Crystal Wallace, Karina Petroni, Holly, Jessi Miley-Dyer, Stephanie Gilmore and Jodie Nelson.*

Holly “I was a sponsored Rip Curl athlete and surfed professionally on the WSL World Qualifying Series, Australia Pro Junior Circuit and Western Australia state surfing events. My Highest WQS rating was 22nd, a 2nd on the Pro Junior Circuit in 1997.

I was also part of Rip Curl’s global wetsuit campaigns and local seasonal campaigns in Australia.During my time with Rip Curl, female surfing was really booming and I was lucky to join great surf films projects Peaches and Poetic Silence with Director Bill Ballard .”

*2005 Maui Hawaii Pro. L-R 2005 world champion Chelsea Georgeson (Aus), Holly ‘Super Caddy’ Monkman and Megan Abubo (Haw). Holly pic.*

*2008 World Title decider Hawaii. WSL commentator Joe Turpel and Holly (right) commentating at the event. Holly pic.*

*2010s Holly (2nd left) with her Quiksilver marketing team in Indonesia. Holly pic.*

*2013 Quiksilver pro contest Snapper Rocks Queensland.* *Lisa Anderson USA (4 x world titles) with Holly and her friend Tiana. Holly pic.*

*2014 Global Roxy team Oahu Hawaii. Holly 2^nd from right with Stephanie Gilmore 6^th World Title (centre) and others.*

*2014 Roxy Pro France. L-R Holly, Marta (Roxy Europe marketing), Stephanie Gilmore, Lisa Anderson, Rosy Hodge & Lee-Ann Curren. Holly pic.*

Holly married Balinese surfer Made Switra in 2018. They have two children, son Barun and daughter Zuri and live in Dunsborough WA.

Made Switra is one of Bali’s surfing pioneers and has travelled the world as a sponsored Quiksilver team rider. He made history as the first Balinese surfer to travel to surf Hawaii’s Banzai Pipeline.