Molly Picklum

Molly Picklum (born 26 November 2002) is an Australian professional surfer. She competes in the elite (top 16) of the World Surf League. In September 2025, she became the World Champion in the 2025 WSL Women's Championship Tour.

Early years Picklum was born in Gosford, New South Wales, and grew up on the Central Coast region of New South Wales, with her parents splitting when she was an infant. Her first club was the North Entrance Surf Club, where she competed and trained in surf lifesaving.

2023–2024: Emergence on the world tour In her second year in WCT tour (2023) she won the event in Sunset Beach (Hawaii) and in 2024 successfully defended her title. She represented Australia in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Also in 2024, she became the first woman to score a perfect 10 while surfing the Banzai Pipeline.

2025: First world title Picklum's pre-season was full of changes, including an amicable split with her longtime coach, Hall, after the conclusion of the 2024 season.

Picklum credited the competition at Lowers Trestles as being the turning point in her season, with Picklum later recalling running past a camera yelling "let's go," along with her semi-final victory over defending world champion Simmers, as the key moments she realised that she could win the world title. She would go onto reach the final at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, finishing runner-up to Gabriela Bryan by 0.26-points, with Picklum splashing the water in frustration after missing potential waves under priority that could have given her an opportunity to win the event.

Picklum would face 2023 world champion and number four seed, Caroline Marks, in a best of 3 series of heats at Cloudbreak, Fiji. Marks would win the first heat with a 2-point win, while the swell at Cloudbreak began to increase in size, it turned the conditions to Picklum's favour. Picklum's world title was also the first for an Australian surfer since Stephanie Gilmore's world title in 2022.

2026: World-title defence Prior to the contest starting, with increased media duties and more public exposure after winning her world title, Picklum was feeling "a little bit tired," although also stated that "my boards are feeling really good."

Surfing results

Victories WSL Finals WinsYear Event VenueCountry 2025 Lexus WSL Finals Fiji Cloudbreak, Tavarua WCT WinsYearEventVenueCountry2025 Lexus Tahiti Pro Teahupo'o, Tahiti 2025 VIVO Rio Pro Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro 2024 Hurley Pro Sunset Beach Sunset Beach, Oahu 2023 Hurley Pro Sunset Beach Sunset Beach, Oahu

WQS WinsYearEventVenueCountry 2021 Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro Kingscliff, New South Wales 2021 Sisstrevolution Central Coast ProAvoca Beach, New South Wales 2021 Great Lakes Pro Boomerang Beach, New South Wales

Juniors WinsYear Event VenueCountry 2022 Central Coast Pro JuniorAvoca Beach, New South Wales 2019 Skullcandy Pro JuniorLennox Head, New South Wales 2019 Hydralyte Sports Shoalhaven Pro JuniorShoalhaven, New South Wales 2019 Gold Coast Pro JuniorBurleigh Heads, Queensland 2019 Lake Mac City Pro JuniorRedhead Beach, New South Wales 2019 Hydralyte Sports QLD Pro JuniorRedland City, Queensland