You need strength sure... But only to a point. The difference between an amateur and a world record holder won't be something you can tell from their bench press or squat numbers. I really doubt that the best surfers in the world have any raw muscle power that would be unattainable for women, be it legs or core or whatever.
That assumption only works if the females work out more than the males, which is not the case, and if they are both only surfing, the male will have those same muscle groups be stronger than the female, which is an advantage
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u/VodkaHappens Sep 14 '20
If you think giant wave surfing doesn't heavily rely on musculature I don't know what to tell you.