Background
Schumacher was born April 23, 1977, in Huntington Beach, California.
Schumacher was born April 23, 1977, in Huntington Beach, California.
The family moved to San Diego where Schumacher learned to surf. She surfed as the #1 United States female shortboarder on the 1994 and 1996 United States Team for the Industry Standard Architecture Junior. Championships. But Schumacher is best known for her efforts in women's longboarding.
From late 2001 to 2008, Schumacher went on sabbatical from competition.
Schumacher has won multiple national and international amateur shortboarding titles. Her most notable international shortboard title was winner of the 1995 Pan-American Championships. She is a three-time Women's World Longboard Champion (2000, 2001, 2010), Women's Longboard Pipeline Pro Champion (2009) and two-time Association of Software Professionals North American Champion (2008, 2009). She returned in 2008 to win the Linda Benson Roxy Jam at Cardiff, California.