 Since then she has been featured on local and national news as well as magazines such as
"Surfing, TW Surf, Surfer, SG Magazine, Surfing Girl, Women Outside, Women's Sports and Fitness, Fit Magazine, Sports Illustrated Women, People, National Geographic" as well as some international magazines.She received multiple awards over the years by the surfing community and in surfer magazine polls for best female performance, best tube ride, most influential women surfer and most popular women surfer.Ballard served as a stunt double in Universal Pictures motion picture titled "Blue Crush" in 2002.