Malia Manuel, a female surfer pioneer

Women’s surfing has been always behind male surfers performances, trying to catch up with an unfair profile established over female surfer’s performance. However, from pin-up stars to performance athletes, the opportunities for women in surfing are endless.

Watch what a female pioneer professional O’Neil team rider surfer, Malia Manuel from Kauai, Hawaii, USA, says on what it takes to perform at the highest level of professional surfing who at the age of 14 years old, she became the youngest surfer ever to win the 2008 U.S. Open Surfing Championship.