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- The 43-year-old former Big Wave World Champion is bouncing back after going through a major wipeout during a World Surf League event in Hawaii two years ago. It was there, while on top of a 50-foot wave, Kennelly was sent cartwheeling down the mountain of water after a blast of wind sent her board flying.
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May 11, 2022 · The 43-year-old former Big Wave World Champion is bouncing back after going through a major wipeout during a World Surf League event in Hawaii two years ago. It was there, while on top of a...
Aug 27, 2020 · Over the course of her career, she’s faced more than her fair share of obstacles. Battled depression. Battled injury. Battled sexism. Battled homophobia. And of course, battled huge freaking ...
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Keala Kennelly was born on August 13, 1978, in Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii. She is 5'6'' tall. Believe it or not, Kennelly was raised in a geodesic dome designed by her hippie mother. Both of her parents surfed, so Keala got her first board when she was only five years old. When they split, her father - Brian - took care of Keala and her brothers, Gavin...
Keala Kennelly is one of the most successful competitive female surfers of all time. She is one of the few women athletes to have won event titles in both shortboard and big wave surfing events. The Hawaiian became a professional surfer at the age of 17 and embarked on the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) before reaching the elite level. The goofy...
In April 2019, Keala Kennelly spoke to The Inertia about the process of coming out and sharing the fact that she is lesbian. Her testimonial as a gay person is an example of how difficult it is to cope with those who surround us when we belong to a sexual minority. Here's how she describes the process of freeing herself from social stereotypes, pre...
Nov 14, 2016 · “My periphery only goes to about 11 o’clock, so it’s hard to see the wave coming at you,” Kennelly explained, sitting on the quiet lanai of a B&B in Haiku the next day with her right leg ...
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With Eddie Invite, Keala Kennelly Breaks New Ground (Again) By any measure, Keala Kennelly has achieved a slew of firsts: First woman known to have surfed Teahupo'o. First woman to win a big-wave contest. First woman to win a Big Wave Award for the year's best tube. And, probably, the first former Championship Tour (CT) surfer ever to star in ...
Jul 27, 2015 · July 27, 2015 | Surfing. Keala Kennelly has caught one of the heaviest Teahupoo bombs ever by a female surfer. The veteran surfer from Kauai followed an XXL swell hitting Tahiti and scored the wave of a lifetime. The massive waves were detonating onto the dry reef. Keala waited for her turn, for her wave.
Jul 30, 2015 · Once I got through that trench I bottom-turned up into the barrel and stuck my line. I was pretty determined to make it out of the barrel, but the wave turned mutant. The west bowl bent back at me at a 45-degree angle right as the bottom of the wave dropped out. It just swallowed me whole.
