Kennelly, Keala
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Guns-out blonde goofyfooter from Hanalei, Kauai; world-ranked #4 in 2002, with an untouchable reputation as the sport's most fearless female tuberider; described by Rolling Stone magazine as "Hawaii's big-wave amazon." Kennelly was born (1978) in Hanalei, raised in a geodesic dome made by her two surfing parents, and got her first board at age five. She was a force as an amateur competitor; in th...
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Keala Kennelly
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Keala Kennelly. Photo: Morgan Maassen
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Keala Kennelly. Photo: Ian Bailey
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Keala Kennelly, Backdoor Pipeline, 199. Photo: John Seaton Callahan
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Keala Kennelly, Peahi, 2018
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Keala Kennelly. Photo: Brian Bielmann