Malia Manuel burst on to the scene of professional surfing at the age of just 14 and won the US open surfing event becoming the youngest ever to do so.
She hails from Kauai, Hawaii and surfing comes naturally to her. In the last 6 years she has been ranked in the top 10 of surfing rankings at all times.
In 2008, at the age of 14 she became the youngest surfer ever to win the U.S. Open of Surfing.