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Keala is a Kauai-born surfer who turned pro at seventeen, and in time qualified for the ASP World Tour. On Tour, Keala charged in heavy waves like Cloudbreak and Teahupoo, where she also earned recognition for being the first woman ever to tow-in in 2005. Then, Keala took a break from surfing to pursue acting. She was in the Hollywood hit movie Blue Crush and was a season regular on the HBO show John From Cincinnati. In the last few years Keala has had much success as the first viable female free surfer. Recently, Keala became the first woman to surf Nelscott Reef and won the Big Wave Classic,...

Matt Warshaw is a San Francisco-based writer, and the former editor of SURFER Magazine. His books include Maverick’s, the Encyclopedia of Surfing, and the recently published History of Surfing. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Outside, and the Wall Street Journal.

Kelly Slater is an 11-time WSL World Champion and has been called "the greatest surfer to ever live." He has been compared to Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. He has also initiated the Kelly Slater Foundation and is in the process of developing a perfect artificial wave to be constructed in the near future: The Kelly Slater Wave Company.