Surfer

Keala Kennelly, 39

“You have no idea what you are capable of until you challenge yourself. You are so much stronger than you think.”

Sometimes girls feel like they have to prove themselves. Growing up on Kauai, I felt like the guys were especially hard on me because I was a girl. Even when I would do something awesome, they wouldn’t give me a lot of credit for it. But when we got a little older, that all changed.

Having that mentality

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