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'"Keala's idols were Andy and Bruce Irons. "Both of her parents surfed, so Keala got her first board when she was only five years old.But on that year, Keala also had reasons to be happy and celebrate life. In 2011, during the "Code Red" swell, the Hawaiian got barreled at Teahupoo, wiped out, hit the shallow reef, and suffered a severe gash to the right side of her face; Two years later, the Hawaiian gave a TEDxMalibu talk titled "I'm Keala Kennelly, and I'm a Surfer." That one took me two years to get over. '"Keala was the star of a Lipton Ice Tea commercial shot at Praia do Norte, in Nazaré, Portugal.Keala Kennelly is one of the most successful competitive female surfers of all time.In 2010, Kennelly made history after clinching the Nelscott Reef Big Wave Classic, the first women's big wave contest. "She is one of the few women athletes to have won event titles in both shortboard and big wave surfing events. I hid so much of myself from people because I was scared to lose my sponsors. ""I think I knew I liked girls at that age, too. She won forty stitches: 30 in the front and 10 in the skull. ""I remember crying and thinking: 'God, I'm gonna die in this hospital in Costa Rica, and nobody really knew me.' For over a decade she has consistently pushed the limits of what we thought was possible for a woman—or hell, anyone. But at a competition level, the story was different. "When she stopped hiding and publicly revealed she was gay, Keala lost three of his four sponsors, and the fourth cut her salary in half.Keala Kennelly is the first openly gay surfer to have won a world surfing title.SurferToday.com uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Keala Kennelly added a new photo. THIS IS MY OFFICIAL FB PAGE RUN BY ME :) For bookings and inquires contact kealakennelly@gmail.com "And so that experience changed me. I can't be like that. "Believe it or not, Kennelly was raised in a geodesic dome designed by her hippie mother. Even Slater said so. "So I was really bummed. "They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Kennelly suffered horrendous injuries, including a deep gash on the side of her face, and another on her scalp, both of which required surgery and 40 stitches to repair. The image of Kennelly in hospital prior to having surgery is the first thing that appears when you google her name, and it’s one that burns itself onto your retinas when you see it. "In 2007, after helping her team win the Summer X Games, the fearless athlete took time off to focus on music and acting.Kennelly says she decided to come out after nearly dying in Costa Rica due to a ruptured appendix. She says proper medication has helped her a lot.Despite being an active advocate of gay rights, a gender equality enthusiast, and a public LGBT person, she is mostly known for her tube riding stunts and swell-chasing adventures.In 2011, during the "Code Red" swell, the Hawaiian got barreled at Teahupoo, wiped out, hit the shallow reef, and suffered a severe gash to the right side of her face;In April 2019, Keala Kennelly spoke to The Inertia about the process of coming out and sharing the fact that she is lesbian. The bigger wave is still out there. Which brings us to another Hawaiian, female surfer Keala Kennelly. She is 5'6'' tall. by The Editors on September 22, 2011. "Here's how she describes the process of freeing herself from social stereotypes, preconceptions, and prejudice.Keala actually beat the Irons brothers in a contest at Pine Trees.In 2005, the spiky bleached-white hair surfer girl became the first woman to get towed into a wave at Teahupoo in Tahiti.She has been spotted taking on the biggest and heaviest mountains of moving water at Jaws/Peahi, Teahupoo, Mavericks, Puerto Escondido, and Nazaré. She has to take powerful pain medications to ease the pain. "I just kind of let my guard down and stopped hiding it so much, and stop denying it so much and just slowly and organically let it be known. And you live with that fear for a while. In smaller conditions, Keala went down to get her face in a mess.In the following minutes, Keala Kennelly was hospitalized in Papeete and underwent surgery to repair the deep wounds. It was really scary, but, at that point, I'd already been with a girl, but I was totally hiding it. I thought I was coming out but the lip just clipped me in the head and threw me straight into the reef before I even realized what happened.We were amazed that Keala was still able to throw that famous twinkling glare in the face of a terrible injury. It just doesn't feel good. "The fearless Hawaiian is also the first woman to win a trophy in an open-gender category at the WSL Big Wave Awards.One of Keala Kennelly's favorite books is "Why Am I Still Depressed" by James Phelps.The big wave rider has a son called Kekoa Kennelly.The goofy-footer joined the ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) in 1997 and competed in the shortboard division until 2006.Keala Kennelly was born on August 13, 1978, in Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii. He was unsuccessful but had oxygen cut off from his brain for far too long causing some pretty severe damage to his brain.