It was this unspoken thing, a safe space, kind of like 'don't ask, don't tell.' So what is it that keeps you going? Its not the Keala Kennelly who appeared fearless to the world and aloof to her fellow competitors. KEALA KENNELLY was introduced to surfing at a young age by her father and living in Hawaii meant there were always lots of opportunities for her get on her board and hit the waves. My name is Keala Kennelly and this is my website. I had to close myself off in order to protect myself, which goes against my nature because Im generally a very open person. His parents split when he was 13. Justine Dupont, left, and Keala Kennelly ride a large wave during The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, on Oahu's North Shore, in Hawaii. Keala Kennelly is a professional surfer, surfer DJ, and actress from Kauai, Hawaii. I do a lot of things to make money that also keep me from being tied down to a 9 to 5, so I can still chase swells from time to time, especially at Chopes. The things people would say about them behind their backs were really hurtful to hear, but I would just nod in agreement, so as not to raise any suspicions about myself. On Tour, Keala charged in heavy waves like Cloudbreak and Teahupoo, where . She is a celebrity surfer. ', This was the start of a whole new chapter. Verified. parties, do deliveries, paint houses, give surf lessons here and there. Keala Kennelly's age is 44. 2021 Women's Performer Of The Year Nominees. Later that year, Kennelly had a tow-in at Puerto Escondido that is considered to be arguably the best barrel by a female to date. 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. I revered this beautiful Hawaiian man that rode these mountains of water with such style and grace. It was just to prove that women could do it. Surfing's first openly gay world champion gave a powerful speech everyone needs to hear. Kennelly was rushed to the hospital where she reportedly received 40 stitches, 30 in the front and 10 in the skull, SurferToday.com reported . SOPHIE EVERARD. Then we had Laird Hamilton, Kala Alexander, and Titus Kinimaka to look up to, as well as my own father [Brian]. He said that I shouldn't be afraid of asking for help. contact@surfersjournal.com. [12] She was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame in Huntington Beach, California as 2013's Woman of the Year. I would never want to inflict that kind of pain on them. He was open about it on social media, so I reached out to him privately. Lesbian. KK: It did. Make sure to enable it in your browser. Right now at a time when we could really use some strong female role models -- especially after this last election, where we thought we were going to have a woman president and then we got the antithesis of that. Discover short videos related to Keala Kennelly on TikTok. The historic invitation came on the heels of another history-making moment, the first-ever women's big-wave contest on the WSL's Big Wave Tour (BWT). First woman to win a big-wave contest. When I was a little girl, I had all the Eddie Aikau posters on my wall. Photo: Keoki Saguibo. What happened out there? Rebecca Parsons. Her most notable appearances include opening for Snoop Dogg at Rain Nightclub at the Palms in Las Vegas, The Work Magazine Summer Rooftop Pool Party at The Standard in downtown Los Angeles, The Surfrider Foundation 2 Coasts 1 Ocean Event in the Hamptons and Malibu, The Primo Beer/Inertia Summer Rooftop Party opening for Y.A.H.T. I liked to push myself, and I liked being challenged. Dyke. Your gift gives them full membership benefits. Keala Kennelly was born on August 13, 1978 in Kauai, Hawaii, USA. I thought it was maybe 6- or 8-foot but it was more like 15! But at the same time it was really lonely. What opportunities do you see for creating community for LGBTQ+ people and folks with mental illnesses in the surfing world? KK: I was terrified somebody would find out about my dirty little secret and I would be an outcast. A photo posted by Keala Kennelly (@kealakennelly) on Nov 30, 2016 at 11:19am PST. Three days later while riding in a memorial heat for Andy Irons during the Billabong Pro Men's WCT, Kennelly suffered a massive facial injury. When Keala Kennelly (43) began to surf professionally at the age of 17, she was one of the few female surfers to make a mark in big-wave surfing. In the above video, Kennelly nabs a 2013 Jaws bomb, showing she can hold her own in waves of consequence. I don't care what happens." She came out and her sponsor didn't drop her, they're still supporting her. Video from Ken Kosada. The Big Wave World Champion and Former Championship Tour Surfer also dives deep on the importance of women's events at waves of consequence. I was living this double life because on tour, I was pretending to be straight. KK: Surfing with all those boys in Kauai is what got me into bigger, more powerful waves. PEOPLE: So you finally come out what was the reaction like? And so, I went out and started surfing these waves that previously, people's perception was like, "Women just can't surf these waves, women can't surf big waves.". Before that, she was in on the ground level when the push started forthe ladies to have their ownbig wave competitions and, funny enough, probably the toughest person for naysayers to shut down after she made history, winning a big wave award in a field full of men. So, I think the surfing community, they weren't totally accepting of LGBT people at the time but I think that they respected me for living my truth, speaking, being open, being brave enough to just be authentic. What they're missing is how inspiring big-wave surfers are. But lo and behold, there was a hammer about to be dropped on me. And if you don't have any sponsors, basically you won't have a career. PEOPLE: You came out as a lesbian in the surfing community nearly two decades ago, can you tell us what that experience was like for you? The dishonesty and hiding who I was, not living my truth it was eroding me from the inside out. lists You forget all the BS and the stuff you don't like. Anna Dimond. Even when I took that first set on the head, and I was like, 'Yeah, awesome. The Inertia Contributing Editor. Even Slater said so. [13], In 2016, she won the Pure Scot Barrel of the Year Award at the XXL Big Wave Awards for getting barreled at Teahupoo, Tahiti. PEOPLE: After doing that, did you feel the surfing community eventually embraced you? She is now pursuing careers as a DJ . Surfer Keala Kennelly attends the 10th Annual XXL Billabong Big Wave Awards at Grove Theater on April 23, 2010 in Anaheim, California. Learn How rich is She in this [] You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. Photo: Thouard. "Big wave" is a sub-category of surfing where riders tackle monstrous waves measuring at least 20 feet high. Recently, Keala became the first woman to surf Nelscott Reef and won the Big Wave Classic, the first event of its kind to include women. O ne sunny morning in January 2018, on a white boat in the blue sea off the Hawaiian island Maui, Bianca Valenti and Keala Kennelly sat on a beanbag listening to "German Sparkle Party," a song . It saved my ligament from tearing which kept me off the surgeon's table, but poor muscles take a while to heal too. She was ranked in the top 10 on the ASP World Champion Tour for a decade, before taking a break in 2007 to pursue acting and music. I just wanted to prove them wrong and I wanted to prove to myself that I could. That is a career, you get paid. Shes also a big advocate for equality in surfing and has been leading the fight for equal pay and the inclusion of women in more events. To be fearless is to be ignorant.. The posters I collected from #TheEddie big wave event every year were some of my most prized possessions as a kid and I was beyond proud when my brother #BruceIrons won the contest a few years back. It was like they were second-class citizens. The WSLs made a better environment but athletes are still just scared to lose their sponsors.. I think I could have made a lot more money if Id stayed in the closet and played the game longer. The 35-year-old Kennelly suffered a severe injury to her face while competing in Teahupoo, Tahiti, in 2011. I guess I was most afraid that Id lose my sponsors and never get a real shot at the world title. And the thing is . See Everybody's congratulating me, and I thought, What did I do?' - WSL / Tim McKenna. Because of that, more women started doing it and we were able to establish a women's big wave tour and have competitions where you could actually win prize money. in Venice Beach and opening for Boy Eats World at the Pacifico Beer Party at the US Open in July 2016. WSL is best experienced with Javascript! KK: Yeah. [14] This award made her the first woman to win at the Big Wave Awards in any open-gender category. I knew it was big, but I didnt realize how big. Not just to women, but to men as well. Light / Dark. They pushed me to be better in the water. She gathered a lot of big-time wins after being accepted into the World Championship Tour, an elite competition hosted by the World Surf League, spanning multiple events, locations, and months. Keala Kennelly was born on the 13th of August, 1978. A Kauai -born surfer, she turned pro at the age of 17, is an ASP World Championship Tour veteran and the . Sunday January 22, 2023. It took me a year to build up the courage to surf it again. Keala Kennelly and Malia Manuel paddled out for a sunset spritz. Below, Kennelly explains how she decided to come out as a lesbian and about her mental health. So it conditioned me to put up a tough front, never show my feelings. I'm just a really honest person, I'm a really genuine, authentic person. HALEIWA, Hawaii Twenty years ago, Keala Kennelly donned a competition jersey and paddled out to the celebrated waves of Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu, the heart of surfing . "The board hit me in the shin, it flipped again and hit me in the ribs and then it flipped again and hit me in the face.". KK: Its still always in the back of my mind. Fear is good. I guess that's why I was discouraged -- there I was, breaking all these records, and I don't feel like I can call myself a professional surfer anymore because if you are a professional, you are getting paid. My last few years on tour everyone pretty much knew I was gay. If you look at it, most surf brands only advertise one kind of woman: pretty, feminine, straight, and looks more like a model than an athlete. Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. No doubt I pushed them too. I think about my family, my friends, my loved ones, my partner. Jan 27th, 2023. I managed to paddle a broken piece back to the channel and I just sat there, shaking. Despite her packed resume of badass wins and awards, Kennelly is very clear that as a 43-year-old competing against 20-somethings, she's keeping her expectations in check for the tour. I was like, Why do I have all these texts?' KK: Andy and Bruce were brothers to me in every sense of the word, which meant they treated me like crap a lot of the time [laughs]. Staff. I was just doing it purely out of passion. Bruce was there and he was on the beach when I got this incredible wave, a really long backhand barrel. In the last few years Keala has had much success as the first viable female free surfer. By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. Some people are just not going to be accepting, not going to agree with you, but if you're living your truth, people will respect you. Fact: Keala Kennelly is one of the hardest charging and most determined female big-wave surfers to have ever lived. Keala Kennelly. And it almost killed me.. Keala was born in Honolulu, the capital and largest city of Hawaii. Andrea Moller made it two-thirds of the way down her wave before hitting a bump and cartwheeling. She has also become an outspoken feminist and activist for the LGBT community, a world away from the cloistered surf industry. Even when we got enough girls for competitions, I still wanted to compete with the boys, too. [The Wavelength Drive-In Cinema is back for 2021, bringing you a range of surf cinema, cult classics and family favourites from the clifftops of Cornwall, including two screenings of Blue Crush on the 18th of July and the 7th of August. Video from Ken Kosada. Kennelly: I think they learned to respect me. Everything that matters in surf + outdoorsdirectly to you inbox. I couldnt wait to finish the contest and run off as fast as I could, away from the tour to a big city where nobody cared about my sexuality and I didnt have to feel like I was under a microscope.. A lot of community things are unspoken. There were 99 percent closeouts, with one percent make-able barrels. He said: Other professional surfers from Hawaii include Fred Hemmings, Jeremy Flores, and Pancho Sullivan. A video posted by Keala Kennelly (@kealakennelly) on Jul 25, 2015 at 2:47pm PDT. Make sure to enable it in your browser. Athlete WSL Womens Big Wave World Champion DJ Motivational Speaker Keala Kennelly (born August 13, 1978) is a professional surfer, surfer DJ, and actress from Kauai, Hawaii. 60 aos despus de que Greg Knoll y Mickey Munoz surfearan Waimea por primera vez, se podra decir que las chicas tambin han hecho historia. If youre a female professional surfer and dont fit that description, you basically will have no sponsors. It was hard at times being the only girl with all these tough boys around. A Norfolk Pine karate-chopped the house. "There's . And yeah, I was shocked and honored. I feel that very strongly when I surfthat Im connected to something greater or connected to everything all at once, if that make sense? Winners of the first-ever Red Bull Magnitude have been announced and it's Keala Kennelly taking out the women's big wave event. The Judges overseeing this case are GEORGINA T. RIZK and YOLANDA OROZCO. So I took his tray of food and smashed it into his face. [10], Kennelly's accomplishments have garnered her numerous accolades, including being named the 2002 Female Surfer of the Year by ESPN and more recently, the 2011[5] and 2013 Billabong XXL Girls Performance Award,[11] and the 2014 Billabong XXL Womens Performance Award. to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions. I finally got diagnosed three years ago. I think I would have stopped hiding who I was sooner. But its the industry that needs to change, not me. Today, the Eddie has received the green light and history is about to be made with the women paddling out alongside the men at Waimea Bay for the first time in the Eddies 39-year history. 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I'd be hanging out with one of my good friends on tour; we'd be at barbecues where it was all women, and some were sitting really close together. Everything that matters in surf + outdoorsdirectly to you inbox. Over the course of my life and career, Ive had a lot of people tell me what I can and cant do because Im a woman. While open to discussing the past, as youll see in this HEADSPACE we filmed with her last year on the North Shore, shes also ready to move forward. She would inspire future legends like Bianca . Im agnostic but I do believe there is something much greater than myself, that something beyond our understanding exists. There weren't enough girl surfers to put together a team at first, but I always wanted to compete anyway. [8], She was invited to the 2018-2019 The Eddie, which was cancelled when waves that met the tournament criteria failed to arrive. 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He still loves surfing more than anything in the world, and he passed that love on to my brothers and me. Surfing wouldnt be the same. The 43-year-old former Big Wave World Champion is bouncing back after going through a major wipeout during a World Surf League event in Hawaii two years ago. Behind The Scenes On Blue Crush With Keala Kennelly. It took her finding other gay surfers to realize she could be open about her sexuality and be a pro surfer. I am spiritual. She left that behind a decade ago, along with the hardened exterior shed cultivated since childhood. Professional Big Wave surfer who is known for competing in a variety of opens and surfing events. KK: Yeah, I was 17. After that, I felt like, "OK, I have to be open about my mental illness, because if I can help just one person, then I need to do this." I was in Costa Rica for a one-star WQS event when my appendix ruptured and I had to be rushed to the nearest hospital in this small town. Thats what makes me fight until I break the surface and get a breath. As appeared in Wavelength, 2021. Itd be really easy to just focus on who she is now and the progress shes been a key player in and chalk it up to things always being this way. Link copied to clipboard. raised in the beautiful Hawaiian islands, Keala is one of the best female. Video from Ken Kosada. Except Kennellys never been one to shy away from doing it tough. Whereas for the five to 10 years I was doing it, there were no competitions, there was no prize money, there was no incentive really. Watch popular content from the following creators: The Flex Company(@weirdflexbutok), World Surf League(@wsl), Maui Media Cartel(@mauicartel), keala (@keala.lynne), Michelle Kennelly(@kennelly_michelle) . Hurricane Iniki, September 1992. It makes me feel very connected to the universe. Kennelly no longer competes on the tour. It was as if the doctors had cut the hard part of me out and left it on the operating table. First woman to win a Big Wave Award for the year's best tube. She's so much more accepted today than I was 10 years ago, which means that there's been progress and that's just what the community needs. Keala Kennelly. Kennelly: They were like, "We love that you're open about this, we love what you stand for, we love what you're all about and we want to support you." KK: Loosing the people I love the most, dying before I have accomplished everything I want. It's likely a handful of other women tried their luck throughout the day. KK: Yes, but I dont talk too much about what I am going to do until after its done. This Winter saw the women charging on the North Shore, a Championship Tour event at Pipe and the crowning of a female Triple Crown champ. I had to pump through three or four different sections and got spit out. Showing Editorial results for keala kennelly. "This gust of wind came up the face of the wave and got under my board and just flipped it sideways," Kennelly, named Female Surfer of the Year by ESPN in 2002, recalls to PEOPLE. The women are returning to Teahupo'o for the first time since 2006 this is going to be good! Help keep Keala Kennelly profile up to date. You've said that, in recent years, there was a point at which you thought about quitting professional surfing. The Surfers Journal is made possible with sponsorship from: Tel: 949-361-0331 Red Bull Big Wave Awards - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiIKBNXY-F0THE BIGGEST WAVES SURFED IN 2020!! Keala Kennelly: Not at all. After spending a decade ranked in the top 10 on the ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), Kennelly took a break from the tour in 2007 to explore her passions for acting and music. Thats always pushed me harder, to prove them wrong and try to be better. Her zodiac sign is Leo. PEOPLE: What drew you to big wave surfing? 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