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Erin Brooks: The teen at the forefront of women’s aerial surfing

Erin Brooks: The teen at the forefront of women’s aerial surfing

Erin Brooks: The teen at the forefront of women’s aerial surfing

Erin Brooks is no ordinary 15-year-old.

Not in how she lives her life, and certainly not in how she surfs.

Brooks has an affinity for flight, and is already making history competing against and beating men twice her age and size. The Canadian has shown an X-factor, ability, and a mature attitude beyond her years.

“I don’t consider myself as a professional surfer. I still feel like I’m just a kid out there just surfing and having fun,” Brooks tells Olympics.com.

“I have a hard time calling myself that sometimes because how I see professional surfers are – Carissa Moore, Kolohe Andino. They’re at the top on the CT (Championship Tour), Olympians, and I feel like I’m below that. Hopefully, I can get there one day, but I’ll just try my best.”

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Erin Brooks: “I feel I’m just a kid out there, just surfing and having fun”
Becoming a professional athlete at 12 years old, as Brooks did three years ago, is not exactly the norm. She’s already surfing against people who have done the sport longer than she’s been alive.

“When I was nine years old, I moved to O’ahu. We lived on the island of Maui and the first few days I moved there, I got invited to a surf lesson. And then from the first wave, that’s when I knew that’s what I wanted to do for the rest of my life,” Brooks told us.

Source: olympics.com

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