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This was 8 years ago on the left, I was just a teen. I was so insecure, I thought I was so fat, so unattractive, so unworthy....because I was in an industry that told me so. And if they weren’t directly telling me, every surfing ad of the same cookie cutter image I didn’t look like portrayed that message ....
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After I did a contest in Western Oz that placed me top 12 on the Women’s World Qualifying Series of Surfing, I sent out an email to my sponsor at the time and I asked if I could now be put on a real contract and finally have the support to keep doing more contests, because no amount of waiting tables could get me to my dream of being on the WCT tour for women’s surfing. It just wasn’t feasible. I tried so hard, I worked so hard.....
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I got this email back that said I “was an amazing athlete and surfer and had a beautiful face. But I wasn’t the sample size 2/4 and therefore wouldn’t be able to model for the company. So NO, I STILL couldn’t get a contract” .
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I had been at this game for years and years. I had tried everything to be a sample size.
To fit the mold. After this email I finally had enough, I knew I was fighting against a body that was never meant to be mine and an industry that would never accept my natural athletic healthy build.
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So I went on to find my passion, my truth, and become a whole human being. A women who loved and accepted her body, surfed and worked out to feel powerful and strong. Let go of an eating disorder that no longer served me. I decided to fight to be the woman I deserved to be, and help fight to change an industry so that other women could feel seen, represented, beautiful, and strong just as they are. 💗🏄🏼‍♀️💪🏽🔮 #healthateverysize #strongisbeautiful

Body positivity to me means accepting my body exactly where it’s at in every moment in time. Not just when everything feels “just right”. I have a body, and it WILL fluctuate and change because I’m a living breathing human!
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Sure I can set goals to get healthier or stronger , but that doesn’t get to dictate how I feel about myself in the moment. Even through the ebbs and flows of my body I have learned to love myself every step of the way.
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It’s saying “This is it, take it or leave it Bitch!! 😝I will not shrink myself or change myself for anyone else’s idea of what I should look like. “ If anyone has a problem with YOUR body, well is sounds like a THEM problem. Just continue to focus on being the healthiest and strongest version of just YOU and no one else. And remember your body will have its ups and downs, ride the waves out and commit to loving it wherever it may be in this moment 💗💗 #healthateverysize #bodylove #selflove #strongisbeautiful

I am both. I am made of soft edges, and solid ones. I sometimes have it “together” and I feel
happy and content and sometimes I feel like a mess and low...... AND I am strong and capable, worthy and lovable. We as people have so many parts, angles and aspects of ourselves that make us this whole human being. Trying to always fit one idea of “perfection” “beauty”, shutting down the parts of us that feel deeply the ups and downs will only rob us from living our true full potential. To love every flaw, angle, feeling, to stop resisting and to accept and honor myself with love and compassion. That’s my 2019 resolution, to step further into that. It’s OK to just BE YOU 💗 #selflovechallenge #2019goals #healthateverysize

Happy holidays to everyone!! I spent it with my family and loved ones surfing and eating enough Lox and bagels for a year. It’s all about balance right ?! 😝 Now I am laying in bed with at least 10 bagels in my stomach happy as a clam mind surfing about my next warm water surf trip!! Where to next ?! 🌊☀️ #needsurf #happyplace #strongisbeautiful #thickthighssavelives

I workout because I love my body, I love to surf strong, to feel capable and powerful. I workout because it keeps me mentally happy and grounded, and naturally calms me when I feel anxious or low. None of the reasons I workout are to change some number on the scale, shame my body or punish myself. Working out and deciding to be the healthiest version of you both mentally and physically can truly have nothing to do with the size of your body! It’s about living a healthy and whole life, and your life doesn’t have to be put on pause until you reach some number or “ideal” body size. Do it all because you choose to love yourself exactly in this moment ❤️ #healthateverysize #strongisbeautiful

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