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Renaissance Woman

First memory of being in the water?

I was six years old and my dad pushed me onto my very first wave at Tofo, in Mozambique. I was riding his 9’0 pink Natural Curve longboard – we still have that board! I fell in love with surfing and have been in the ocean from that day on.

Biggest influence?

My dad, Grant Gilmour. He’s a longboard champ and seeing how much he loved surfing and being in the water with his mates made me want to follow in his footsteps. I’m pretty competitive by nature and I just wanted to get better since he first

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