Intimacy in sport is rare. Sports people hold everyone at arms-length for a number of reasons; often they just want to be judged by their results alone. However, one Kiwi sports star that we have watched grow up and have been privileged to be part of their journey is Paige Hareb. The stars simply aligned; we were there when she got her first big break at Piha, and I clearly remember the day she walked out of the water at Log Cabins in Hawaii, and it was confirmed she was on the World Tour. We have been there through the wins and the losses, the highs and the lows, the elation and the disappointments. In a sport dominated by men - Paige, and women like her, have been on the cutting edge of the push for equality for women which has created the platform for today’s successes.
I first met Paige
