Sarah Faudzi was just 13 when she rode her first wave and it really was love at first ride. She was probably one of the few teenage girls to surf along the east coast of the peninsula at the time but Sarah wasn’t daunted. No, she was stoked – a term which, she insists, best describes the feeling one gets while surfing.
“No other word can quite capture the excitement of surfing. There is nothing in the world like surfing for me,” she says, passionately. “I’ve tried other sports but nothing gives me the same satisfaction. I just feel so stoked when I’m surfing,” says the pint-sized 20-year-old who, at 156cm, stands at least a foot-and-a-half below the surfboard that is propped up beside her.