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[radio announcer] ...It's Rock mornings here in Maui.

Currently 75 degrees.

Huge swells today on the North Shore,

so everyone out there today, be careful.

Big shout-out to Sarah Hauser, be safe.

And let's get this hour started
with some Fit for Rivals.

["Crash" playing]

♪ Don't know where I'm going ♪

♪ Everybody's running, everybody's running ♪

♪ Come back after all is broken ♪

♪ Everything is burning, no one is returning ♪

♪ Step back, step back, everybody step back, step back ♪

♪ It's time to pick up the slack ♪

♪ The slack you ought to know ♪

♪ Save me from this wicked person I've become ♪

[waves crashing]

[wind blowing]

[waves crashing]

[soft music playing]

[Sarah] What are your dreams?

What do you aspire to be?

My name is Sarah Hauser.

Four years ago,

I chose to follow my dreams

to become a professional water sport athlete.

It meant giving up on everything I worked for.

Starting from scratch,

with no guarantee that I would succeed.

It meant facing my fears,

and learning how to live with them.

Until the age of 23,

I worked very hard to get a degree in Computer Science,

and Applied Mathematics.

I spent years reaching for the top of the mountain,

because I was told to do so.

The mountain of a nice life,

with comfort, safety,

stability.

But one day,

I realized I was climbing the wrong one.

My passion for surfing had to be more than a hobby.

Even though I was afraid of change,

I moved to the North Shore of Maui in 2013.

Every day is a challenge,

physically, emotionally,

financially.

But when I wake up in the morning,

when I walk down to the beach, and look at the ocean,

I know in my heart, that I have made the right decision.

[soft music playing]

[waves crashing]

♪ Never gone around and hide ♪

♪ Building waves that pass the time ♪

♪ A better place for you and I ♪

♪ Out of sight, not out of mind ♪

♪ If everyone's in the way ♪

♪ And nothing that you have to say ♪

♪ Comes out just right ♪

♪ Leaves you in a bind ♪

♪ That'll break you down ♪

♪ That'll suck you round ♪

♪ Glad you fall ♪

♪ Why do you care at all? ♪

♪ To be in the world ♪

♪ Be in the world ♪

♪ Can't take anymore ♪

♪ Freedom of the fall ♪

[wind blowing]

[Sarah] This is me when I was six years old.

I grew up in New Caledonia.

It's a French island no bigger
than the state of New Jersey,

located between Fiji and Australia,

in the South Pacific.

My parents were hard workers,

as well as ocean lovers.

At 15 years old,

I was already dreaming about
being a professional windsurfer.

But my family was apprehensive.

So they encouraged me to study to become an engineer.

For five years,

I gave college 110%,

and left there with a degree.

That's something I'm very proud of.

But my passion for surfing was still haunting me.

So I took the money I earned from
my internship right out of college,

and booked a ticket to Maui.

I landed on Maui

and my emotions were just a roller coaster.

Sometimes I would get so excited I was finally on Maui.

The dream, to make windsurfing...

The place I've seen in magazines, hundreds of times.

And then my emotions would just crash on me,

and I had all these questions.

My friends in New Caledonia, and my family just knew

that I worked so hard to get a degree,

I could have a safe job,

I could be happy,

I could not have to worry about anything.

So why... [laughing]

Why did I decide to throw all that away

just to put myself into trouble.

I didn't know anybody.

I had no friends.

I was not sharing what was going on
in my head with anybody in Maui.

And I had all these questions like,

"What am I doing?"

And then I wasn't sure if I was actually chasing a dream

or trying to escape some life
that I just wasn't happy with.

Yes, I had a little bit of money

that I made through my internships,

but I was not gonna last long.

I bought my car,

1200 bucks for this cool little truck,

paid for my rent, and just...

Kept having all these questions, "Oh my God...

In six months from now,

I'm gonna be at zero,

I'm gonna have to go home and pick up a job,

and people are gonna be like, "Hey,
you had some nice vacations."

And not understand that this is not a vacation.

This is me changing my life,

and I kept having this voice,

all the time,

questioning me,

doubting.

But I stuck to my goals.

I made it a point to stay at Ho'okipa

no matter what the conditions were,

to search for sponsors,

and to find ways to make it to
as many competitions as I could.

Within the first year,

some amazing things happened to me.

First of all,

I met my husband, Casey Hauser,

who loves the ocean, just like me.

I also managed to get gear sponsorships

and to be part of some amazing teams of athletes.

The equipment is such a key part
of performance in windsurfing,

that's why before we go further,

I want you to understand how it works.

This is the windsurfing board that I use.

So, I'm lucky because I can have like,

both arms between the foot strap,

which are the part where you're gonna put your feet

once you're riding,

that is really adapted to how tall I am,

as well as my fins that turn out

making me go much faster on the wave.

[Pio] Sarah's riding a thruster board

which means her board has three fins,

one center fin,

and two small side fins.

We are working on developing with a center fin

to give her more speed.

She's already testing our prototypes,

with a little narrow chord than this one,

so to give her way more speed.

So to windsurf, you need a board,

but also a sail.

This part, it's called an extension,

and that's what is gonna attach the sail to the board.

The role of the extension

is also to put some tension in the sail.

This is called a boom,

so this is the part that we hold when we windsurf.

Otherwise, there would be no way
to put your hands on the sail.

Right here.

So just before we attach the sail to the boat,

we have to add that little piece called the base.

That's gonna come connect with
the extension just like this.

And the last little thing you need is,

the harness,

that we could then attach to the harness line,

right there, on the boom.

[fast paced music playing]

[Levi] Thinking about Sarah, like,

she's like one of those rad girls that

you know, likes to go out with the boys,

likes to, go out there when it's big.

Levi Siver is a regular kid,

and when I was in school,

I used to always watch his videos on YouTube

to dream about windsurfing.

He's always inspired me.

I know that she was all, you know, in 2012,

on a really maxed out day at Ho'okipa.

There's only a handful of guys out.

And the fact that she, you know,

showed that passion and that drive to be out there

with the best in the world

you know, some doors opened up for her sponsorship wise,

and people started saying, "Hey, you know,

maybe there is something different about this girl."

I think, I kinda, you know, spotted her pretty early.

I saw a picture of Sarah riding
a Simmer Sail before I met her.

And I'd been really hungry to find

some new blood on the female side of things.

I didn't immediately just go up and introduce myself.

It actually happened at the Aloha Classic.

She gave me this handshake, and I was kinda, like,

let her know that she was sailing really well,

and are you sponsored,

and there was some talent there obviously, that was...

She's very new to the lineup.

And as the story goes, she's from New Caledonia,

which is the opposite of Ho'okipa.

So what was really impressive to me about her

was the immediate adaptability

that she showed in a lineup that was

pretty much the exact opposite to her.

And Sarah kind of represents to me,

this generation of multi-sport women athletes.

What sets her apart is that,

is that she's from that newest generation

of women who can pretty much,

you know, get on a stand up board, surf, windsurf,

a host of other sports.

Would I consider her a windsurfer first?

I mean, probably yes.

I would say that much.

And that was also an important consideration

for bringing her on the Simmer team.

Sarah, to me, is probably one of the most unique

female windsurfers I have ever seen,

'cause I see a foundational element in her riding

that I have never seen in women's windsurfing,

and that's like, pure drive off the bottom turn.

She attacks that bottom turn

which is the real foundation of wave sailing.

And if you can get that right,

um, the door starts to open up,

in all the aspects of wave sailing.

And she's figured out the full-rail bottom turn,

introduced it into women's windsurfing,

and quite frankly, it's better
than most guys' bottom turns.

[chuckling]

I see a lot of sailors and pros,

women or whoever else,

over-emphasizing competition,

and that they're only training and gearing towards

sailing an eight-minute heat,

and not looking at the other side of the picture.

I mean, it's an art form here.

You know, Sarah just got a new set of fins last week,

and it's totally changed her sailing.

And that's something you want to look at.

A fin? Made a difference? Yeah!

[fast paced music playing]

We saw Sarah at the beach and obviously

we were interested, you know,

for the good person that we think she is.

We like to watch our riders, in this case Sarah,

and to see how they sail,

and see how we can improve their sailing,

and her bottom turn is like, she looks almost like,

a very powerful man's bottom turn, you know.

It makes a huge difference,

you know, in wave-riding, for a girl like her.

So we started developing fins especially for her,

to improve her sailing

and to bring her to a different level.

We're looking for positive people,

that love this sport,

and they're connected with the environment,

and the people at the beach.

If we have this,

and a good sailor like she is,

we're on!

[Sarah] There are seven stops on
the American Windsurfing tour.

In 2015,

I managed to compete in four of them.

[rock music playing]

The Aloha Classic is the last event
of the American Windsurfing Tour,

and it happens every year in October on Maui.

Three years ago, I moved to Maui.

It was 2013,

and that's when I first showed up
and I got my first sponsorships

Two years ago,

I got fifth on the American Windsurfing Tour.

Last year, I got third on the Tour,

and this year,

I won the American Windsurfing
Tour title, the 2015 tour.

I still can't believe it,

in only three years that I got to live this dream,

and live with this community also.

[rock music playing]

Even when I got third last year, it was awesome.

I was already feeling like I was living my dream.

It's not all about winning.

It's about following your
heart, and doing what you love.

It's great to have this group of girls to compete with,

and I love the fact that we can be friends on the beach.

But once on the water,

when the green flag goes up, and the competition starts,

it's all about competing.

At the end of the competition,
and at the end of the tour,

we have an award ceremony.

Getting in the limo with the girls was so much fun,

because we don't usually get that pretty.

We're always in rough elements,

in the salt and the sand.

To put a nice dress on, and some heels, and some makeup

is super fun, and it's a night that I will never forget.

[all cheering]

When they called my name, and
I walked towards the stage,

I felt all the energy from the room.

I also thought about all the challenges I went through,

and all the doubts and the questions

and when I was not always trusting
myself to be able to do this.

I also realized as I was winning,

that it was the not the most important thing.

Again, what's truly important to me is the fact that

I do what I'm passionate about.

And being around all these people that night,

reinforced that conviction for me.

And all of you guys, is a great family

and so many good people that
are all inspiring me everyday,

I'm just so happy to have made this choice

three years ago.

So, thank you all.

[all cheering]

[cheerful music playing]

The next part of my journey is the media tour,

and the first stop is Phoenix, Arizona.

[fast paced music playing]

[radio announcer] All right, guys,
I told you what's coming up,

in the studio tonight, within the hour,

2015 American Windsurfing Tour Champion,

Sarah Hauser, on deck, in the studio,

stay close, it's coming up.

Where are you from, first of all?

We need to get to that, your accent is not Arizona...

-[both laughing]
-[Sarah] I'm from New Caledonia.

A lot of people know surfing,

but very few people know wind surfing.

People like me, we try to sail in big waves,

getting very very close to that big wave,

rather than going away from it,

try to dance with it.

[radio jockey] It's Rig Red Radio, 98 KUPD,

in the studio with me, Sarah Hauser,

the lady windsurfer, how are you today?

[Sarah] I'm good, thanks to you.

♪ If you're going to hit me ♪

♪ Hit me like a man ♪

♪ Hit me like a man, whoa ♪

♪ Hit me like a man, yeah ♪

♪ Hit me like a man, yeah ♪

So we're sitting here with Sarah Hauser.

So it's great to have you in here

and to see, what does a
professional windsurfer look like?

[Sarah] So what do you think?

So now I think, "Well, look, it's a regular girl."

I would agree, I was expecting muscles to walk in.

She still has muscles.

And instead we get a petite little beauty.

She does have muscles.

She's got muscles, lean muscles.

[chuckling] Yeah!

Okay.

When I think of windsurfing, I'm think of 70s bro,

just leaning back, doing it up,

how many women actually are competing
in the world of windsurfing?

It's for sure, a male dominated sport.

But we're here, we're a community of women,

especially on Maui, where I live most of the year.

Today, the big news story was the women's soccer league

have filed a suit

against MSL

because they don't get paid as much as the men.

And they put the discrepancy up,

and it's huge!

What do you think of that, Sarah?

I think it is in every sport, and not only sports,

it is also in many jobs...

- In life?
- In life, yeah, so...

And in wind surfing, specifically,

what I've observed is that

the market is mostly made of men.

It's men who buy the equipment,

so it doesn't make sense for a brand

to push their marketing for women,

if their market is only guys.

But women are very marketable for other things,

so what would be awesome is to get their attention

from brands out of the industry
like cosmetics or clothing,

that seed interest in windsurfing,

because it is a beautiful sport.

I feel like, somehow in America,

we've got bandwidth enough for one female athlete,

and that female athlete is Ronda Rousey.

Like Holly Holm beat her, but people are like,

"Huh, who's that chick who could beat up Rousey?"

You think people would pay more
attention to women in sports,

'cause it seems like there is
only this much interest in it.

And that's why, we are there, I am here,

I'm trying to showcase that it is fun for girls too

and the point is not really to say

we can do as well as guys or better,

but we just do our own thing with our own bodies,

differently, with more grace, or flow, and...

And it is interesting to pay attention to that too.

I want to know about this place in Maui

called Jaws.

What's Jaws?

Jaws is the name of a wave

that only breaks a couple of times a year in Maui.

They used to call it Dom before,

and people thought that nobody could surf it

because the old local people would see that wave,

and it was just so big.

A couple of people tried, but at that time

they didn't have the material, the techniques,

so they just got destroyed.

How tall is the wave?

The biggest we have seen this winter...

I've seen a guy on a 60-feet wave.

60 foot...

Yeah, that's a six storey building.

That's unbelievable.

So the first time,

that you're paddling out into Jaws,

what's going through your head?

I was actually super humble going out there,

I wasn't even sure I had the right to be out there,

that I had the skills,

so I told myself, "You can at least try and

observe the wave and just learn."

And then just go, baby steps, and,

push it little by little, but once I got out there

and I saw the waves, I also got really excited,

- and wanted to try, so...
- Right.

So when you said that you were humble,

that's the French word for scared, right?

[all laughing]

[Sarah] I guess.

I was scared, yeah. For sure.

You were scared. But then, once you got a taste of it...

Yeah, you...

The hardest part is everything
until the first wave, I think.

Once you get your first wave, the first adrenaline rush,

and if you come out of it, okay.

You're like, "Oh, I can do this,

And this feels fucking cool, and I want to do it again,

and I want to do it a little deeper, a little harder,

a little more late, a little more dangerous."

So when you say "fucking" that's French for "awesome".

- Yeah, sorry.
- [all laughing]

Do you see yourself as a leader

in letting people know about this sport?

Um, leader is a big word.

I've started having an athlete career

only three and a half years ago.

Because of that, I always see myself as

somebody who has to prove themselves,

prove that I am part of this athlete world.

What about sponsorships?

Aren't you looking for things like that?

For sure, yeah.

For sure, to make your career
sustainable you need sponsorship

because wind surfing is not a very...

Um, media-tized sport.

You don't see it on TV or magazines.

[radio jockey] Right.

Um, or only specific magazines.

How do you support yourself now?

I have a little bit of support from my sponsor,

but most of my sponsors from the windsurfing industry

cannot fly me all over the world.

So I work on the side,

on top of that, I have to be my own agent, my own press.

Sarah Hauser, 2015 American Windsurfing Champion,

and Female Windsurfer of the Year,

thank you for coming on the show,

thank you for giving us some really cool information

about the sport.

- Thanks for inviting me.
- Absolutely.

♪ If you're going to hit me ♪

♪ Hit me like a man ♪

Hey!

How are you?

I'm good.

Bit tired, but that was super fun.

I'm gonna go work tomorrow morning.

Yes, on the south side, so...

Um, could you just check if my truck is still starting?

Yes, 'cause I don't wanna wake up, and...

not be able to drive down there.

Yeah, I'm taking off tonight, and...

uh, land at 11.30.

Can you pick me up?

Awesome. Thanks.

Me too.

So I just got off the phone with my husband, Casey,

and I let him know I'm going to land tonight in Maui.

The media tour has been awesome,

We had a small budget,

but so far, we were able to get me to Phoenix,

and San Diego.

I was on TV and radio, it's been incredible.

And thanks to the help of friends,

I was able to crash on people's couch or air bed,

and spend time with Echo.

But...

now I got to get back to Maui, and start right away

with work tomorrow morning,

on the south side of Maui.

[airplane whirring]

[lightning crashing]

[thunder rumbling]

[alarm clock beeping]

[Sarah] I signed with an agent three months ago.

And I keep sending emails, and trying to call him.

I was looking forward to be able to have some help,

have somebody also I can throw ideas at.

For the last three months,

I have basically been waiting for them to answer me.

Did I really spend three months thinking

somebody was doing those things for me,

and actually nobody was,

I'm gonna have to do it myself again.

It's just another thing to add on the plate.

So less time on the water.

I still don't know if I'll have
the budget to go to Europe,

for my first time competing in the World Tour this year.

That was my goal.

And in some parts, if I don't make any money,

I'm gonna need to find a better job.

I cannot just give SUP yoga classes

twice a week all my life,

it doesn't pay me enough,

and I know that it is a very, very difficult path,

I mean, artistic and athletic careers,

nothing is guaranteed.

So, you gotta ask yourself,

"Is it so important for me to do this,

that I can accept

that I will never know for sure if I'm gonna make it."

Can I live with that feeling

that I'm doing all this effort
and I'm working that hard,

but at the end of the day,

I might just end up being like,

it's still not working, I gotta do something else.

I prefer to try.

I would just not be happy if I wasn't trying.

I just got back from New Caledonia.

And I was actually invited there for a shoot

about that TV show 'Facing Waves.'

I was the one showing them around the place,

because of course, it's my island.

Days were crazy during the shooting in New Caledonia,

We were starting at 4.30 am, 5 am to get the sunrise.

Day six

of the shooting of "Facing Waves."

Looking good! Looking good today.

Looking perfect for shooting.

And there was one day where we decided to go shoot

one hour out of the main town,

so we left early in the morning, drove for an hour,

loaded the boats, and headed to the reefs,

so it's a good hour, driving the boat to the ocean,

and once out there, we shot stand up paddling

and wind surfing, and

we are in the sun all day.

The show is translated in four languages,

shown in 44 countries in the world,

it is supposed to reach 30 million households,

so it's huge for me.

But...

I wasn't paid for that. I was just invited.

Those little things that sound silly,

but trust me, when you're jet-lagged,

and you don't have time to have a break,

and you're just going nonstop,

it looks a lot like work,

and people ask me,

to come do those things they see a value in it,

but I don't have the leverage here.

Maybe, I don't know what,

I don't do right.

But, I don't,

I don't make a lot of money out of it,

I don't make any money.

For any job, I feel like there is

a time when you're an intern, or you know,

you got to invest your time and take the experience,

and you cannot expect to just show up in something

and have the big checks and
everything goes well, you know.

You got to put the effort and the time, and learn...

and become that person that a
company is going to be ready

to pay you for that.

I guess I gotta use those
opportunities to build that exposure,

and to build the number of the audience.

And then hopefully, that will help me out

to keep my career going.

We managed to catch the attention from GoPro.

And we're having a meeting with
them at the end of the month.

I could see a good relationship starting there but...

Yeah, let's keep our fingers crossed.

It's hard to believe but an
athlete doesn't go to the gym

every day all year around.

There is a time to perform,
and a time to do photo shoot,

and a time to work on your own strengths.

So, right now, it's my time for me

to prepare my year, my season.

Every little bit of money that I make,

I invest it into my training.

My goal is to become a better competitor,

and to condition my body for big waves.

That involves improving my balance,

my strength, my agility,

my endurance, and my breath holding.

I get to train with some of the
best trainers and athletes on Maui.

That's why, for the next two months,

I'm at the gym six days a week.

["Novocain" playing]

♪ I'm not your ordinary girl ♪

♪ When I first came into this world ♪

♪ I was born without a heart ♪

♪ In the cold, in the dark ♪

♪ Don't think there's a right solution ♪

♪ People like me are the pollution ♪

♪ Mix the dirty with the clean ♪

♪ Lost my way in the between ♪

♪ Maybe I am little too obsessive ♪

♪ I know you think I'm a manic-depressive ♪

♪ No, there's nothing that I don't regret ♪

♪ So listen up close so you don't forget ♪

♪ I think Novocain runs through my veins ♪

♪ I don't know how to love or how to feel ♪

♪ When the sun turns black ♪

♪ And we all decay ♪

♪ I will feel nothing ♪

♪ Wouldn't change anything ♪

♪ Wouldn't change anything ♪

♪ Wouldn't change anything ♪

♪ Wouldn't change anything ♪

This is the number that we wrote today

To compare performances to what we did seven weeks ago.

♪ I think Novocain ♪

♪ Runs through my veins ♪

♪ I don't know how to love or how to feel ♪

♪ When the sun turns black ♪

♪ And we all decay ♪

♪ I will feel nothing ♪

♪ Wouldn't change anything Whoa ♪

♪ Wouldn't change anything Whoa, whoa ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

[Sarah] The ocean, it's my arena.

This is where I train as much as
the elements will allow me to.

[rock music playing]

Every opportunity I have to be out there, I take it.

You fall down, you get up.

And you do not take yourself too seriously.

[music continues playing]

The ocean teaches me to be strong,

to have faith in myself

and to trust my instinct.

It teaches me confidence.

♪ Whoa, whoa, baby come and get with me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, I'll show you the time of your life ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, baby don't say no to me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, I'll show you the time of your life ♪

♪ Breathe in your fascination ♪

♪ About how I overcame ♪

♪ How I suffered with our asphyxiation ♪

♪ You, you're not all that I got ♪

♪ I hope with these last words ♪

♪ I scream from my mouth, that you ♪

♪ Whoa, come on and hate me ♪

♪ Whoa, come on and hate me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, baby come and get with me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, I'll show you the time of your life ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, baby don't say no to me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa I'll show you the time ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa baby, come and get with me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, I'll show you the time of your life ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa baby don't say no to me ♪

♪ I'll show you the time of your ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa baby, come and get with me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, I'll show you the time of your life ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa baby don't say no to me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, I'll show you the time of your life ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa baby, come and get with me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, I'll show you the time of your life ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa baby, come and get with me ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa, I'll show you the time of your life ♪

[soft piano music playing]

So this is the house where I've
been living with my husband

here for the last two years.

It's a cute house

and we live there with a couple of other roommates.

Helps for the rent,

which is really expensive here in Maui,

but it's not too bad.

Almost cut myself. [laughing]

It's not too bad,

to be so close to the shore, you just have to...

make it work, a couple of roomies, and,

And so, of course, that means not more people,

This place, and we have one bathroom, so...

And you gotta wait for your turn, sometimes,

I kinda want to show you this.

This.

It's like, every day, I can dream of

where I want to travel. [laughing]

This is where I'm from.

New Caledonia.

Just east of Australia.

And this is where I live now.

Hawaii.

It's closer, if you put the world like this.

Or like that. [laughing]

It's cool when the house is empty

because that's not always the case.

We're sometimes five people living here.

So I like when I get those moments

where I can just have my own time,

and get stuff done, work,

just think, or play guitar.

Um, I really like this ad, because

it's rare that...

women windsurfing get to be shown

doing some extreme stuff.

It's good, it's my first ad for a windsurfing brand.

Um, I'm stoked, because,

actually it's not just cruising or pretty,

or calm, but it is also showcasing some skills

and it is pretty rare in windsurfing, actually,

that it's done for women.

And so I'm really happy to read about this.

There should be more like that,

I know more girls could do that, too.

I was so stoked to see a windsurfing brand

finally having the balls to use a female

to inspire strength and power.

When I was on the media tour,

I was asked what my overall goal is.

And to me, it's to raise awareness around our sport.

To get people to know what it is,

to get excited about it.

A big part of my day is spent at the computer.

To get away from the distractions of the house,

I like to go to my favorite coffee shop.

I get editors of windsurfing magazines

who contact me to write 300-400 words articles.

Yeah, I write my own articles quite often. [chuckling]

When I'm training on the water,

I capture a lot of footage with my GoPro.

At the end of the day, I usually cut a one-minute video

that I send out to my sponsors

and put on social media

with all the hashtags to make sure it's gonna be seen

by as many people as possible.

It is pretty much like if I was my own agent,

my own publicist, and my own advertising manager,

creating my own brand.

And sometimes, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do.

But I'm really lucky that, here, on Maui,

I'm friends with people who are
trying to do the same thing.

Trying to create a brand,

to represent their passion.

Tatiana Howard is one of my first friends

that I met when I came to Maui.

And she has always inspired me,

because she is a very positive,
caring and generous person.

She had an idea,

and that idea became The Butterfly Effect.

The Butterfly Effect is a non-competitive event

that brings women together

in a fun atmosphere.

The riders range from beginner to advanced,

and all these riders get to go out in the water

and have so much fun with professional athletes,

being coached by them,

and being inspired to continue their riding,

not just at the event, but for life.

I called it The Butterfly Effect

because I remember driving by Ho'okipa Beach park

when I was younger and seeing the windsurf sails.

They are kind of shaped like half a butterfly wing,

and they are super bright.

I always thought they looked
like butterflies on the water.

We started in 2007 with 10 women

going from Ho'okipa

windsurf, highsurf, stand up paddling,

down five miles on Maui's coastline.

The next year, it grew, and it became international,

and now we have gone to 18 countries,

and had 55 events with 5000-plus participants,

and raised thousands of funds

for different charities around the world.

It's definitely grown from one small little idea

on Maui into this worldwide phenomenon,

so I can't believe it, sometimes.

Awesome.

Butterfly Effect really highlights

all the women that are doing sports,

and it's not just guys out there ripping waves,

and being on the water, and having fun.

There's a lot of girls, and it's growing,

and I just hope to be a part of that movement.

Having Sarah help me introduce stand up paddle

and windsurf to others,

if they learn to stand up paddle,

maybe they'll conquer that sport

and want to do windsurfing,

and they'll see Sarah out on the big waves,

and they'll keep this sport, and the brands,

and the community growing,

keep getting the support I need.

You know, sometimes I worry about,

finding the right sponsors, and
how am I going to fund it,

and everything like that,

but, you know, for some crazy reason,

like magic, it happens,

and having that aloha and that confidence in your heart

in whatever you do with passion,

everything will be okay, and um...

I don't know, it's pretty awesome.

[Sarah] It's truly amazing to watch
people getting more confident

through their experiences on the water.

The ocean can give so much joy,

but it can also kick your ass.

I train every day to be a windsurfer.

And I am out in elements that I cannot control.

Sometimes, the waves are perfect, but the wind is not.

And if I want to go out there on a day like this,

I'm aware that I'm taking a risk.

That things might not go my way.

I've seen some of the best
athletes out there getting crushed

by Mother Nature.

The rocks at Ho'okipa do not discriminate.

Sooner or later, you're gonna end up on them.

Fortunately, in my community, it's safety first,

and we look after each other.

On the left of the Ho'okipa rocks,

breaks a wave called Blaines.

We can only windsurf there a
couple of days out of the year,

because that's when the wind blows
from the opposite direction.

It was typically a surfing day, really un-crowded, so...

that she was going out was risky to say the least.

[Sarah] There was barely any wind.

I decided to try to get a couple of runs

and I was by myself in the windsurfing lanes.

I was having a good time,

until this wave crashed on my sail,

and pushed my gear towards the shore.

The current took me in the opposite
direction, to the outside.

So I was swimming in the channel against the current,

to try to make it back to my gear,

that was getting closer and closer to the rocks.

I kept swimming, for, I don't know, like,

30 or 40 minutes.

And I was looking at the mountains on my side,

and I could tell that I was not making any ground.

At that time, I didn't know what to do.

I just kept swimming, trying to use the wave

sometimes to get pushed a little closer.

Sarah is a girl that since I've known her,

doesn't really seem to want to take help from anyone...

She's kind of a do it by yourself in every element,

on and off the water.

[Sarah] Luckily, my good friend, Vern just...

was stand up paddling there,

and he held on to my gear

making sure it would not end up on the rocks.

That gave me the time to make it to my gear.

There was absolutely no wind,

I tried a water start,

but there was no wind in my sail.

And I just kept trying and trying,

and somehow, a gust of wind blew in my sail,

I stood up and managed to tack, turn, and sail back in.

This is exactly what I trained for.

I just spent an hour getting pounded in the waves,

swimming in the current,

and those days, when the ocean has no mercy,

remind me that no matter what I do in life,

there's always going to be a force stronger than me

trying to put me down.

The fact that I was able to get back to the shore

with my gear intact, and only a couple of bruises,

this fact empowers me so much.

And it also pushes me to go after bigger challenges,

like riding big waves.

This is Pe'ahi,

better known as Jaws.

There has to be a huge storm in the North Pacific Ocean

for this wave to break.

And when it does happen,

people come to the cliffs to watch
the surfers attempt to catch

the biggest waves of their lives.

Only a handful of women have
attempted to ride these waves.

I've always been fascinated by big waves.

I know it sounds crazy,

but there is something about these waves

that makes me feel at peace.

But Jaws is known as

one of the most dangerous surf spot in the world.

All the people that I would see out there

having been doing this for so long, like,

ten to fifteen years.

They have been surfing since they were little kids.

I first rode a wave when I was 15,

and only started to commit to being an athlete at 23.

So when I see all these very talented people,

I have to ask myself,

"Do I have the right to be out there with them?"

My name is Robby Swift.

I'm from Maidstone in England,

and I live in Maui now here
in Kuau right near the beach.

I am 31 years old,

and I've been a professional windsurfer since I was 16.

I've known Sarah I guess for like, four years now.

When I first met her, she was quite shy. I mean,

I speak a little bit of French,

and she didn't speak such good English then,

so maybe I found her height,

you know, a little, small, skinny girl.

I mean, she is still a very little
girl, but she's definitely,

I think, you know she's

definitely motivated, and driven as an athlete

to do all kinds of things, you know, stand up...

She does Stand Up Yoga on the South Shore.

You see her doing stand ups in pretty massive waves,

it's really cool.

But I think also that competing
and realizing she can do well,

has kind of motivated her, as well,

to train in the off season and to get better

and to kind of push her level of doing everything.

So Jaws is kind of the premier
big wave spot in the world.

It's one of the big wave spots that gets

the best chance of having the right wind direction,

and the best wind strength as well.

Being a big wave spot it's quite
dangerous, obviously, but

it's one of the places where there's
the most safety crew around.

There's always the jet skis there.

To rescue you and stuff, so you can feel

a little safer, perhaps there, than in other places.

It's quite scary. When you first arrive, always,

it doesn't really matter how
many times you've been there.

You see the huge waves, you see people fall,

and you're like, "Whoa, hope that doesn't happen to me."

The wave is so perfect, it is such a beautiful wave,

it kind of breaks in the same place every time,

the wave is going so fast it stretches the water out,

and makes it really smooth,

so as you get into it, you start
pushing yourself a little bit,

that's what happened there, I
had four or five good waves,

and I did a really nice turn on the one before,

and I was like, right I can go a little bit more deeper,

and try and go a little more vertical,

try and finish the turn a bit better,

and as I did that a gust of wind kind of hit me,

and the board kind of spun out,

I lost the traction from the fins,

and the board went around to the other side,

When that started happening, I
decided I wanted to let go.

But somehow, I got stuck on my equipment

and my feet didn't really come
out of the straps properly,

the board flipped upside down,

and I ended up lying on my back on the board.

As I started going over the fulls,

just the feeling of the free fall,

'cause you hit the equipment, and
then the wave pulls you over,

and you hear this huge noise all the time,

but at that moment,

you don't really hear any noise, you're just so scared,

you're falling from the top of a
two or three storey building.

I landed on my equipment, luckily the...

the mast which holds the board to the sail broke,

so they separated, and that was lucky

because it meant that I got away from my equipment,

and then I got picked up again,
and went over the fulls again,

Myself without the equipment got pushed down really deep

and then I started thinking,"Oh, no.
I wonder if I can hold my breath

for this long," then I pulled my vest,

I came shooting up quite quickly,

and as I was shooting up, I started thinking,

"The jet skis are probably all coming to get me,

I wonder if one of them is going
to crash into me as I come up."

You know, and you think all this stuff,

in those couple of seconds that you're underwater.

But I came up and the guys were right there.

They just grabbed me, and were like,

"Ha-ha, that was the worst wipe-out ever."

Both of them were just like,

"I cant believe you just went over the fulls,

stuck inside your boom."

And I was like, "I know. I can't believe it either."

And they're, like, "You okay?" And I'm, like...

"I think so," you know.

I was like, "Oh, man, now I wanna get more waves."

'Cause I feel kind of braver now,

because I've gone through all of that.

I had some of my best waves,

I think ever, after that.

[Sarah] When my journey began on Maui,

I set goals, and riding Jaws was one of them.

I focused on each step I had to do to make it happen.

And here I am, this morning,

getting ready to go windsurf at Jaws.

At that very moment, I was so scared.

I remember having to mentally control my fear

and not let it turn into panic.

Because of the El Nino phenomenon,

we were going through an unusual winter.

The storms were bringing us huge swells.

The day before,

two incredible surfers

ended their joust sessions at the hospital.

So, Max is worried about launching at Maliko.

Max is our water patrol guy today.

He's gonna be the person doing my safety,

and bringing me to the wave,

'cause to go to Jaws, you can't go from the shore,

you have to launch a jet ski,

at this gulch called Maliko.

And then you can ride the ski all the way to the wave

and just that is going to be pretty gnarly,

because the gulch is really narrow,

and usually it's calm, with no waves breaking in there,

but today, because of the huge swell,

the bay is going to be closing out,

and that's why he wanted to make sure

that there's gonna be another jet ski launching with us,

in front of him, that's gonna do the same thing.

If something goes wrong,

at least there is one ski that can tow the other ski.

And it's crazy that in those conditions,

we need safety for the safety,

but it's good to think about the worst-case scenario

and to be prepared for it.

And after that, once we will be at Jaws,

Max, he will stay on the jet ski,

and he will watch me the whole time,

and if I go down, if I fall,

he will be picking me up,

in the impact zone,

if he has enough time in between the waves,

otherwise I will have to dive under them,

but Max is really good at what he does,

he's been on the island for a long time,

and he's seen big waves, so...

I'm not worried about his part, hope I can do mine,

it's really important, it's real teamwork,

out there, because I'm gonna be

grabbing his hand, he's gonna come at me very fast,

and there's gonna be only a couple of seconds

where he can pick me up,

and get out of the impact zone
before the next wave comes.

And I've been training doing pickups

and being fast, all that stuff,
so let's hope for the best,

and be ready for the worst too.

Now we are playing the waiting game.

Everybody is ready to go.

We are just waiting for the
wind to pick up a little more.

So I keep myself occupied by

doing a couple of stretches and warm up.

I have a mic in my back. [laughing]

Trees are not moving much.

Let's see what the sensor says.

It says it should pick up.

It's the right direction.

It just needs to be stronger,
but the direction is right.

That's a good point, a good news.

This buoy that's northwest of
Hawaii is now reading 21.5 feet.

Yeah, looking good. Very big.

We're gonna go out there, and...

Worst-case scenario,

we're gonna watch the biggest wave of our lives

and best-case scenario, we might ride some of them.

[announcer] Some of the biggest names in surfing

are on the island today, out at Jaws.

Aloha, it's Rock mornings here in Maui.

Currently 75 degrees.

Huge swells today on the North Shore,

so everyone out there today, be careful.

Big shout-out to Sarah Hauser, be safe.

And let's get this hour started
with some Fit for Rivals.

[Sarah] Launching out of the Maliko Gulch was tricky.

We had to time the waves just right to get out.

As I came down that wave,

I could hear it breaking right behind me.

The sound was deafening,

and my board was going so fast, it was shaking.

When I got to the bottom, I looked up, and,

all I could see was water. No horizon.

That was the most incredible sensation.

I don't even know how to describe it.

I rode six waves that day.

I even got to share one with my team mate.

It sucks that I don't have a big sponsor.

Or that I don't have comfort or stability in my life.

But if that's what it takes for me to be out there,

then it's worth it.

I will never stop chasing my dreams.

What are your dreams?

What do you aspire to be?

My name is Sarah Hauser,

and this is my story.

Four years ago, I was just a trainer,

dreaming of having my own facility.

But with just pushing through every day,

continuing to build business plans,

and just believing in myself,

anything is possible.

I'm Nikki Metzger, I'm a Nike Master Trainer,

Women's Health 2015 Next Fitness Star,

and owner of Body, in Scottsdale, Arizona.

What are your dreams?

What do you aspire to be?

My name is Paige Alms,

and I'm the 2016 Women's Big-Wave World Champion.

Growing up as a kid on Maui,

I always aspired to be a professional surfer,

and just a few years ago, it was just a dream of ours

to have a women's event

and I had the chance to compete in the first ever

WSL Women's contest at Jaws, and I won!

Ten years ago, I had this dream inside of me

that yoga could be more than it was for me,

and maybe even more than it would be for someone else.

I just want to say you can follow your dreams,

you can pursue, you can become anything you want to be.

My name is Brooke Foon,

and I am the founder and CEO
of an international non-profit

called Holy Yoga.

Five years ago, I was selling radio advertising

for a rock radio station here in Phoenix, Arizona.

If you're watching this film,

this is a testimony to, you can do what you believe in,

you can follow your dreams.

You just have to put a foot forward and do it.

My name is Steve Esparza,

and I'm the director and producer of Girl on a Wave.

So, as Sarah Hauser would say,

"What are your dreams? What do you aspire to be?"

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