OAHU’S NORTH SHORE SURFER GIRL
Ellen Giambalvo Camp, 24 yrs.
YEARS SURFING & INSPIRATION
I started surfing when I was 11 years old and it was actually my dad that inspired me and taught me to surf in Narragansett, Rhode Island. He would take me out in the frigid cold water in the middle of winter; He wanted to make sure I was hard core and not into it for the "image", so he really put me to the test.
My dad was the biggest influence in my life and then his friend, Peter Pan, who owned Water Shot Surf Shop (now Gansett Juice), he made sure I had all the equipment I needed and got me into contests; he really helped to make sure that surfing was fun for me. At that time, his daughter Trisha Pan and I were the ONLY girls out in the water, she was a good surfer and friend when girls surfing wasn't "cool.

GREATEST LESSON SURFING HAS
TAUGHT ME
How powerful the ocean is and how inferior to it I am. It's a reality check, an ongoing learning
process to rise above my fears and let go of all
the "what-if's" and it also applies to regular life
too, just going for it and not letting your fears get the best of you.

3 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE
FAMILY: My mom, father, sister and husband.
I feel they'll love me and be there for me no
matter what ever happens.
HEALTH: I try to stay strong, active and eat
healthy. I want to live a long life, surfing for the rest of my life like my parents do. They are in their 50's and they're still charging it. I come
from a family of surfers.
MY HAPPINESS: same as above.