Keala Kennelly wins the Red Bull Magnitude Event
The historic Red Bull Magnitude event has come to a close and a winner has been announced. The winner is Keala Kennelly!! This contest was the first-ever all-female big wave contest. Some of the best big wave surfers hit the waves this summer looking to score the biggest and best ride.
“These are the kind of resources that the women just never have and the men do,” Kennelly told Fansided. “I think you are going to see the level of women’s big wave surfing, I think the bar is going to get really raised this year just from having that support that we never had before. I really commend Red Bull for giving the women the opportunity. When women are given the chance, they rise to the occasion. I just think of when I started surfing big waves and I was like one of the only females doing that and at some spots, I’d be the first female in history trying to ride these big waves amongst the guys. I just got told ‘women can’t’ and you know, I shouldn’t be out there and stuff like that. It’s come a long way and so see so many more women surfing big waves now. I feel like my contributions to the sport have helped that along.”
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Congratulations to Keala Kennelly!!!
