Pauline Ado – The next big thing in women’s surfing hails from France and comes with an arm load of competitive fire mixed with just enough cuteness to fool you into thinking she’s not a threat. About sexy? “I think right now there’s a little too much of a sexy part sometimes. And I think we need to play this part,” she said in an interview with Magic Seaweed. “But we need to keep it like … how do you say? In French, we call it class.”

Pauline Ado. It doesn’t have to be so black and white. Photo: Trent Mitchell
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