Daize Shayne

Born: 1977 (Yucaipa, CA)
From: Moved to Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii
Known for: 2 time world champion longboarder

Biography

Daize Shayne's family moved to Hawaii when she was only 6 months old. She decided to take up Hawaii's favorite sport surfing at the age of 16 years old. What helped her to be able to surf was a supportive principal at her high school that allowed her to surf whenever as long as she got her work done and she graduated with honors from high school. The ocean lover Daize was ambitious so she taught herself how to surf as a kid growing up in Hawaii. Daize worked hard and eventually won many surfing competitions. This did not come without some struggles. She was often teased and beat up by other kids her age while growing up because she did not fit in with the locals. Daize overcame this asll and even ended being friends with some people. In 1999, Daize won the World Longboard Championships; she won first place as well as in the Quicksilver Winter Classics that same year. In the 2000 World Longboard Championship, Daize won 2nd Place. During the 2003 season, she won the Converse/Longboard Nose Riding Championships and she was a finalist for Action Girl o The Year. In 2004, she won the World Longboard Championships. Since then, Daize has not been surfing as much even though she still loves it. The largest wave she's ever surfed is a 12 footer.

Daize began singing and modeling around the time she started surfing. She began dedicating time to her singing career and she continues to model. Daize was the first model for Roxy. Her first album was called "Live Your Dreams." It was a lot of hard work and did not come as easily as surfing did for her but it is starting to pay off. She eventually went on tour in Japan and Europe.

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