Laura Louise Lakey Peterson is an American professional surfer, born on 30 September 1994. She learned to surf as a five year old during a year-long family trip around the world, earning the nickname Lakey Legend on Manly Beach in Australia, and returned to the sport at 12. She qualified for the women's world championship tour by 16 and began her rookie season in 2012. In 2009 she landed the first aerial in the history of NSSA women's competition and won the title. She has been ranked as high as number one by the World Surf League and was second overall on the 2018 tour and third in 2019, and she qualified as an alternate for the United States Olympic surf team for the 2020 Games.
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