Lani Doherty

Kalulani Lani Doherty, born on April 14, 1993, in Maui, is an American surfer. Both her parents were surfers, and she grew up near a still cove that let her ride her first waves as a toddler, lying down on her father's board. She entered her first surfing competition at the age of seven. On May 4, 2008, she won the women's open and junior women's divisions at the Hookipa Surfing Challenge Neil Pryde Maui, in August 2008 she finished fourth in the Girls Under 16 category at the SIMA Surfing America USA Championships, and in April 2009 she made the third round of the Girls Under 18 competition at the Quiksilver ISA World Games as a member of the USA Surf Team.