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Keala Kennelly Joins Infamous Management

Infamous Management is proud to announce the addition of Keala Kennelly to the crew at this, a pivotal point in her career. After years of dominating the WCT and garnering tons of magazine coverage, Keala took a break from surfing to pursue acting in 2007.

This year she returns to pro surfing with the goal to break ground on the women’s side of the sport; she wants to become the first ever successful female pro free surfer.

Keala was born into surfing. Her mom surfed while pregnant with her, and her dad had her surfing on the nose of his board by the time she was 3. Growing up in Kauai under the influence of the Irons brothers Keala learned to rip big waves and push herself early on. She carved out a niche for her rebellious self while on the WCT tour conquering Teahupoo and Pipe.

In addition to her surfing success, Keala is also an accomplished actress. She had a cameo appearance in the big screen movie, Blue Crush, in which she performed surf stunts, and she has also played a recurring role in the HBO television show, John from Cincinnati.

Though she is known for her massive tow-ins at Teahupoo (first in 2005 and again this May), her fearless style and countless accolades, she is more than a surfer that can charge. Keala is an ambassador of women’s surfing and a powerful role model. Not only does she want to change what it means to be a female pro surfer, but she also wants to fight for equality for women in surfing.

“Keala is such a strong icon for women’s surfing, and she has helped the sport grow so much by surfing in bigger waves.” -Infamous surfer, Leilani Gryde

Infamous is confident that with our support Keala can be a successful freesurfer and gain photo and video coverage, the way many guys in the industry have, but no female has yet been able to achieve. She has always had her own approach to surfing, because she knows who she is and what she wants, which is why Infamous believes in her ability to take women’s surfing in a new direction.

“Infamous is established by pro athletes, so they understand athletes. Roberta is a woman who has seen the snowboard world go through some of the changes I would like to be a part of in the surfing world for women. I think her insight is going to be invaluable.” -Keala Kennelly

About Infamous
Infamous Management represents only the best athletes in the action sports industry. Our riders are professional, talented and highly marketable. IMI believes there is a balance between the rider and the company and that by working together they can profit equally from each other. At IMI we want to work with the companies as much as the riders to maximize marketing potential of both the athlete and the company. Roberta Rodger ’s vast knowledge and experience in the action sports industry helps IMI’s athletes reach their full potential in the market.

“I believe that, with us, an athlete can grow, have a successful and lucrative career, and still maintain our ethical guidelines which are: loyalty, respect, trust, integrity and of course true love and dedication to improving their sport and their talents. The Infamous crew is JP Walker, Seth Huot, Chris Haslam, Simon Chamberlain, Stevie Bell, Leilani Gryde, Spencer O’Brien, Stian Solberg, Meghann O’Brien and Joe Sexton. For updates and profiles on our athletes check out both our website.

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