Isla Hardy of Aptos, 16, wins her first Prime Series at Steamer Lane

SurfMAD! — Speed. Power. Flow.

Isla Hardy is 16, from Aptos, California. On Sunday she won Girls U18 at USA Surfing Prime Series West Stop No. 1, in 1- to 3-foot surf at Steamer Lane. It was her first Prime Series title.

In the final she posted 12.16. Encinitas’ Kaydn Persidok was second at 8.66. Huntington Beach’s Olivia Storrer, a Santa Cruz native, was third at 5.73. Encinitas’ Victoria Duprat was fourth. Hardy had already won her quarterfinal at 15.16, then took the last spot out of the semi, 9.00 to Santa Cruz’s Kaikora Nauenberg at 8.63.

She is on USA Surfing’s U18 Junior National Team. The win was at the break in her own backyard.

That’s the MAD! mindset — desire, eagerness, and enthusiasm when it counts.

Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel, Oct. 4, 2026