Blanchard, Alana (1990 – )

Hawaiian pro surfer and swimwear model, best known for her skin-baring dental-floss bikini photo shoots; world-ranked #11 in 2013. Blanchard was born (1990) in Princeville, Kauai, and began surfing with her father in the shorebreak near Hanalei Pier at age four. By nine she was a regular junior competitor (along with best friend and soon-to-be famous shark attack victim Bethany Hamilton), and at 15 she got her first taste of surf industry stardom following her win in the 2005 T & C Surf Women...