At Windansea they will drop in on you

Stephanie Canepa:

“Windansea [Beach] is more famous for their locals being territorial,” she said. “You gotta be like “in”, really good — or not scared [because] they will drop in on you, yell at you and threaten you.”

Her worst concussion happened in 2014 at San Clemente after she and another kid caught the same wave. They both “ate it” and were caught within the turbulence, then the kid kicked her in the stomach. “When I was coming back to shore I was already like disoriented and then [another] wave hit me right in the head and then I just hit the ground.”