Supergirl Ambassador - Coco Ho

Coco Ho

Date of Birth: April 28, 1991
Place of Birth: Kapiolani, Honolulu, Hawaii
Lineage: Born into Hawaiian surf royalty with Dad Michael Ho and Uncle Derek Ho
Resides: North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii
Sponsors: Volcom, Nike 6.0, Warriors Wetsuits
Height: 5’2”
Weight: 112
Stance: Regular
Favorite Break: Snapper Rocks, Queensland, Australia
Tunes: Beyonce, T.I., John Mayer, Colbie Caillat, Rihanna
Fuel: “I’m a cereal addict!!”

Bio
“No nerves, just amp.” The words spoken by Kelly Slater in the surf movie Black and White are the words to live by for 18-yearold Coco Ho. The heiress to a surfing legacy, Coco is among the new generation of young surfers taking the women’s professional surfing circuit by storm.

To say she was destined to surfing greatness is an understatement, and she is well on her way.

She is the daughter of Michael Ho and the niece of Derek Ho, both surfing legends, and the younger sister of up-and-comer Mason Ho. “I was always around the contest scene (like the Triple Crown) when I was young hearing my Dad and Uncle Derek’s name on the loud speaker. I didn’t know how big they really were until I started getting into the sport.”

She began surfing at the tender age of 7 when she noticed her Dad spending time with her older brother in the water. “After trying I was obsessed and had my dad working hard keeping up!” Coco soon started competing in NSSA regional and national events, as well as local surfing competitions, and has since accumulated an impressive list of accolades. The past three years have been particularly prodigious.
In 2007, she won the VQS Championship, placed second in the

Open Women’s division of the NSSA Nationals, and won the Trials for the ASP Women’s World Tour stop at her home break at Sunset Beach. She went on to make it into the quarterfinals of the event, surfing against the world’s best, and was named the Triple Crown’s “Rookie of the Year,“ topping her list of shining moments.

The following year, in 2008, Coco built upon her 2007 successes even further. She made the finals of the Open Women’s division at the NSSA Nationals, finished runner up at the Billabong Junior in Sunset Beach, runner up at the ASP WQS 6-Star US Open in Huntington Beach while simultaneously winning the event’s Supergirl Junior Pro which ran concurrently. In the ASP WQS 4-Star Rio International Brasil, she claimed third, at the ASP WQS 5-Star Margaret River Pro, she took fifth, and scored a fourth place finish at the ASP WQS 6-Star Reef Hawaiian Pro.

2008 also provided another milestone when she was recognized as the fifth most popular women’s surfer at the prestigious Surfer Poll
Awards alongside some of the her friends and idols including Soifa Mulanovich, Stephanie Gilmore, Carissa Moore and Layne Beachley.

2009 was a banner year for Coco! She won her first WCT event in Portugal, ranked # 4 in the world and took the prestigious Rookie of the Year award. Clearly there’s more to come!

Career Accomplishments – Awards
* 2009 ASP Dream Tour Rookie of the Year
* 2009 ASP WQS World Champion
* 2009 Ranked #4 on ASP World Tour
* 2009 Surfer Poll- Voted #3 most influential surfer of the year
* 2008 Surfer Poll – Voted #5 most influential surfer of the year
* 2007 Triple Crown Rookie of the Year
Career Accomplishments – Contests
• 2009 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Search Peniche, Portugal- 1st place
• 2009 MoviStar Peru Classic- 3rd Place
• 2009 Roxy Pro Gold Coast (Australia) WCT – 3rd place
• 2009 Margaret River Pro (Western Australia) WQS 5-star – 2nd place
• 2009 Estoril Billabong Girls Pro (Portugal) WQS 6-star – 2nd place
• 2008 Reef Hawaiian Pro WQS 6-star – 4th place
• 2008 US Open Junior Pro Champion
• 2008 US Open of Surfing WQS 6-star – 2nd place (took place in youngest competitor final heat in history)
• 2008 Sunset Junior Pro – 2nd place
• 2008 Rio International Brasil WQS 4-star – 3rd place
• 2008 Margaret River Pro WQS 5-star – 5th place
• 2007 VQS Championship – 1st place
• 2007 Open Women NSSA Nationals – 2nd place
• 2007 Sunset Beach WCT – Trials winner (quarter final finish)
• 2006 Hawaii Billabong Junior Champion
• 2006 Open Regional Hawaiian Champion
• 2005 Open Women’s Regional Hawaii Champion
• 2005 Billabong Junior Pro – 2nd place