Thirteen-year-old surfing prodigy Leihani Zoric: ‘I don’t want to participate, I want to dominate’

The Guardian

The Indigenous Australian grew up idolising Steph Gilmore and Tyler Wright. Now she has them – and an Olympic gold – in her sights Leihani Zoric, 13, grew up watching Australian surfers dominate on the world stage. Stephanie Gilmore, the greatest female surfer of all time, and Tyler Wright, a two-time World Surf League champion, were among her idols. “When I was little I always watched their surfing,” she says. “They inspired me in and out of the water.”