About Rebelle Surf. Melanie White, founder and owner of Rebelle Surf started this company because Surfing is FUN and she’s pretty sure after half a life time of exploring that Joy is a good path to follow!
Melanie’s Story
I started surfing 17 years ago and was instantly captivated. Basically I fell in love and I’m still as mad about it today as the day I started. Like any love story it’s not a straight road by any means. Surfing challenges me, tests me, pushes me, brings me happiness and peace, takes me on adventures, surprises me and scares me all at the same time.
There are so many aspects to surfing it blows my mind. Pure sport or pure relaxation and everything in between.
Pro surfer Kelly Slater summed it up for me when he said “Surfing is like the mafia. Once you’re in – you’re in. There’s no getting out.” That’s definitely true for me but I wouldn’t change it for the world either! The adventures that I’ve had in the search of both tropical and cold water waves have been unforgettable.
The biggest and greatest gift surfing gives me is connection. Connection to myself and to the true nature of the land and ocean where I live and surf. Not in some theoretical philosophical way, I mean really. When you surf you become part of the ocean’s heartbeat and it’s impossible not to have awareness of that presence.