Olivia was born in Plymouth, UK, but moved to the United States at the age of 8. After taking kitesurfing lessons on Hawaii at 16 years-old she got addicted and soon made kitesurfing her profession. Living on Maui she has become one of the most established water-women and is focusing to progress in big waves. It was just a matter of time until she got totally hooked with wing foiling.

Olivia, you have a lot of experience on all kinds of board sports on the water. We would like you to tell us a bit about your watersport’s history.

I have been a professional kite surfer for many years. To maximize my time spent in the water I aim to be proficient in a wide variety of water sports. Actually, I am doing about every water sport you can think of like kitesurfing, wing foiling, surfing with shortboard, longboard, prone surf foiling, kite foiling, freediving, and swimming. Well, you could say I am professional water-women.

When and how have you discovered water & wind sports for the first time?

I sailed a lot when I was a kid, every single holiday, we would go on these big sailing trips. From these vacations I really got an introduction and love of the water. And I also really learned how to read the wind and utilize it.

What got you into Wing foiling?

Few years ago, I learned how to prone foil on the surfboard - and I really enjoyed that. I was having a lot of fun with it. Because I had that knowledge of kite foiling and prone foiling I felt like, I have to try this wing foiling thing.

Now, what do you love about Winging?

One of the most fun things for me to do in winging is just to try and jump as high as I can. So nice, strong wind that can get my 25-liter board up and going is definitely my favorite. I love winging in the waves when the waves are really blown out. Even when there is not really a very good wave, it's really cool to go out and wing foil because you can still have such a blast and have a lot of fun.

You hold the record for biggest wave kitesurfed by a female. What is your fascination about riding in big waves and how do you handle fear?

I kind of thrive in the uncomfortable and like putting myself into uncomfortable positions to see how I fend for myself out there. Every session that I have in big waves, I'm definitely scared, but I can almost thrive on that. I think that was part of the reason why I really want to do what I do, because I love fear. I love that feeling! I search for that, I guess. And that's why I think I'm always trying to go out in bigger and bigger waves, because I like that feeling.

You are also pushing yourself into back flips. Please tell us about that.

I have crashed a lot of times, but I'm going to get it. I feel like I have the commitment, but I still need to learn how to make my body real small and bring my knees in... and generate the pop. I know it's in my future here soon.