Layne Beachley — the girl who ruled the waves

Fierce Girls

ABC Australia

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.5 • 956 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Surfer Layne Beachley grew up when girls were expected to sit on the beach and mind the boy’s towels. Layne ignored that ridiculous rule and became the best female surfer in the world — seven times! Narrated by Olympic gold medal winning hurdler and World Champion Sally Pearson.

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0:00.0	This is the story of the girl who ruled the
0:07.0	girl power.
0:11.0	This is the story of the girl who ruled the waves, Lane Beachley, read by a world champion
0:17.5	and Olympic gold medal hurdler, Sally Pearson. Boom!
0:25.0	His words hit her with more force than any way that it ever knocked her from a surfboard.
0:32.0	Boom! She could way that had ever knocked her from a surfboard.
0:33.0	Boom!
0:34.0	She could see his lips moving, but her mind was feeling with the same white noise that follows a massive wipeout.
0:41.0	Boom!
0:44.0	He gently placed his hand on her shoulder.
0:46.0	Do you understand, Lane?
0:48.0	he asked.
0:49.0	She slowly nodded.
0:51.0	She may have only been eight years old, but she knew what her dad meant when he said,
0:57.0	We love you, but we got you from somewhere else. Boom.
1:04.4	Just like that, Lane Beachley found out she was adopted.
1:09.2	Perhaps she should have noticed earlier that the puzzle pieces didn't quite fit together.
1:13.4	Her mom, or adoptive mom, as it turned out, was part Japanese.
1:18.4	Her adoptive dad had fur skin and toweled over them.
1:22.1	Lane looked completely different.
1:25.0	She was tanned with bleach blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes.
1:29.0	She was also tiny.
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