When Jade Darma Wong's was 19 years old, she had a wild idea to serve pipeline, one of the most

iconic and dangerous waves in the world.

There was one catch. She had no experience surfing.

In fact, she didn't even know how to swim.

But Jade always felt drawn to the ocean,

and surfing was the perfect way to explore a new

side of herself. Almost immediately Jade was mesmerized by pipeline a way of known

for its massive size, long perfect barrels, and the fact that it breaks over a very shallow reef.

Riding pipeline is incredibly risky, and it's usually only attempted by experienced surfers.

Jade started from square one.

She took swim lessons, surf lessons, put into hundreds of hours of hard work,

and she finally paddled out at Pipeline in April 2024.

I'm Shelby Stanger and this is wild ideas worth living, an Arii Coop Studios production brought to you by Capital One.

Before she started surfing, Jay Darma Wangso was a successful content creator and

YouTubeer. She started making videos when she was just 10 years old.

At age 16, Jay dropped out of high school to pursue content creation full time.

Though her YouTube career has been successful and fulfilling,

she yearned to reclaim a sense of adventure

that she didn't experience as a teen. Jade Darmo-Wangza, welcome to wild ideas worth living. I'm excited to talk to you because I read your story online and you had a wild idea that deeply resonated with me that I was like wow that is really cool.

You had this wild idea to surf pipeline with very little almost snow surfing experience or background.

You didn't grow up on the beach. Where did you grow up?

I grew up a majority of my life in Portland, Oregon.

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