Hunter Douglas is a freshman marketing major from New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Douglas competes in the ladies division for the Surf Club here at Stetson University. Earlier this month, Douglas competed in her first NSSA competition and according to Douglas, “NSSA is a new contest for me. It goes a lot faster than the contests I am used to. There are so many different colleges that have a bunch of girls competing.”

At the NSSA contest, Douglas competed as the only girl surfer for Stetson and held her own. Douglas said, “Being the only girl from Stetson competing definitely put some pressure on my performance, but for my first heat, I put forth all I been training for and was able to place second.” With her second place finish, Douglas was able to advance to the next heat of the competition. In that second heat she placed first and qualified for the finals. In the final heat, Douglas finished fifth, starting the season off with an excellent showing. The one thing that Douglas remembers from the competition was “the support of my fellow Stetson Surf Team peers and friends.”