Paige Hareb is ranked the world's second best professional women's surfer under 20. The Taranaki teenager is on the road 10 months of the year chasing her dream of breaking into the elite 17-women World Championship Tour. Follow her quest on her blog, Offshore.

I first started surfing when I was about 7 or 8 and haven't stopped since. I am now 18 years old. I grew up in a little town in the North Island on the West coast of New Zealand called Oakura. It has heaps of point and beach breaks.

I first walked in to the Mt Woodgee factory when I was 16 years old looking for a similar board to what I was already riding, 5'7 x 17 x 2 The boys gave me a deal on a second-hand board that pretty much matched those dimensions. Even though the dimensions were similar, the board felt way better straight away. So good that I surfed it for a whole year!

Back over the ditch and in the Mt Woodgee factory a year later for Wayne to shape me a brand new board with the same dimensions. I loved it first surf and used it in the New Zealand Womens' Nationals winning the U18 girls, Open women and the expression session all on a beach break. The week after I won a NZ Open womens' comp at Raglan (a point break) and got my first ever 10 point ride on it. From then on no one has ever been able to separate me from my beloved Mt Woodgee boards!

I have now had over 25 boards made by Wayne from good all-round comp boards to big Hawaii boards they just keep getting better and better. I have formed a good relationship with Wayne and Nick and the whole Mt Woodgee crew and I can see myself surfing these magic boards to become the future world champ!