Tautua Multi-Sport had the pleasure of speaking with Lucy “The Samoan Surfer” Matautia-Jarrard regarding her accomplished surfing career and personal identity. Lucy Mata’utia-Jarrard is 22 years old; originally from California and currently living in Hawaii. She is the first female surfer to represent America Samoa in the International Surfing Association and compete in an Olympic Qualifier in El Salvador.

The Fautasi race is an annual Samoan tradition that consists of village longboats racing to place top three. The boats represent specific villages of American Samoa and is rowed only by qualified men from those villages (the number of boats vary each year).