“That I need to go to work from Monday to Friday to have two days off. And then drink on Friday to shake off the stress, then feel like shit Saturday, then be in Sunday and then do it all again.I realized I didn’t need to be in that ‘normal life’ that I really don’t relate to"

For as long as she can remember, Montreal born Marie-Christine Amyot has always had a deep love for the ocean.

After finishing her bachelor degree in communications and public relations, she got a destination representative job in Mexico. She wanted to step out of her comfort zone, improve her English, learn Spanish and most of all, she wanted to try surfing, a sport she’d been craving for so long. Soon enough, she realized that surfing was way harder than she thought… but it was also more amazing than she had even imagined. Totally hooked, she decided she would ...