Keira Buckpitt is the 2021 Australian national U18 surfing champion, #2 Australian junior pro surfer and Australia team captain at the 2023 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships. She also claimed team silver at her maiden outing at Worlds in 2022, the same year she began racing the pro junior circuit. The talented surfer from Culburra Beach qualified to surf the 2023 WSL World Junior Tour, placing 9th at the World Junior Championships in Oceanside, California – another step towards her dream of making the World Tour of surfing and becoming an Olympian in the sport.

\Interesting fact: Keira loves all sorts of sports, including soccer, touch football, mountain biking, snowboarding, and skateboarding.