▁foc using ▁her ▁biggest ▁passion ▁on ▁sur f ing ▁big ▁waves , ▁p add ling ▁out r igger ▁can o es ▁and ▁S UP . ▁She ▁began ▁p add ling ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁to ▁keep ▁herself ▁phys ically ▁trained , ▁took ▁the ▁sport ▁seriously , ▁and ▁became ▁intern ation ally ▁recognized ▁as ▁a ▁prof ic ient ▁water w oman . ▁ ▁Compet itive ▁sports ▁ ▁Out r igger ▁can oe ▁As ▁an ▁O C ▁p add ler , ▁she ▁has ▁won ▁many ▁titles , ▁records ▁and ▁awards , ▁including ▁world ▁recognized ▁compet itions ▁of ▁channel ▁cross ings ▁like ▁Mau i ▁to ▁Mol ok ai ▁( P ail olo ▁Channel ), ▁Mol ok ai ▁to ▁O ahu ▁( K a ’ i wi ▁channel ) ▁and ▁the ▁T ah it ian ▁Race ▁H awa iki ▁N ui ▁Va ’ a . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁past ▁six ▁years , ▁Andrea ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁world ’ s ▁best ▁women ' s ▁p add ler ▁team , ▁Team ▁Brad ley , ▁the ▁seven - time ▁winner ▁( as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 2 ) ▁of ▁Na ▁W ah ine ▁O ▁Ke ▁K ai ▁race , ▁the ▁challeng ing ▁ 4 2 - mile ▁channel ▁crossing ▁women ’ s ▁O C 6 ▁- ▁six - man ▁can oe ▁race . ▁ ▁Stand - up ▁p add ling ▁Her ▁S UP ▁career ▁started ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁when ▁she ▁crossed ▁the ▁Ka ’ i wi ▁Channel ▁compet ing ▁amongst