Jamilah Star owned her first surfboard at age five. She has been surfing ever since. Inspired by her father, Reve Fuse - an avid Santa Cruz cold water surfer - Jamilah is now a celebrated and award winning big wave rider, decorated ocean lifeguard and successful competitive professional surfer.
Jamilah won the Billabong XXL Big Wave Award two years in a row - 2005 and 2006, including the first year Billabong ever gave an award to women (2005). She was named a global finalist in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Jamilah's record breaking waves shots were taken at Sunset beach, Waimea from the cliffs and Waimea from the water.
National Geographic Adventure Magazine, December 2006 - January 2007, named Jamilah one of the 12 most adventurous people in the world! (See article on page one: BEST OF ADVENTURE '07/THEY DID IT!)
Jamilah is the only woman to win the CENTRAL AMERICAN LONG BOARD CIRCUIT, competing against all men.
She's spent months charging intense waves on the North Shore of Oahu, including Waimea Bay, Sunset Beach, Pipe Line, Off-the-wall and returning home to surf Maverick's. She rides Maverick's - on days that take all her strength and determination to succeed.
Her accomplishments gained her the cover of Surf Life for Women. Also Surfer, WAVES, Free Surf Hawaii, SG, TRIP SURF and many other international publications feature Jamilah in interviews and photo layouts.
Steamers Lane, in Santa Cruz, California is her home break. It provides excellent training for mastering big powerful cold-water waves. The international venues of Hawaii, Indonesia, Panama, Costa Rica, and Mexico are some of Jamilah's current favorites.
Raised on fresh air and healthy food, gifted with naturally beautiful looks, Jamilah developed into a world-class beauty with an outstanding athletic, seductive physic.
Jamilah is a great crowd pleaser. Her flair on the board, from headstands, aerial maneuvers to thirty foot air drops in extreme conditions - get special attention from the media. Recently she's been featured on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic TV, MTV and ESPN.
Jamilah enjoys singing and recording, she is sketch artist and a published writer. She has a great passion and love for life, and all the wonderful gifts it brings.
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