Alana Blanchard has always known she was going to be a pro surfer. It’s been in her blood ever since her first competition at 6-years-old. It probably helps that she grew up on Kauai with a family of surfers from Mom and Dad to brothers, but still, she could have decided to just be a beach blanket blond. But that wasn’t the route she chose and now at 18-years-old she’s the face of Rip Curl, travels the world both modeling and competing and can’t imagine any other life then the one she’s been living since she was a grom. This month surfing’s latest Hawaiian darling is being touted as the as the “hottest surfer in the world” by TW Surf, and their claiming it’s not just for her smoking looks. Either way we don’t care. We like her and think she’s got it going on so FUEL.TV caught up with the watergirl while on a breather at home to find out a little more about this chick who is making waves in the surfing media and in mags like Vanity Fair. –Shanti Sosienski

Interview with Alana…

FUEL.TV: What kind of surfer did Kauai make you?

Alana Blanchard: That’s a hard question. I guess they say that living here gives you a real advantage to different kinds of waves. We have everything from mushy and hollow to big, so you get comfortable in all types of surf. Probably because we are surrounded by ocean, it’s all we know growing up.  Read the rest of the interview…