Kauai's Alana Blanchard Featured in Short Film

Kauai’s pro surfer Alana Blanchard is featured in a new short film The Escape (below) by Drew Doggett. About the film:

The Escape is a short film featuring Hawaiian pro surfer Alana Blanchard. For Alana, the act of surfing is about the sport as much as it is about the rare opportunity it grants her to be purely in the moment. Throughout a kaleidoscope of visuals in and out of one of Alana’s favorite surf spots on Kauai, this film expands on the sensation leading up to and after the joy of those moments where a sense of all-consuming happiness is met by the bliss of knowing that nothing matters more than being present. With Alana, this takes the form of surfing some of the most famous, world-class waves. The film is scored by Christopher Ward, a multi-platinum Oscar, and Grammy-winning composer.

Alana started surfing at the age of 4 with her father at Kauai’s Hanalei Pier. She started competing at the age of 9, and today Alana is a popular professional surfer and model.