Brazilian Stephanie Pettersen first came to Australia in 1989 and fell in love with the country. Ten years later, Stephanie permanently moved to Australia, where she now resides on the Gold Coast, becoming an Australian Citizen in the year 2000.
Started bodyboarding at 15 years of age and began to compete just months after. At 17, she won her first bodyboarding competition. By the time she was 20 years old, in 1990 she had claimed her first Brazilian National title, and in the same year claimed her first World Title at the infamous Banzai Pipeline. She subsequently won the World Titles in 93 and 94.
Falling pregnant in 1994, she continued to surf the points of Byron Bay until she was 6 months pregnant. Yohanah Horan, also daughter of Australian legendary Pro Surfer Cheyne Horan was born Ocober, 20 th.