Issue 54 Aurora Magazine January 2023

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PHOTO: SERENA KIRBY
had it for three months before I actually found out. The delay was because Dad hadn’t
checked his emails for three months. I have more sponsors now, including Creatures of
Leisure.”
As a family the Campbell’s are very accustomed to juggling the demands of work and
life while supporting their children’s aspirations as Isi’s older sister, Emi, was also a high
achieving surfer as a teenager. Isi’s mum works as a school library officer and her dad is
Deputy Principal at a local primary school so when they’re able, they travel as a family.
What's amusing is that Isi’s parents see inside more classrooms than their daughter as
Isi does her schooling via SIDE (School of Isolated and Distance Education).
“I try to have a routine as I have WebEx lessons at set times on certain days. I totally
prefer learning remotely to sitting in a classroom and I must be doing okay as Mum tells
me I’m getting an award but I don’t know what it’s for yet.”
But it’s not always all fun in the surf as like any surfer who pushes themselves to the
limits, Isi has had her share of injuries. She’s split her eyebrow open when her board
flipped up and smacked her in the face and just two days into her El Salvador trip she
got what could have been a catastrophic injury when her surfboard fin cut into the side
of her neck.
“Mum says I was very, very lucky. Had it been deeper it would’ve got my carotid artery.
I’m also recovering from a shoulder injury so I can’t actually surf for a few weeks.”
Not all things that have given Isi a scare have been medical as she remembers one
competition where the waves were ten foot high.
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