Oh Yes We Did!! Anastasia Ashley Exclusive Interview

We love Anastasia, and Anastasia loves Dailystoke, so we caught up with her to break it all down.  Here's how it went:

Dailystoke.com: So you have been deemed one of the 10 Hottest Chicks in Surfing by a certain magazine. We at Dailystoke are officially crowning you as #1, Numero Uno, so how does it feel to be the hottest chick in surfing? (applause)

Thanks!! I am stoked, I'm flattered!….I try not to take myself too seriously, I love to surf, and in the meantime whatever comes along with that.

Dailystoke.com: OK, with that out of the way lets gets down to business. You grew up in Hawaii, who did you ride with growing up and what are some of your favorite surf spots?

LOL! I grew up in Hawaii where I started surfing, Jamie O'Brien was one of my first surfing friends.  I grew up surfing Euhkai Beach Park, and V land, it was such a great place to spend my childhood, I would spend hours and hours in the ocean. Now some of my favorite surf spots are Backdoor and Keramas.

Dailystoke.com: You have an impressive resume (ASP Triple Crown ROY 2003, APSPR title in 2008), but what’s the biggest challenge you had as you worked your way up the ranks?

Definitely peaking too early in a contest, before the finals, I usually go” all out “in all my heats, its just the way I surf, I don't like to hold back. Which also sometimes hinders me, I'm a progressive surfer, I like to “go big”.

courtesy: Damea Dorsey

Dailystoke.com: You recently won the Pipeline Womens Pro….tell us how you approach things when you’re not getting big barrels on contest day, like at Pipe?

Well definitely its strategy, and patience, you only need 2 waves, which in 20-30 minutes with 3 other very hungry girls for the win, isn't' as easy as it sounds. I basically just try to get wave selection, and also not let me nerves get to me.

Dailystoke.com: We love how surfers continue to push the boundaries, and surf what was once considered unsurfabale stuff. We heard you have been towing in search of some evil slabs, where were you towing?

Yeah , I just started towing this past year, I am excited because its a new chapter in my surfing. I towed some outer reefs in Hawaii, like Phantoms, Hammerheads. Garrett McNamara took me out one day, he was whipping me into some good ones it was fun.

Dailystoke.com: What women’s surfer do you think had the greatest impact on the sport, why?

Definitely I would say Lisa Andersen, she was a great role model for young surfing girls, I looked up to her, and for style and iconicness, I would say Gidget who is probably the most well known surf style icon to this day.

Dailystoke.com: What’s your relationship with Jamie O’Brien (aka JOB) and what do you think of WHOisJOB? When is WHOisAA coming out!?

He is one of my good friends, he is awesome, I think WHO IS JOB is going to be the best surf movie ever made. I have seen alot of footage from what they have been filming so far, it looks insane. I’ve been thinking about doing something for a while.. I’m in the works of something, I can't quite give too much details yet though ; )

Dailystoke.com: We at Dailystoke love Airwalk, we heard you are doing some designs, what have you designed and where can we check it out?

Yes! I love Airwalk too, they really get me and my lifestyle, and make the cutest shoes. I have done some designs with them. I have a Anastasia Ashley X Airwalk line in the Childrens store Stride Rite, and also a signature shoe design at Payless.

Dailystoke.com: Tell us what gear and new surf products you like, what should we be checking out for our fellow surfers?

Well boards, fun boards, shorter wider fatter than your usual boards, sounds trendy to say, but for small gut less waves they work great.

Dailystoke.com: If you could tell all our dailystokers one piece of advice, what would it be (surfing or otherwise)

Live your dreams, don't listen to negativity , and  F*CK the haters!!