Author Archives: Mercedes Maidana
Patagonia Surf Catalog 2012
So excited to had been featured in the Patagonia 2012 Surf Catalog! The photo was taken by Edwin Morales on a really fun day at Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Aloha! Mercedes :)
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Featured in Golden Ride, Germany
I just been featured in Golden Ride Magazine from Germany in an article about women’s big wave surfing! Along myself were also with Maya, Jamilah, Easkey and Savannah. I wish I could read German, because the article is 9 pages long! Aloha! Mercedes :)
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Is Fear Holding You Back?
As a big wave surfer I deal with fear constantly: tangible, on your face, cold in the stomach fear. When a thirty feet mass of water comes my way, I have two options: to panic and freak out, or to simply relax and see what happens. I usually ask myself, why do I put myself [...]
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Interview for Revista Sophia, Argentina
Here is an interview I did for a women’s magazine from Argentina. It’s in Spanish, so hope you can read it! Aloha, Mercedes
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Here is an interview for Surfsister.com.au
“… I recently conversed with Hawaii’s Mercedes Maidana (that assures me her home town in Argentina is squished between the Andes mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean. Not really a place big on wave’s) who shared her love of surfing the big stuff. Mercedes efforts have earned her back to back nominations as a finalist [...]
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Mini interview for Propaganda Mag! from Argentina
Click here to read the interview in Spanish :)
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Profile video for Patagonia’s “De Sol a Sol”
Hi everyone, Here is a video we did in Chile this year. It is close to my heart because it shows in a more personal note my journey through surfing and big wave surfing. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed doing it. The video was done by chilean film maker Rodrigo [...]
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Patagonia surf catalog
Here is the new Patagonia online surf catalog. Check out the amazing shots and videos! I was honored to be featured with a photo by Rodrigo Farias Moreno, taken in the desert in Arica. Click here to look at the catalog: http://media.patagonia.com/fb/SURF_F11/#/16 Hope you like it! :)
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Nine days in Puerto Escondido