Category Archives: Surfing

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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Profile video for Patagonia

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Patagonia Paddle Board Race event in Honolulu

Last night we went to an event in the Patagonia Honolulu Store to celebrate the Paddle Board Race from Molokai to Oahu that will take place this Sunday. The race of 32 miles open-ocean crossing of the Molokai Channel will take place for the 15th consecutive year. We had amazing fish tacos and watched a [...]
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Video of the Patagonia store event in Buenos Aires

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Patagonia store event in Buenos Aires

Last Friday we did the first store event in Buenos Aires to present the Patagonia wetsuits in Argentina. It was a lovely evening with around a hundred guests. We presented a video that we had been working on in Chile, by Rodrigo Farias Moreno. After some questions and answers we had a great surprise for [...]
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Featured in Surfer Girl UK!

Here is an article on Surfer Girl UK magazine on women’s big wave revolution. I was happy and surprised to find my Waimea photo published as a double spread! Hope you like it, Mercedes
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