Last year I had the opportunity to talk to 2X World Champion Tyler Wright. It was for an ongoing series with Aussie-based surf brand Ocean & Earth titled Core Stories. I didn’t know Tyler well, but as soon as she started talking about her new hometown of Newcastle, which is where I grew up, we struck up a pretty decent conversation.
Tyler was honest about the demands of growing up in the spotlight as a teenager, and how only recently she has found peace and happiness and a “home” with her wife Lilli.
This was before Tyler revealed she’d been semi-suffocating all of her career due to her small airways. She recently had seven screws to fit a maxillary palatal expander – a device that widens the upper jaw to increase airflow.
Anyhow, I recently had a re-listen, and forgot how open, illuminating and funny Tyler was. I figured other people might think so too.
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