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Jeanette Oritz
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Betty Belts team rider Jeanette Ortiz wearing Lotus earrings.
Betty Belts team rider Jeanette Ortiz surfing backside Rincon, California
Betty Belts team rider Jeanette Ortiz surfing backside Rincon, California
Betty Belts team rider Jeanette Ortiz surfing backside Rincon, California
Betty Belts team rider Jeanette Ortiz all smiles
Betty Belts team rider Jeanette Ortiz surfing at dawn near Ventura
Betty Belts team rider Jeanette Ortiz after a dawn surf session
Betty Belts team rider Jeanette Ortiz wearing Kanoa shell and leather necklace
Betty Belts team rider Jeanette Ortiz wearing Kanoa shell and leather necklace
Betty Belts team rider Jeanette Ortiz wearing Kanoa shell and leather necklace
 I was down checking the surf on a really big day and saw a board wash in. No one was in sight to claim it, and not many people were out, due to the conditions. I was surprised to see a slight form swimming in through the whitewater eventually. It was Jeanette. With complete nonchalance, she said hi, went to get another leash, and paddle back out into the double overhead plus surf. It is just how she rolls.

Jeanette recently appeared in her first fashion shoot, for designer James Perse, which ran in Nalu magazine in Japan, and was also recently picked up to be on the Brewer Surf Team, which places her in a high bar, male dominated surf clique.

She lives in Ventura California near the beach, and her parents are both licensed commercial vessel operators. Her Dad is the one who taught her to surf, and they still go together all the time. Her Mom told me the unique story about their wedding, which took place at the H1 buoy far at sea in Hawaii while she was already pregnant with Jeanette.

As an honors student with aspirations to study engineering, I have little doubt Jeanette will accomplish whatever she sets her hand to. One has to admire quiet beauty and strength.

1. As a young girl I dreamed of... becoming the pink power ranger.
2. I aspire to... take as many opportunities as possible.
3.Things that make me happy are... all around me.
4. My Dad is... still surfing.
5. My Mom is... all-knowing.
6. Family is... always your A-team.
7. People I admire are... freaks of nature. The reason I admire them is... I wish I could do what they do.
8. The sea is... home to me.
9. Water to me is... thinner than blood.
10. Life is... short. Live it up.
TOP FIVE PICKS
Things You Love to Do:
  1. Travel the world
  2. Hang with friends
  3. Laugh
  4. Eat sushi
  5. Doodle
Movies:
  1. Second Thoughts
  2. Anchorman
  3. Pulp Fiction
  4. Dumb and Dumber
  5. Endless Summer
Music:
  1. Houses of the Holy - Zeppelin
  2. Axis: Bold as Love - Hendrix
  3. True Democracy - Steel Pulse
  4. 40 oz to Freedom - Sublime
  5. Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine
Achievements:
  1. Ranked 1st in CA, junior women black belt lightweight division (Sparring, Tae Kwon Do)
  2. 1st place, Volcom Crustaceous Tour: Open Womens, at the Pipe, Ventura
  3. 4.0 GPA and National Honor Society
  4. 4th Place Tae Kwon Do National Junior Olympics
  5. 1st place Momentum Contest Open Women
Destinations:
  1. Australia
  2. Maldives
  3. Tahiti
  4. Spain
  5. France
Inspirations:
  1. Parents
  2. Revolutionaries
  3. Melanie Bartels
  4. Jay Moriarty
  5. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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