We at Youth Evolution Sports are proud to have Stephanie Lay join us as one of our resident fitness and athletic development trainers.

Stephanie Lay created Extreme Surf Fitness – a surfing-specific program that promotes natural performance enhancement and rehabilitation through the use of core- and balance-training exercises. Lay’s training regimens, which include stability ball exercises, squats and abdominal strength training, not only add to an athlete’s overall strength, balance and quickness, but also correct previous injuries.

Lay’s passion for surfing and her enthusiasm for training others has drawn a diverse clientele, including mainstream surfers like Keala Kennelly and Rochelle Ballard – stars in the movie “Blue Crush” and HBO television program “John from Cincinnati.” Her client list also includes Bethany Hamilton, a young female surfer, who survived a shark attack that cost heran arm, as well as big-wave surfers Kahea Hart, Cody Graham and Dean Morrison – the No. 10 surfer on the Men’s World Championship Tour.

Lay trains a group of youngsters, known as the “super groms” and “Hawaiian Rippers,” who receive regular lessons from surfing legend Tony Moniz at the Kewalos surf break