“I feel weird if I don’t get to see the ocean,” says Karina Petroni, the Panama-born pro surfer who spends her time island hopping in the Bahamas when she’s not searching the globe for new breaks. The humbling power of spending time in the sea is a feeling she became addicted to at age 9, when she first picked up a surfboard. Six continents and nearly two decades later, Petroni is still amazed that “you can be so consumed by something.”
Aside from acting as a mental and emotional reset, surfing has become everything from Petroni’s passport to the world to her ultimate hair styler and main form of exercise. “The true beauty of my profession is to be able to experience so many new places and cultures and people. The act of riding a wave [is] the shortest part,” she says with a laugh. It has also taught her the beauty of sticking to a morning routine of “plump and juicy” Chuda skin care, Coola sunscreen, and the occasional added boost of Oribe Après Beach Wave and Shine Spray for an extra “beachy and tousled” finish to her towheaded hair. “I just want to enhance what’s naturally there,” says Petroni.
It’s a theory that also applies to her fitness routine, which heavily involves Pilates—an activity that helps tone her body while strengthening her in-the-water performance—and running along the “piercing aquamarine water” and pink-sand beaches of the Bahamas. The entrancing color combination was just one of the reasons she first fell in love with the country, where she recently moved with her husband, a Bahamian whom she met while visiting the island almost seven years ago. Here, Petroni gives photographer Nico Guilis an island-hopping tour of her new home, from the best waves to her favorite water-loving neighbors.
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