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Lakey Peterson emerges as wave of the future

Updated: January 13, 2013, 3:46 PM ET
By Michelle Smith

Sue Peterson would watch her teenage daughter surfing in the ocean, slicing effortlessly through the waves, and she thought she was pretty good. Coordinated, agile, strong and determined, Lakey always picked things up quickly.

"That's just Lakey. She gets good at everything really fast," Sue said. "I didn't know how to range it. I don't know surfing that well. I would always think, 'Is she really good?'"

Then Lakey started competing and winning.

And ...

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