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Grounded from travelling and a break in competition, Canadian surfer Mathea Olin reset her goals. At the top of the list? The slab off the coast of Vancouver Island. For professional surfer Mathea Olin, her hometown of Tofino in British Columbia, Canada, is that village. At the end of the road on the west coast of Vancouver Island, surfing is a different game. Board shorts are replaced by neoprene, conditions aren't always perfect, and when they are, days are short and the weather is often harsh and uninviting above the 49th parallel.