Californian World Tour surfer Lakey Peterson, currently #7 in the ASP’s Women’s World Championship Tour rankings, was practically raised in the water. Her mother, a former Olympic swimmer, competed in a Triathlon while eight months pregnant with her. Lakey has taken to the ocean ever since, which is shown through her effortless attack on surfing. With one of the strongest sections of Nike’s 6.0 “Leave A Message” movie, Lakey reveals the progression of women’s surfing with her powerful carves and innovative aerial maneuvers, along with some of the top women surfers in the world. On Friday, the talented 17-year-old was also featured on an episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank” reality television show.

Pro surfer Lakey Peterson demonstrates the SurfSET Fitness trainer to the Sharks on ABC’s hit reality television series, “Shark Tank.”

Lakey’s episode of “Shark Tank” aired on ABC Friday night, September 21st. The reality show is on its fourth season and picking up speed. It allows up and coming business owners to go head to head with the top investors in the world. Lakey is acting as the spokesperson a professional athlete for SurfSET Fitness, which is a fitness program tailored to the movements of a surfer. A device with similar proportions to a surfboard is stabilized by your core muscles, without any electrical power required.

Lakey engages her muscles to prove to the Sharks why the should invest in the SurfSET Fitness trainer.

All the Shark investors were hungry for a piece of the profits, eager to invest in the SurfSET Fitness program, concluding with a good endorsement for the business owners and a successful episode for the surfing entrepreneurs and fitness experts.

Watch the full episode with Lakey and SurfSET on ABC.com.

Only in her rookie year of the WCT, Lakey made it count with a huge #1 finish at the 2012 Nike US Open of Surfing. Photo: Surf Channel/Shannon Q

After Lakey’s big win in Huntington Beach this summer at the Nike US Open of Surfing, her face is steadily appearing in mainstream media around the world. She is a strong voice for the sport of surfing, and female athletes everywhere. At only 17-years-old, she is quite accomplished and inspiring. In addition, Lakey is also part of a Nike/NFL campaign. Look out for these ads in US Weekly, Vogue and Cosmopolitan!

Check out The Surf Channel’s exculsive interview with Lakey on her way to win the Nike US Open of Surfing 2012:

Watch The Surf Channel Heat Highlights from Lakey’s big win this summer in Huntington Beach:

Ali Shrode (37 Posts)

Ali is a recent UCR graduate with a degree in English. Born and raised in Southern California, she loves everything that has to do with the ocean. Most of her spare time is dedicated to surfing and traveling.