Introducing Hyundai Team Electric – Season 3

Back for its third season, Hyundai She’s Electric is an online surf competition open to all female athletes aged 16+ Australia-wide. The Top 5 surfers who scored the highest waves are known as Hyundai Team Electric. They are:

1. Piper Harrison (Coolangatta, QLD) – 10
2. Willow Hardy (Gnarabup, WA) – 9.43
3. India Robinson (Jan Juc, VIC) – 9.23
4. Ruby Berry (Margaret River, WA) – 9.17
5. Alysse Cooper (Botany, NSW) – 8.73

The Top 5 will attend a three-day camp at the Hyundai High Performance Centre, with the overall winner of the competition to be announced at the 2024 Australian Surfing Awards.

Alongside receiving expert coaching and national exposure, each surfer will have the chance to win $1,000 cash, a 12-month Hyundai vehicle loan, and a VIP experience at the Hyundai Australian Boardriders Battle Grand Final, with former World Tour surfer Laura Enever.

You can watch their waves HERE and find out a bit more about the Top 5 below:

PIPER

Name: Piper Harrison
Age: 23
Where do you live?
Snapper Rocks, QLD
Favourite surf break: Gunnamatta (Victoria)
How does it feel to make it into the Top 5?
Unreal, very happy to be part of such an awesome movement of displaying female surfing.
What do you hope to achieve from being part of Hyundai Team Electric?
I hope to learn some new skills and spend time with the other girls in and out of the water. I’m lucky that my best friend India is also in the Top 5 so it should be super fun.
How is this different to other competitions and training you have done in the past?
This for me is more of a fun competition, I’m not putting too much pressure on it. I look forward to having a crack and seeing where I end up.
What does it mean to you, to have an all-female comp and support like this?
I don’t think it gets much better, I’m really grateful that there are opportunities and excitement around women’s surfing and competition. And to have a company like Hyundai on board is epic.And what are your surfing goals?
I am currently studying to be a paramedic so at the moment surfing fits around uni, but I hope in the near future I can start to compete again full-time.

Piper Harrison. Credit: WSL

WILLOW

Name: Willow Hardy
Age: 18
Where do you live?
Margaret River, WA
Favourite surf break: I can’t pick ahaha I’m so lucky to have surfed so many amazing waves.
How does it feel to make it into the Top 5?
I’m so excited – there were so many incredible clips from all the girls I was stoked to come out in the Top 5.
What do you hope to achieve from being part of Hyundai Team Electric?
I hope to push my surfing and learn some new skills and have fun with all the girls.
How is this different to other competitions and training you have done in the past?
It’s different to other competitions because it’s all online and is just your best one wave.
What does it mean to you, to have an all-female comp and support like this?
It’s so epic, as you can see all the girls are fully charging from all the clips put out and it’s sick Hyundai and Surfing Australia are backing us.
What do you hope to learn from the camp?
I hope to learn some more progressive moves and heat strategies.
And what are your surfing goals?
My goals are to make the challenger and improve my slab surfing.

Willow Hardy. Credit: WSL

INDIA

Name: India Robinson
Age: 24 
From: Jan Juc, Victoria
Favourite surf break: Bells and Winki (Victoria)
How does it feel to make it into the Top 5? It’s a cool opportunity to be a part of, I love being involved in stuff where girls can support and encourage one another.
What do you hope to achieve from being part of Hyundai Team Electric?
For this competition I’m looking forward to being in an environment with just a few other girls and being able to push each other to perform at our best, it’s gonna be fun.
How is this different to other competitions and training you have done in the past?
This is very different to what I’m normally doing. For my job I’m normally travelling to the other side of the world to compete in multiple events and all my training in the lead up to these events is tailored for me to be ready for the waves I will be surfing in the event.
What does it mean to you, to have an all-female comp and support like this?
I love seeing more opportunities for females especially in the surfing space, my biggest passion outside of surfing is inspiring and empowering the next generation of females so I love everything about this, and although not everyone can win everyone can participate and that is so important, building a space for more girls to feel welcome into the surfing community. I’m looking forward to seeing some of the up and coming talent, hopefully we can all have a good time and showcase some really good surfing.
And what are your surfing goals?
My surfing goals are to win a world title, go to the 2028 Olympics, and win the first gold for Australia. Outside of surfing I want to make a positive impact on as many young girls as possible through my organisation QUEEN IN ME. 

India Robinson. Credit: WSL

RUBY

Name: Ruby Moana Berry 
Age: 17
Where do you live?
I’ve always lived and gone to school in Margaret River-Augusta Shire in WA. Grew up at Prevelley Beach most of my life, last few years been in our Augusta beach house waiting for our house to get built in Prevelley.
Favourite surf break: 
I don’t have a specific favourite, I really like to mix it up and keep variety. I like to surf where my grandads ashes were sprinkled out at Margs Mainbreak. That feels like home to me, from there I search up and down the coast for the best waves. 
How does it feel to make it into the Top 5?
Pretty good! I’m looking forward to learning new things and improving my surfing even more. The experience sounds super fun and I really want to make the most of it. 
What do you hope to achieve from being part of Hyundai Team Electric?
I hope to win, but also to learn more of the coaches and other girls. 
How is this different to other competitions and training you have done in the past?
It’s different because we get the opportunity to coach and train with each other before the comp starts. Also the comp format is the same as the Final 5 format on the CT so it will be super cool to experience that different type of competition. 
What does it mean to you, to have an all-female comp and support like this?
The support means a lot and having the girls pushing each other to be better and better is going to be sick!
What do you hope to learn from the camp?
I hope to learn more about comp surfing and how the surf industry works. 
And what are your surfing goals?
Being an inspiration to the next gen of girls surfing and enjoying my surfing journey is really important to me, in competition I’d like to go to the Olympics for surfing and to win a world title on the CT.

Ruby Berry. Credit: Aaron Hughes

ALYSSE

Name: Alysse Cooper
Age: 25
Where do you live:
Queenscliff, NSW
Favourite surf break: Queenscliff or Uluwatu (Bali)
How does it feel to make it into the Top 5?
I’m super happy! Such a good opportunity and I can’t wait to come up to the HPC.
What do you hope to achieve from being part of Hyundai Team Electric?
A lot of new experiences and lots of learning I’m excited to visit the HPC again after a few years!
How is this different to other competitions and training you have done in the past?
I like how it gives you the option to showcase your best work. Also, how the camp provides elite training. 
What does it mean to you, to have an all-female comp and support like this?
This is amazing! We are so lucky as there aren’t many experiences or competitions like this! 
What do you hope to learn from the camp?
Everything!
And what are your surfing goals?
To make the WCT and to keep growing my love for surfing.

Alysse Cooper. Credit: WSL