Watch: Hawaii Longboard Champ Kelia Moniz Shares Details on Roxy Split
Longboarder and two-time world champ Kelia Moniz was a Roxy girl for 17 years.
In January, she said "aloha" to Roxy after being asked to take a 90% pay cut.
In the video below, she shares more about the breakup.
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Non-profit RiseHi captioned the clip:
"A new path Kelia Moniz shares her transition from a longtime partnership to embracing new beginnings. It’s about facing change with courage, setting clear intentions, and building the future with one’s own hands.
"As she steps into her role as a business owner and mom, Kelia proves that true growth often comes from the waves of change..."
In the clip, Moniz says:
"I was sponsored by Roxy for over 17 years and they were my bread and butter in terms of finances for a very very long time.
"Just the end of 2023 I got a termination letter after Roxy was bought out by a really big corporation. And then I got an offer back form the brand saying, 'Hey, we really want to keep you but this is all that we have.'
"The problem that would have occurred if I signed, is once you agree to a really, really, really low pay for something that you've done for years and now you go, 'Alright, I'll do it because it's comfortable." I would be in a very compromising position because I would've agreed to a 90% pay cut and there's there's a likeliness this brand will never pay me anything more than I agreed to. Because why would they if i agreed to a pay cut of 90%?"
Moniz explains that she "politely declined" and is entering a "new chapter" of her life.
"I really want to showcase what life looks like as a mom from Hawaii who's a surfer who's starting a very small business," she says.
Moniz continues:
"All I have control over is what I'm able to accomplish in one day and everything else will happen. Whatever's meant to be will happen. So if I focus on myself, work really hard, have very clear intentions.
"The future's great. I'm excited."
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