Her father had refused to buy her a bodyboard, and a friend of her father's went to the first store and purchased a 7.7 boogie board.
Gilmore's life as a surfer began at age 10 when she stood on a bodyboard.
They would then ride the bodyboard back to shore as it was winched in by the four members of their tribe.
The move was revolutionary and ushered in whole new gymnastic approach to riding a bodyboard.
Each type of foam core, deck, or bottom material gives a bodyboard a different amount of flex and control.
He had also been carrying the bodyboard bag before the arrest and had appeared in the media to support his sister.
He soon abandoned the bodyboard to focus on surfing.
Eppo helped develop two new moves in the bodyboarding world which ushered in whole new gymnastic approach to riding a bodyboard.