Carissa Moore’s dad would warm his daughter’s feet with hand warmers before she paddled out. 🏄 Carissa Moore | Surfing | Five-Time World Champion | Olympic Gold Medalist He wasn’t a coach nor an expert. He was a father trying to solve one problem after another. Cold feet before a heat? He warmed hand packs and tucked them around her feet before she paddled out. Wrong kind of waves? He drove across Oahu searching for breaks that matched the conditions she’d eventually face on the World Tour. Every detail mattered to him Then one day, seven-year-old Carissa lost a contest. Standing in a grocery store, crying, she told him she wanted to quit. For a moment, tired and frustrated, he told her to go ahead. It became one of the biggest lessons of his parenting. You can organize training, manage the equipment, even prepare every detail. But you can’t force a child to love what they love. So he changed his approach. Sometimes the greatest parenting adjustment isn’t changing the train...