From 1982 Rosnay broke the World Speedsailing Record (500-metre, women's windsurfing) seven times, first at the Speed Trials in Weymouth off the Isle of Portland in the United Kingdom.
[1][2] In 1988 she began designing swimwear for Huit and, later, wetsuits for Neil Pryde.
Born in California and raised in Hawaii and Tahiti, de Rosnay is the daughter of John Severson, photographer, film director, and founder of Surfer magazine, and his wife, the former Louise Stier.
[3][4] She has a younger sister, Anna Severson (born 1965).
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