Kennelly began a string of successful visits to Teahupoo, Tahiti in 1998 when she won the Gotcha Black Pearl Women's Pro.

This included a 2nd-place finish at the Billabong Pro Maui, a team gold medal at the 2007 Summer X Games, and a record-setting ride in 2005 as the first-ever woman to tow in at Teahupoo.

[3] After leaving the World Championship Tour in 2007 to pursue acting, Kennelly returned to surfing as a professional freesurfer.

Three days later while riding in a memorial heat for Andy Irons during the Billabong Pro Men's WCT, Kennelly suffered a massive facial injury.

After getting barreled, she was pushed down to Teahupoo's notoriously shallow reef and received a severe gash to the side of her face.

Following her role on John from Cincinnati in 2007, Kennelly began touring the world to pursue her music career as a DJ.

Her most notable appearances include opening for Snoop Dogg at Rain Nightclub at the Palms in Las Vegas, The Work Magazine Summer Rooftop Pool Party at The Standard in downtown Los Angeles, The Surfrider Foundation 2 Coasts 1 Ocean Event in the Hamptons and Malibu, The Primo Beer/Inertia Summer Rooftop Party opening for Y.A.H.T.