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"It takes so many tiny victories to create a huge change. Dedicate, don’t hesitate. Whether you’re a surfer or not, an athlete or not, every day you can wake up and choose to ride a better wave."

- Bianca Valenti

"It takes so many tiny victories to create a huge change. Dedicate, don’t hesitate. Whether you’re a surfer or not, an athlete or not, every day you can wake up and choose to ride a better wave."

- Bianca Valenti

Welcome to BetterWave!

 

We are a mission-driven team focused on helping everyone achieve their impossible. 

We believe in people who strive: on speeding waves, up challenging peaks, or even behind an ambitious desk. In any form, excellence is a combination of grit, determination, focus, and curiosity–to see how far you can run, how good you can be. If there is always a better wave on the horizon, then we must always be growing to catch it. 

Part of our mission is to help everyone benefit from the wisdom and methods of extraordinary athletes–no matter what you are striving for. Another part of our mission is to build stronger futures for outdoor athletes, so BetterWave provides resources and support to athletes with an entrepreneurial vision. We also believe there is room on this wave for you. Join us! 

Bianca Valenti is a world champion big wave surfer, speaker, activist, and entrepreneur.

In addition to surfing the world’s most dangerous waves, Bianca is a tireless advocate for increasing opportunities for women and girls and all outdoor athletes. She currently serves as the Big Wave Athlete Representative to The World Surf League and is the chair and co-founder of BetterWave. 

Named one of Outside Magazine’s Most Accomplished Athletes in 2018 (alongside climber Alex Honnold and tennis champ Naomi Osaka), her surfing performance and advocacy work has been highlighted in the New York Times Magazine, PBS, BBC World News, ESPN, Surfer Magazine, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among other outlets.

Volunteering with Brown Girl Surf and MeWater Foundation she remains committed to ensuring the next generation can experience the stoke and awe-inspiring power of the ocean. As an ambassador for Save the Waves Coalition and Sustainable Surf she contributes to ocean positive surf ecosystems globally. 

In her “spare” time, Bianca works as a partner in Valenti & Co Ristorante and Vinobar, mentors upcoming athletes, and speaks with businesses and universities on all matters of change-making and achieving the impossible. Bianca holds a degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and lives in San Francisco, California.

BetterWave is cofounded

by Jesse Dwyer. Jesse is a writer, investor, and the founder of executive communications firm Publera. He is a veteran of pre-IPO startups Facebook and Dropbox, and founded Tiny Ideas, a change strategy agency that worked with Bianca to win equal pay in surfing. Prior to founding Publera he served in executive roles for Money Group. He lives with his wife and daughters on their farm in Idaho.