Special to SURFER from Serene Gunnison In May 2024, Maui waterwoman Olivia Jenkins discovered she had stage two Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Just over a week later, teenage surfer Maia West received a diagnosis of Ewing Sarcoma Cancer. And in June 2024, professional windsurfer and photographer Amanda Beneen was told she had Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, breast cancer. As fit, healthy young athletes from Maui’s north shore, the diagnoses came as a cruel shock. Before cancer, the three were often found at Ho’okipa Beach Park, Maui’s watersports hub: Olivia surfing the Point’s punchy righthanders with her partner Ian Walsh, Maia training for the next Hawaii Surfing Association contest at Pavillions, and Amanda shooting from the beach. But suddenly the women were thrust into uncharted waters. Treatment carried them to different corners of the country. But even in the hardest moments, each of them found strength through community. Two years later, all three women are back on Maui and back in the surf.…