Born in the American Canal Zone at the Isthmus of Panama on 1st January 1988, Karina Petroni grew up in an amazing paradise in her jungle home next to the Panama Canal, where her father was a sea captain and taking ships through the Panama Canal and her Norwegian mother the ever loving home maker. She began surfing at the age of two. Barefoot with fishing pole and machete in hand, adventure was her life, giving her the nick-name, “Mowgli”. Karina lived an outdoor life many would find hard to fathom as she spent most of her time in the jungle, exploring, surfing and fishing the undiscovered coasts of Panama and Canal Zone.