After Sanoe was used to launch the brand Roxy/Quicksilver she went on to be the face of Billabong for 10 years.
Her mother Laola Lake was a champion surfer and her father was a big wave surfer and well known water man.
Is of Japanese, Chinese, English, German, Scottish and Irish decent.
Mom and Dad taught her to surf when she was 5 years old.
Born and raised on the island of Kaua'i.
Was the face used to launch the brand Roxy Quicksilver in their early campaigns shot by Dewy Nicks.
She was often found in the pages of Elle, Vogue, Cosmo, Seventeen, and Teen magazines.
"Sanoe" means "The Mist".
She lives in the mountains outside of the Los Angeles area and also spends a lot of time at her home on Kauai.
Nickname growing up was "Sanoe boy" because she was such a tom boy.
She started modeling internationally at the age of 15.