About Shannon Aikman

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Meet Shannon

CA DRE# 01444304 

Shannon is an experienced Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Property Specialist who has earned the International President's Circle Awards for outstanding sales in 2020. Her negotiation skills, sales strategy, and personal touch have made her a success in every transaction with her clients. Shannon represents buyers and sellers in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, and Coastal Los Angeles. She has seventeen years of experience as a REALTOR and is highly skilled and well versed with luxury estates and ocean view properties in the multi-million dollar range as well as investor and builder properties.

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Achievements and Awards

A Graduate of UCLA, avid skier, competitive sailor, and stand-up paddler, Shannon surfs on nearby beaches of Corona del Mar and Newport Beach. She enjoys family time with her daughter and continues to support surfing and women’s surfing events. She lives in Corona del Mar.

  • 1974 – Founded the Corona del Mar High School Surfing Team (pre-NSSA).
  • 1975 – Founding Board Member – WISA Women’s International Surfing Association.
  • 1975 – Competed in the 1st All Women’s Pro Surfing Championship, Malibu CA. 1975, 1976, 1977. Top 10 world ranking. Top 3 California.
  • 1977 – Co-Founded the California Golden Girls with Jericho Poppler. Team of 6 professional women touring on the IPS Tour 1978 through the 1980s.
  • 1978 – IPS International Professional Surfing Tour – Australia, Hawaii.
  • 1988-91 President, Women's Ocean Racing Sailing Association, WORSA in Newport Harbor.
  • 1991 Peggy Slater Award presented by the Southern California Yachting Association (SCYA).
  • 2015 – Honored by the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, Sheila Kuehl, 3rd District for contributing to the establishment of the 1st Women's Pro Surfing.
  • 2016 – Surfing Walk of Fame – Honor Roll – WISA Women’s International Surfing Association. Founding Board Member.
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Shannon Aikman is a major figure in the women’s surfing movement from its inception through to the present day. She was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame, in Huntington Beach in 2016 along with her other founding members of the Women’s International Surf Association. As one of the first Professional women surfer’s, beginning in 1975 Aikman surfed as a professional for 8 years competing on International Professional Surfers World Tour (now the WSL) where she was rated in the top three California contestants for five years.

She was a founding board member of the Women’s International Surfing Association and was one of the earliest women to travel internationally in the mid-seventies establishing a reputation in Biarritz France.

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In 1977 Aikman was co-founded the seminal women’s organization, the California Golden Girls with Jericho Poppler, building a team of six surf stars dedicated to creating awareness for women in professional surfing. She is also the recipient of the prestigious County of Los Angeles Commendation for “Creating a platform for women to excel in the sport, pioneering modern-day women’s professional surfing.”

Jim Kempton, Editor and Publisher of Surfer Magazine, President of the California Surf Museum.

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Seller

We listed our family home with Shannon at a substantial price prior to the pandemic, with reasonable expectations of a prompt sale based upon recent activity. Unfortunately, such was not the case and required a creative reevalu...
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Erin & Brad

Shannon found our home “off market” and helped negotiate the sale and ultra fast closing. It was a seamless transaction and she went “above and beyond” by setting up and meeting various tradesman to coordinate repairs so that t...
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Buyer

In today's challenging market, we're grateful for Shannon's experience and knowledge. Knowing that we have a tireless advocate working on our behalf has made an otherwise daunting task that much easier. Couldn't do it without h...
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Seller

Shannon Aikman really understands the dynamics of our special beach communities. She is a professional and worked to keep our negotiation and transaction fair for all the concerned parties.
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Seller

Shannon is a very dedicated, hard-working and professional agent. She pays attention to detail and has a great positive attitude. She is a "can do" person who will get the job done.
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Celin Miller

Shannon was an absolute pleasure to work with, she made our home buying experience so easy and enjoyable. I would definitely recommend her!
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Shannon has seventeen years of experience as a realtor and is highly skilled and well versed with luxury estates and ocean view properties in the multi-million dollar range, as well as investor and builder properties.

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Shannon Aikman

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(949) 246-2990

Email

[email protected]

Address

840 Newport Center Dr., #100 Newport Beach, CA 92660 CA DRE# 01444304

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