Nov 2, 2013 | Costa Rica, Surfing
My relationship with Ollie started back in March. I could not have asked for a better first date. Like most girls, I was all worried if he would call the next day. It took a couple of days, but a week and a half later, he out-did himself on our second date. After four...
Sep 23, 2013 | Photography, Surfing, Time of Your Life
367 days ago, one of my close friends since childhood presented me with a journal. However, it is not just a normal journal, but rather a five year memory book where you write a line a day. Instead of writing an entry on the blank pages from front cover to back...
Aug 16, 2013 | Endless Summer, Surfing
Almost two years ago, I visited Witch’s Rock Surf Camp here in Tamarindo, Costa Rica and saw Robert August shape a piece of foam into a surfboard; the vehicle that carried me to the sport that had recently captivated my heart and transported me to another world....
Jun 16, 2013 | Photography, Surfing
Half. Way. Done. Two weeks ago I started the Wave Shape challenge and I am hooked! Three days a week I push play, rev up my heart rate, and sweat up a storm. And you know what? I don’t know how I even convinced myself that kicking my butt three a day would...
Jun 4, 2013 | Endless Summer, Surfing, Time of Your Life
People always talk about a decision or non-decision that changes ones life. In Newton’s Laws of Motion terms, “for every reaction, there is an equal and opposite reaction”. Or according to Frost, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the...