Monthly Archives: October 2009

31 Days / 31 Ways: “Going on 31 Years”

By Lauren | Published: October 30, 2009

Day 30 was spent navigating small, choppy surf with veteran surfer Valerie Rose.

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Halloween Finale Tomorrow!

By Lauren | Published: October 30, 2009

To anyone in the St. Augustine area, we’re trying to get as many surfers together to meet tomorrow at 11:00am just north of the St. Augustine Pier to go for a spooky costume surf. Come and join us if you can, and don’t forget a costume!

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “Creative Opportunities”

By Lauren | Published: October 30, 2009

Day 29 gave us another opportunity to spontaneously come up with a “way” for the day, after our featured surfer/ board couldn’t make it. So, Rachel and I took the opportunity to talk a little bit about our experiences with the project thus far and to glide on my favorite log, Daphne. We ran into [...]

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “Log Heaven”

By Lauren | Published: October 29, 2009

Day 28 was spent in Log Heaven with a slew of great friends and legends! We managed to talk Tory Strange, owner of The Surf Station, into letting us take several vintage boards down from their 20 year sentence as wall decor. As if that weren’t exciting enough, the wind finally switched offshore, giving us [...]

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “Foote Loose”

By Lauren | Published: October 28, 2009

Day 27 was spent exploring the quiver of creative surfing stylist Matt Foote. We rode Matt’s 5’10 CI Biscuit, 7’0 Takayama Egg, and 9’8 Nuuhiwa.

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “We’re Gonna Have Fun Anyway”

By Lauren | Published: October 26, 2009

Day 26 was spent admiring the unrelenting stoke of loggin’ specialist Chris Tincher. We rode a 5’8 Ken White fish and a 9’4 Scott Anderson in some pretty sloppy surf, but had a great time and certainly shared some laughs.

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “A Couple of Surfers”

By Lauren | Published: October 26, 2009

Day 25 was spent with surfiancées Jennifer Lovelace and Billy Ravizza. We rode several boards that Billy shaped himself, including a pretty stylin’ log. Some mainstream surf media sources denounce the viability of surfer-relationships, but Jenn and Billy make those claims seem silly. Surfing is a beautiful thing, and is perhaps even more beautiful when [...]

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “The Girl Next Door Surf Classic”

By Lauren | Published: October 25, 2009

Day 23 was spent at Anastasia State Park with 60 or so talented female surfers from all over the US who competed in The 2009 Girl Next Door Surf Classic. It was a lovely, sunny day filled with fun surf and lots of smiles. We were fortunate enough to get to spend a bit of [...]

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31 Days / 31 Ways: The Girl Next Door Surf Classic video coming tomorrow!

By Lauren | Published: October 25, 2009

Rachel and I have a whole lot of footage to sort through from Today’s Girl Next Door Surf Classic that we organized with the help of Jennifer Lovelace and Will Gresham. I woke at 6 am to begin getting the contest going, and it’s nearly midnight, so I’ve been working on surf related stuff (and [...]

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31 Days / 31 Ways: “Humbled by Alaia”

By Lauren | Published: October 24, 2009

On day 23 we met with Alaia shaping newbie Brandon Willis, who took his creation into the ocean for the first time. Later in the day, we surfed with up and coming neighborhood surfer girls Chloe and Elena.

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