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Hey guys! With the holidays coming up, I thought I'd give you what I think is the top ten best christmas gifts for a surfer! They are not in any particular order, except the first two (...hint hint Dad!!). ***A boat trip through the Mentawais Islands in Indonesia***A jet ski for towats for those Santa Barbara summer days!***A new Channel Islands surfboard***A changing snuggy***A hot water jug for when you get out of the cold water!***The new Quiksilver heated wetsuit … [Read more...]
HEY GUYS! This past weekend I was at an NSSA contest in Newport. I didn't do so good, but somehow came back with a new puppy!! My older sister and her husband took my down on friday and I surfed with my coach from the USA team at Huntington Beach. The waves were really good. It was great, I surfed well and learned a lot. The next day we headed down to a break called Ponto's near Encinitas. I surfed there with the USA team for a practice. We surf once a month together as a team to get ready for … [Read more...]
Two weekends ago, I had a surf contest at Salt Creek in Orange County... The waves were really fun and the winner of the contest got a FREE TRIP TO AUSTRALIA and $500.00 It was called the Rip Curl Grom Search, where they search the country for the top 16 and under surfer in America, including Puerto Rico, Barbados, and other places from that area of the world. That being said I really wanted to win!I made the finals which consists of four girls and 25 minutes (CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO … [Read more...]
Last weekend I was in Santa Cruz doing some videoing with one of my sponsors “Nike 6.0.” I had not been up to Santa Cruz much so it was really cool to get to know the town and the waves!A cool thing that was going on up there as well was the Cold Water Classic presented by O’Neill. The contest was held at Steamer Lane which is a big right-hand point break. So it was really cool for me to see that. I also got to surf a lot of new spots because I had not been up there much.The waves … [Read more...]
As a high school student who surfs just about whenever she can, Lakey burns a lot of energy. Plus, traveling to surf contests just about every weekend and keeping in shape with a trainer, Lakey's schedule is busy even for a teenager. This is how she keeps herself charged up! ---------------------------------No. 10 — Los Arroyos: I love Mexican food! Los Arroyos is right next to my house and the food is soooooo good!!!! I go there whenever I get the chance.No. 9 — … [Read more...]
Hey Guys! Let's Get This Going... Hi, I’m Lakey. I’m super excited to be starting this blog where I can talk about surfing, the thing I love to do most. The last year of my life has been really exciting for me, so hopefully I will have some fun stories to share.Ever since I was five years old I loved all sports, but primarily surfing. I learned to surf in Australia in the year 2000, when my parents took my family and me around the world for six months! I loved Australia because the … [Read more...]
TARANAKI, New Zealand – The TSB Bank NZ Surf … [Read More...]
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