Archive for the ‘Surfing & SUP’ Category
Annie Boulanger has it figured out. Continuously bouncing between between tropical, surf-laden locales and snowy backcountry destinations, the Whistler-based snowboarder is living a life enviable by anyone with a shared love of the mountains and ocean. She’s on a permanent vacation, and not the kind with an emphasis on lounging around sipping umbrella drinks or spiked cocoa.
At home or traveling, Annie is getting after it. It shows in her ability charge double overhead surf and big-mountain lines with confidence uncommon for someone of either gender. But what Annie has accomplished in her journeys around the globe goes beyond surfing or snowboarding. Traveling to her is as much about meeting people and experiencing new cultures as it is barrels or descents.
Owen and Tyler Wright, Mason Ho, Gabriel Medina in some heavy moments which show that – on The Search – it doesn’t always go to plan. And the consequences can be painful.
The name Nic Lamb often brings up more questions than answers. Why did he leave Santa Cruz? What’s he doing in L.A.? Is he really trying to be an actor? In this episode of Brainwork we go to Venice Beach to get some answers from the man himself. What we found was Nic as focused as he’s ever been — growing, training and trying to find a balance between big waves and the big screen. Join this enigmatic character in the water, at the breakfast table and 270 degrees below zero as he walks us through the Nic Lamb of yesterday, tomorrow and today.