Like most teenagers, Stephanie Schechter loves bikinis, the beach, and trying new hair products. Unlike most teenagers, she’s a stylish, competitive, and sponsored surfer (Captain Fin Co., Axxe Classic Wetsuits, Wonderland Sun Optics, Kevin Connelly Surfboards, Boardstix, Maki Longboards Skateboards, Hansen Surf Shop) with one of the raddest internships out there.
I met Stephanie, 17, last year at Shaper Studios, a do-it-yourself surfboard shaping workshop in San Diego where she interns. While I was … More
Santa Cruz Bicycles has a new line of bikes designed for women. The impetus for the new product line came from former world champion Juli Furtado. Looking around her local trails in Santa Cruz, Furtado saw more women out riding and believed the time was right for a new, top-level line of bikes for women … More
Surfing Swami, the founder of India Surf Club and the pioneer of surfing in India, is celebrating 50 years of wave riding. Swami began surfing back in 1963.
He is the inspiration for all Indian surfers. The man who developed surfing in India has completed 50 years riding waves. Jack Hebner, also known as Surfing Swami, 67, started surfing in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, in the year 1963.
Swami says that in those days the surfers were restricted … More