Brighton Zeuner at VPS Huntington - Photo Ian Logan

Costa Mesa, CALIF. (August 28, 2018) – With only one stop left before the highly anticipated 2018 Vans Park Series World Championships in China this fall, the stakes are at an all-time high as the final qualifying rounds of the official park terrain skateboarding competition series are set to commence at the historic Kroksbäck Skatepark in Malmö, Sweden on September 7-8.

The 2018 VPS Pro Tour, Sweden finals will be broadcasted live for free on ETN and vansparkseries.com.


As the most pivotal stop on the tour this season, the Malmö outcome will decide the final top-ranking 2018 Tour Challengers to earn the coveted invite to compete at the VPS World Championships in China on October 27, while continuing to expand the open path for prospective women’s challengers to prove their ranks and advance into the pro tour circuit.

The world’s greatest park terrain skateboarding pros will return to Vans Park Series’ first-ever premier built-to-spec park terrain legacy construction, donated by Vans in 2016 to the community of Malmö for their progressive support of the city’s youth through civic skateboard programming and activities.

Female Pros from around the world are expected to compete, including #1 ranked tour challenger  Sakura Yosozumi (JPN). In the women’s division, current world champion Nora Vasconcellos (USA) and Select Pro Lizzie Armanto (USA) hunt for their first podium placements of the season, while Brighton Zeuner (USA) defends her ranks against eager tour challengers.


In addition, the 2018 VPS Europa Continental Championships will host its second year in Sweden, showcasing aspiring regional men and women talent in pursuit of glory in their backyard and a chance to compete in the VPS World Championships this fall. The yet to be crowned Europa Continental Champions from the men and women’s divisions will be seeded directly into the World Championships to join Select Pros and advancing Tour Challengers.


Vans Park Series Sweden Schedule

Please Note: Friday & Saturday's events are not broadcast live - only Sunday finals


Thursday, September 6

10am GMT - VPS Europa Continental Championships Men and Women


Friday, September 7

11am GMT - VPS Women’s Pro Tour, Prelims and Semi-Finals


Saturday, September 8

WATCH THE LIVE BROADCAST ON ETN and VANSPARKSERIES.COM

Sweden – Saturday, September 8, 12PM GMT+2

Hong Kong – Saturday, September 8, 6PM HKT

Sydney – Saturday, September 8, 8PM AEST

New York – Saturday, September 8, 6AM EDT

Los Angeles – Saturday, September 8,  3AM PDT

Sao Paulo — Saturday, September 8, 7AM GMT-3



In its third consecutive year featured on the Vans Park Series Pro tour, the custom VPS-certified Kroksbäck Skatepark’s exemplary design will test the top-ranking pros and challengers to be fast and creative, with judges focusing on speed, flow and amplitude throughout the course. With a plethora of hips, grinds, walls, a huge center island, and a monster bank, the pros are slated to land another incredible show of park terrain skating for all fans across the globe to witness. Stay tuned to vansparkseries.com for the latest updates.


ABOUT VANS PARK SERIES

The 2018 Vans Park Series Pro Tour is the premier series for professional park terrain skateboarders consisting of four men’s global qualifiers and three women’s global qualifiers spanning five countries over six months and culminating with the official Vans Park Series World Championships. Showcasing an international roster of skateboarding’s elite pros and a total series purse in excess of $700,000(USD), the Vans Park Series uniquely defines the park terrain format with its exclusive points system, judging guidelines and qualifying park terrain course criteria. Additional information and live webcast details will be available on the official Vans Park Series iOS app and online.

I experienced a rollercoaster of emotions today with our infamous BBHJ loop. First was terror and pride watching my sons @rileyhawk & @keeganhawk try it, then seeing Riley get as close as humanly possible but slam into the flat at the exit (see his last post). It was unnerving, but he got up quickly. @jeromygreen and @charlieblair01 made it shortly thereafter. As everyone packed up and left, @lizziearmanto put her pads back on and started tying it again. Our live @nextvr event was over, but she was going the distance. Less than an hour later, this happened. It was pure skateboarding passion and talent converging in this milestone moment, making Lizzie the first woman to successfully do a loop. I am thankful that Riley is ok, and that I played a small part in this conquest. Thanks to anyone that watched our event, and special thanks to everyone that stayed to help Lizzie achieve this dream. I’m still buzzing.

A post shared by Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) on Aug 26, 2018 at 7:33pm PDT

This weekend it was amazing, to hear (and see) the news that pro skater Lizzie Armanto had made the loop - something no other female skater has ever done. As you can read in Tony Hawks' post above - this is no easy feat. His son Riley Hawk went down hard, Lizzie did as well - watch the first part of the video. But she stayed past the event ending and kept at it - and MADE IT!

So rad - Congrats Lizzie!!

Photo Ian Logan  / at Vans US Open in Huntington Beach

How an Inclusion Rider Could Help Change the Game for Female Action Sports Athletes & Leave a Legacy of Hope For Future Generations

By Cindy Whitehead

The news hitting the internet and beyond recently, that Olympic swimmer, and 4x medalist, Simone Manuel, had decided to give up her NCAA status and finally turn pro stopped those in the swimming world in their tracks. But the news was so much bigger than just that. Simone had signed an unprecedented contract, for a professional athlete, with swimming giant; TYR Sport that includes an "inclusion rider".

The time is now for women in action sports to get more familiar as to why they should be following in Simone’s history making footsteps.

First of all, what is an inclusion rider?

An inclusion rider is a provision added to a contract to ensure that companies meet certain levels of diversity, for example regarding the inclusion of women, people of color, LGBT people and people with disabilities. Inclusion riders are becoming more common in industries such as film and television, when an actress with some clout wants to make sure the film she is starring in has the diversity she wishes to see in the world – not just on screen but perhaps behind the scenes as well. The quote from Simone’s press release states, “Through this stipulation with TYR Simone ensures that her partners extend meaningful opportunities to traditionally underrepresented groups and that diversity be reflected in the creative efforts she pursues with the brand.” How rad is that?

Why would I want or need this?

It's great to get a major sponsorship deal with a huge company so you can skate, ride, board or surf full time as a pro. That's the goal right? And right now we are seeing that that happens for only a small group of select female pros in these sports. But what, if in addition to your amazing and financially lucrative contract, you could do something, with very little effort, that helps bring up more women in your sport? An inclusion rider can do just that. It can show the company you are representing that if they believe in you, you also want them to enact initiatives to support other women out there as well. That is a win win. In swimming it’s no longer just about Simone and her lucrative endorsement deal, it is now about Simone making a living at the sport she excels in and bringing future generations up with her so they too can have this type of opportunity in the future, if they choose to.

“I don’t have that type of power, I’m not Tony Hawk!”

If you are being offered a lucrative endorsement deal, yes you do have the power to initiate change. Before you read the first paragraph in this article did you know who Simone Manuel was? If you don’t follow competitive swimming, then perhaps not. And that’s my point. Simone is well known in her sport, enough so that her agents felt comfortable adding this rider to her very first, professional contract. And Simone believed in herself enough to stand behind what she felt was important to her and to fight for it. Basically she went out of her way to make sure that TYR was on the same page as she was when it comes to supporting women and people of color.

And no, Simone is not a household name (yet) like Tony Hawk, but this past month everyone in sports, and beyond, is talking about the changes she is creating for women and people of color. She is now, not only known as an Olympic Medalist, she is known as a game changer.

Some of you are already thinking, " There isn't enough of the proverbial pie to go around to be rocking the boat!"

At this moment it may look that way for sure, but I’ll bet that you have more power than you believe you do. And right now it may seem cool to be the only woman on that all guys skate, surf or BMX team or under contract, but the way we grow the sport and get higher levels of pay is by raising other female athletes up with us. The women of action sports are stronger together than they are if each one is acting solely on her own behalf. Isn’t the final goal to have teams and companies with equal amounts of male and female riders? That means we have created effective change. Trust me it’s true. You only need to look back at women’s sports history to see how it works.

Did you watch the 2017 movie, "Battle of the Sexes", about Billie Jean King and how she took on the tennis association for equal pay back in 1973? She put herself on the line to better the sport for all the women she was playing with. Her legacy today is more than a woman who won tournaments and championships; it is that of a feminist and strong woman who fought for equality so women coming up today could make tennis an actual career.

Are you aware that pro skater Mimi Knoop and Cara-Beth Burnside formed The Alliance back in 2009 and fought for equal prize money at the X-Games for women and men? They achieved this goal and that is the reason the women competing today in summer and winter X-Games get the same money as their male counterparts. Both Mimi and Cara-Beth have very impressive skating careers, but I am most inspired by the change they made for women in skateboarding that benefits every girl and woman financially at this competition, so they can keep on skating hard, just like the guys do.

What about the Committee for Equity in Women’s Surfing (CEWS) which was co-founded by Professional Surfers Paige Alms, Keala Kennelly, Andrea Moller, Bianca Valenti and SMC Harbor Commissioner Sabrina Brennan and attorney Karen Tynan. They have fought tirelessly for women to be able to surf during the Mavericks Big Wave Challenge. And they are still fighting on behalf of female big wave riders everywhere.

Many, many women have come before you to fight for various forms of change and many more are still fighting for equality in various ways. You are not alone in this endeavor.

It sounds hard, and competing right now and keeping my sponsors happy is hard enough…

I get that it’s not easy or comfortable to use your status to fight for the next generation. But it’s necessary. Skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding and BMX all had female pioneers that made it possible, and perhaps just a little easier, for you to do what you love today. It’s time to step up for the girls and women that ride with you and the girls who come after you. What is worthwhile is never easy. If it were, these issues would have been solved long before you got here.

What will your legacy be?

In ten or twenty years from now, what will your legacy in action sports be? The world championship titles and big name competition results change from year to year, the records get shattered, too fast it seems, but fighting and supporting your fellow female athlete is absolutely timeless.

If you are one of the top female surfers, skateboarders or BMX riders in the world and signing lucrative endorsement deals with companies that can effectively create change, think about having your agent ask for that inclusion rider.

A young girl may ask you for an autograph today because you won an important event, but future generations of girls may be thanking you down the line for what you have done for all women in your sport.

Grab your crew and head to the theater this weekend because the new movie we have all been waiting for, The Skate Kitchen, hits select theaters today! We heard that additional theaters will start showing the film on Augsut 24th - so if it isn't playing near you yet, it will be soon!

We love that the film stars the real-life skater girls from the Skate Kitchen crew (not just cameos!) and shows them skating a LOT.

Let us know what you think of the film!

We love this fun song "Give a Little" by Maggie Rogers and we loved how these skater girls are prominently featured.  Seems like we are seeing more and more music videos featuring female skaters - kind of cool! 


Song: ‘Give A Little’ by Maggie Rogers

Directed by:  Maggie Rogers & Alan Del Rio Ortiz

Skaters: Bridget Erin Gamble, Eella Joshua aka Firefly, Myriah Marquez, Makaylah Menard

Check out Leticia Bufoni's set up. As you can see in this video - it's really whatever works for you!  You should also think about your height when buying a board. Some good advice from Leticia.

In case you missed it - Natalie Krishna Das has a new pro model, the Dastronaut II,  out with Silly Girl Skateboards, and this fun video of Natalie skating some pools and DIY's in AZ, NM, CA and WA just dropped too! Natalie is always up to something cool, so we love being able to share this video and the news.

If you want to get your hands on Natalie's new pro model, you can order it online HERE, and it's also available at Sidewalk Surfer in Arizona and SoCal Skateshop!


As always - Support women's skateboarding by buying goods endorsed by female skaters!

We're still reliving last weeks VPS prelims - that was so awesome! Thanks to Vans for putting this together and sharing - these girls are inspiring!

  

 Photos Martin Schoeller for Instyle Magazine

So great to open the pages of INSTYLE Magazine's September Issue and see some of our favorite Venice skater girls featured!  Check out Quinne Daniels, Vianez Morales, Dalia Lundquist,  & Miquell Benson gracing the pages of this awesome fashion mag. The girls got to wear everything from Gucci to Versace to skate in - pretty rad!

These girls rip - if you see them at Venice Skatepark tell them "hey"!

Check out pro skater Brighton Zeuner in this new video from Vans. At just 14 years old and with back to back, X-Games gold medals, she is changing the conversation in women's skateboarding.

Watch the podium placing runs from Kisa Nakamura, Jordyn Barratt and Brighton Zeuner - the Vans Park Series women's event was on fire!  Check out these videos to see all the action - the women are progressing fast and it's awesome to watch!

Nora Vasconcellos

Kisa Nakamura

Brighton Zeuner

Jordyn Barratt

Poppy Starr Olsen

Bryce Wettstein

Poppy, Brighton, Bryce

Poppy Starr Olsen

Sakura Yosozumi

Brighton Zeuner

Lizzie Armanto

Kisa Nakamura - 1st place!

 Photos @ianloganphoto - please credit if reposting - thanks!

Today's podium at Vans Park Series Huntington Beach Women's Finals was a bit different than what we saw in the semi-finals. All the women skated hard but in the end, Kisa Nakamura took 1st, with Jordyn Barrat landing in 2nd and Brighton Zeuner in 3rd. Bryce Wettstein couldn't quite hold onto that first place position she had in the quarter finals and semi-finals and took home 4th.

Bryce is fairly new to the women's pro tour&nbsp, and it has been awesome to watch her evolve - she is someone to keep an eye on for sure! Her tricks are varied, she has more speed than she had in past years and her runs are dialed in. She has become a seasoned competitor.

Congrats to all the women for a great comp!



VPS WOMEN'S RESULTS - HUNTINGTON BEACH

1st   Kisa Nakamura
2nd  Jordyn Barratt
3rd   Brighton Zeuner

4th   Bryce Wettstein
5th   Sakura Yosozumi
6th   Lizzie Armanto
7th   Poppy Starr Olsen
8th   Nora Vasconcellos


Many thanks to Vans and The Boardr for having us - make sure you also check out Vans Park Series for more coverage of the event!

Bryce Wettstein

Arianna Carmona

Camila Borges

Poppy Starr Olsen

Isadora Pacheco

Vianez Morales

Stella Reynolds

Taniah Meyers

Julz Lynn

Taniah Meyers

Charlotte Heath

Sakura Yosozumi

Mami Tezuka

Julz Lynn

Yndiara Asp

Sarah Thompson with some great signs!

Bella Kenworthy

Spencer Breaux

Bella, Stella, Minna & Hunter

Kihana Ogawa

Lizzie Armanto

Brighton Zeuner

Grace Marhoefer

Sakura & Nicole

Nora Vasconcellos

Nicole Hause

Charlotte Heath

Jordyn Barratt

Hunter Long

 Photos @ianloganphoto - please credit if reposting - thanks!

The Vans Park Series Women's Division in Huntington Beach was going off today! Qualifiers were crazy good and had 18 women competing, and by the time the semifinals rolled around and the 8 Select Pro's joined the top 12 from the qualifiers, things really got heated.

At the end of the day 14-year-old, Bryce Wettstein, came out in 1st place heading into Saturday's finals. That is a pretty nice place to be sitting. Bryce has been absolutely killing it lately at comps and it was great to see her throw down some really nice runs.  Sakura from Japan held strong in 2nd place, with Kisa Nakamura taking 3rd and Lizzie Armanto, Brighton Zeuner, Poppy Starr Olsen, Nora Vasconcellos and Jordyn Barratt rounding out the 8 women who will compete in the finals on Sunday. Trust us - this will be a women's final you won't want to miss!

Last years champion, Brighton Zeuner, will be working hard to defend her title, with 2017 World Champion Nora Vasconcellos hot on her heels, and Jordyn Barratt is always a threat when the pressure is on.  To be honest, any of the women in the top 8 could end up on podium Saturday, it's a really strong field of skaters!


RESULTS WOMEN'S SEMI FINALS

1. Bryce Wettstein
2. Sakura Yosozumi
3. Kisa Nakamura
4. Lizzie Armanto
5. Brighton Zeuner
6. Poppy Starr Olsen
7. Nora Vasconcellos
8. Jordyn Barratt

9. Nicole Hause
10. Yndiara Asp
11. Kihana Ogawa
12. Arianna Carmona
13. Grace Marhoefer
14. Mami Tezuka
15. Hunter Long
16. Bella Kenworthy
17. Taniah Meyers
18. Isadora Pacheco
19. Spencer Breaux
20. Camila Borges



Make sure you tune into the LIVE webcast to watch the finals on Saturday!


Saturday, August 4     1:00pm - 2:00pm (PDT)   
VPS Women’s Pro Tour, Finals

You can watch it LIVE on the ETN App or via VansParkSeries.com

** We highly suggest downloading the app now and logging in so you are ready to watch the comp ahead of time.


Huge thanks to Vans and The Boardr for having us!

We have a very small sneak peek clip, as well as the trailer for the new movie THE SKATE KITCHEN, which hits theaters August 10. Get ready and grab your crew and go see it! It stars the real life skater girls from The Skate Kitchen crew in NYC and we know it's going to be rad!

\We are super stoked to see our friend, Judi Oyama, aka "Badass Skate Mom" profiled in this new video for CrossFit!  We competed with Judi back in the day and love her to death! With her positive vibe and her "take no shit" attitude, she is an inspiration to all ages and both men and women.

Judi was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame this past year and is still shredding her local skatepark as well as racing slalom and nabbing world titles in the process. As you will see in this video, Judi doesn't just skateboard, she is also heavily involved in CrossFit and credits the discipline to keep her fit & strong  - all at the age of 58 years young!

Check out this awesome video and get a glimpse into what it's like to be a Badass Skate Mom!

Hunter Long   /  Photo Ian logan for Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word

The Vans Park Series hits in Huntington Beach this week and the women are already deep into practice sessions for what looks like it will be an awesome comp. This is stop 2 on the VPS Tour for the women and  it's kicking off with Women's Prelims this Thursday and Women's Finals on Saturday.

Fourteen-year-old Brigton Zeuner will be defending her VPS Huntington Beach title from last year , Nora Vasconcellos, last years World Champion will be showing everyone why she won in China (great trick combos, use of park and a lot of style!), and a lot of rookies will be giving the old guard a run for their money and trying to make podium. Keep your eye on Sakura Yosozumi, she may be new on the scene, but she just took home a bronze medal at last months X-Games and is definitely one to watch




VANS PARK SERIES  HUNTINGTON BEACH SCHEDULE - WOMEN'S


Thursday, August 2   2:00pm - 5:00pm (PDT)
VPS Women’s Pro Tour, Global Qualifiers, Prelimims and Semi Finals

There is NO live web feed for women's qualifiers  on Thursday - so we will try and show you the comp LIVE on our instagram stories  - follow us at   @girlisnota4letterword.com


Saturday, August 4     1:00pm - 2:00pm (PDT)   
VPS Women’s Pro Tour, Finals

You can watch it LIVE on the ETN App or via the VPS iPhone APP

** We highly suggest downloading the app now and logging in so you are ready to watch the comp ahead of time.

Ana Maria Falla Toro

Bella Kenworthy

Stella & Minna

Mecu

Camilla Borges

Jordan Serpentini

Josefina Tapia

Leticia Goncalves

Leticia, Julz & Sharon Reed

Vianez Morales

Sarah Thompson

Spencer Breaux

Stella Reynolds

Hunter Long

Kody Tamanaha

Leticia

Julz Lynn

Dora Varella

Arianna Carmona

Isadora Pacheco

Minna Stess

Paige LaBare

Arianna, Dora, Hunter

Photos Ian Logan - please credit if you use on your social media 

Under hot and sunny skies in Huntington Beach, CA, the Vans Continental Championships started off with 20 women competing in qualifiers. The field was narrowed to just eight ladies who went on to compete in the finals, and the skating was awesome. Dora Varella was defending her title from last year and did not falter in her quest to win again and take home not only a medal and bragging rights, but an all expense paid trip to the World Championships in Shanghai, China later this year!

Congrats to all the girls who competed today - there was some tough competition!  Shout out to Vans and The Boardr for having us!



RESULTS

1st  Dora Varella
2nd Arianna Carmona
3rd  Hunter Long

4th  Kody Tamanaha
5th  Spencer Breaux
6th  Bella Kenworthy
7th  Isadora Pacheco
8th  Leticia Goncalves


*Stay tuned because on Thursday, August 2, qualifiers for the Vans Park Series Women's division take place, with finals happening on Saturday, August 4th.  More info on how to tune in to watch it all LIVE, coming later this week!

 Photo via ASA Entertainment

Saturday saw champions crowned in pro sports beyond the surf at Supergirl Pro. Eliana Sosco from Sao Paulo, Brazil won the inaugural Curb Queens Skate Pro Competition, with Phoenix, AZ's Nika Washington finishing second and California native Amanda Castillo in third.

Big thanks to Supergirl Pro and Exposure Skate's Amelia Brodka for putting on this comp!

Jessie blasting a FS air in the pool

Julie flowing into a BS in the deep end

Tracie dropping in / aka "free falling"

Meredith with a nice BS grind

Amy cruising into a FS

 Photos Ian Logan for Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word

The OG Jam women's division did not disappoint! With a cool breeze blowing in off of the ocean, and a nice marine layer to keep things a bit cooler than it has been in Los Angeles, it was the perfect day to skate at Venice Skatepark. The ladies are coming out more and more to compete in the women's division of the OG Jam, and it was really nice to see the awesome friendships that have developed.

These gals we're attacking the pool and wowing the huge crowd that had come out to watch - WCMX rider, Tracie Garacochea, decided to drop into the deep end of the pool, which involves a "free fall" halfway down the wall and is not for the faint of heart,  she pulled it off and people were screaming their heads off.  Amy Bradshaw brought her smooth and stylish skating to each run and was amazing to watch.  Jessie Frietze attacked that pool as if it was her own personal playground and her FS airs were a hit! Meredith Michael was grinding the coping right and left, and Julie Goforth was carving and smiling so much with every run it was the perfect reminder that skateboarding is always FUN, even when competing!

RESULTS:

1st     Jesse Frietze
2nd    Meredith Michael 
3rd    Amy Bradshaw



Thanks to everyone at the OG Jam for putting on this rad series of events, big ups to the City of Los Angeles for having this one at Venice Skatepark, and thanks to Heidi Lemmon, the volunteers, the judges, announcers, support crew and sponsors who make this all happen at ecah and every event.

We hope to see you at the next one!

Street Angel Goes to Juvie by Jim Rugg

Surfgirl Magazine & Like a Dog by Tara Jepsen

Swell by Liz Clark

Herewith

Photos Ian Logan

Summer is a great time to read in between your surf sessions at the beach, or in the warm summer evenings while winding down from that long, hot skate sesh you had earlier in the day. We found some great books (and a couple magazines) you may not know about, but that should be on your radar!

Here are some of our favorite reads:

1. Street Angel Goes to Juvie - another awesome book in the Street Angel series by Jim Rugg & Brian Maruca. If you are not familiar with Street Angel, Jesse "Street Angel" Sanchez, also known as "The Deadliest Girl Alive"  is a homeless skateboarding pre-teen who fights the bad guys in each of her adventures. There are more books in the series and you'll want to read them all.  Jesse is a badass and inspiring to so many girls and women - especailly those who skate.  One of our mini shredder friends, Kala, reads each book the minute she gets her hands on it and then over and over until the next one comes out!  The series is addicting!!  You can get Street Angel Goes to Juvie  HERE

2. Surfgirl Magazine - while not technically a book, it is one of our favorite reads because the entire magazine features women's surfing - it's chock full of travel destinations, interviews with your fav female surfers and articles on anything to do with surfing. And we have to say that the awesome visuals hook us in every time!  You can subscribe HERE but you can usually find a copy at your local Barnes & Noble bookstore too!

3. Like a Dog by Tara Jepsen - Tara is a well known skateboarder, writer, filmer and so much more. Like a Dog is about a scrappy young skateboarder's story of underground worlds and fringe existences, confusing family relationships and the struggle for intimacy. We are huge fans of Tara's so we loved this book! It's paperback and lightweight, so throw it into your beach bag for a read by the waters edge.  It deals with some hard subject matter - so best for teens and above. Get a copy HERE

4. Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening by Liz Clark,- This book is not technically just about surfing, but Captain Liz Clark spent her youth dreaming of traveling the world by sailboat and surfing remote waves. When she was 22, she met a mentor who helped turn her desire into reality. Embarking on an adventure that most only fantasize about, she set sail from Santa Barbara, California, as captain of her 40-foot sailboat, Swell, headed south in search of surf, self, and the wonder and learning that lies beyond the unbroken horizon. This book will make you want to start planning your next adventure...  Order a copy HERE or pick it up next time you are at Target or Barnes & Noble.

5. Herewith - is a hybrid - it falls in-between book and magazine for its thick paper stock, saturated imagery, genius layouts, clean design and the ability to make us want more with every issue. Its focus is on surfing but no matter what images and articles they run, it's stunning and a great read. Inspiring and gorgeous to say the least!  You can order it HERE