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Top 3 Best Surf Wax

Surf wax is a surfers best accessory besides a leash because without it, you would be slipping and sliding all over the place! Plus, surf wax isn't just good for your board it's also good for your car, room, or desk as it smells awesome, almost so good you would want to eat it.

3. Mrs. Palmers Surf Wax
Mrs. Palmers is not as well known here in the States as they are in Australia, but they make pretty good wax. The cardboard box is great for preventing the wax from melting on a hot day.

2. Mr. Zoggs Sex Wax is a world famous surf wax and has a long history in the surfing industry. Sex Wax's team includes Blake Howard, Connor Coffin, CJ Nelson, Dillon Perillo, Cory Arrambide, Mary Osborne, Henry Mills, Dane Zaun, Mike Detemple, Cole Robbins, Brett Robbins, Andrew Doheny, Nat Young, Tyler Anderson, Adam Lambert, Kolohe Andino, Oliver Parker and Kelly Slater! Plus it comes with a pretty cool sticker to stick on your bumper car.

1. My favorite surf wax to use has got to be Sticky Bumps. Sticky Bumps originated in 1967 by John Dahl in order to get the water off the board faster for better traction. Sticky Bumps is made in Carlsbad, California, and is very high quality. It sticks for a long time and smells nice too. They have a killer list of sponsored surfers: David Rastovich - Alana Blanchard - Bethany Hamilton - Christian Wach - Leila Hurst - Carlos Coco Nogales - Nathan Carroll - Dylan Goodale - Lucas Angulo - Asaya Aymara Brusa - Bailey Nagy - Christian Yeager - Erik Baldwin - Guillermo Satt - Victor Rosario - Issac Wood - Jesse Timm - Ke’ale Chung - Kody Kerbox - Jimena Ochoa - Karina Petroni - Dorian Blanchard - Rochelle Ballard - William Sue-A-Quan - Megan Abubo - Danny Melhado - Darian Boyle - Matthieu Thibaud - Cesar Petroni - Martin Passeri - Josh Holland - Brian Haag - Colin Richardson

Jack Freestone AKA My Husband

Jack Freestone is an Australian surfer sponsored by Billabong who also happens to be one of the hottest male surfers out there and Alana Blanchard's boyfriend. Among his many titles of being the Top-Ten Hottest Surfers he also was the ASP Men's World Junior Champion in both 2012 and 2010. He's also dating Sport's Illustarted model and surfer Alana Blanchard who surfs on the ASP World Tour. 

So, can I marry him now or later?

Jackie in Action!

Grom Life or No life?

For anyone who does not know, a grom is a surfer under the age of 18. I have been surfing since I was 9 years old and fell in love with it form the moment I caught my first wave. I did not get my own board until last christmas. My board is a true beauty, it is 7 feet tall, fiberglass, and a teal color. Island Water Sports shaped my board and from the moment I first laid eyes on it I was in love. Shelly(my board's name) is a longboard and is great for riding waves into the shore. In the future I would love to get a shortboard, which is perfect for carving waves and doing turns.

As soon as I got my board I wanted to take it out, but the waves were terrible. :( Finally, I got to take my board out on a beach day with my friends. I was a little rusty from not having surfed in a while but I managed to stand up and catch a couple of waves! Of course my mom only got pictures of me paddling out...

Healthy Hair=Happy Hair!

After a long day of surfing, or even just hanging out at the beach your hair needs some major TLC! Beach hair looks super pretty but all that sun, salt, and wind can really damage your hair! Once or twice a week I use organic virgin coconut oil, saturating my hair completely with it and leaving it in for about 30 minutes. After, I rinse my hair and shampoo and condition it. This trick keeps my hair healthy after all that damage!

Soul Surfer

 My biggest inspiration is Bethany Hamilton, who inspired me to keep surfing no matter what tries to stop me. Bethany was born in 1990 in Kauai, Hawaii and began to surf before she could walk. Her love for surfing firs sparked inside her when she entered a surfing competition in Oahu, Hawaii at the age of eight and won both the short and long board division. When Bethany was only 13, a 14-foot tiger shark attacked her while she was surfing off Kauai's north shore. Bethany lost 60% of her blood and her left arm. After only one month of recovery Bethany returned to surfing, managing to stand up on her third wave. In 2004, Bethany returned to the surfing world by placing 5th in the Open Women's division of a surfing competition and in 2005, she took first place in the Explorer Women's of the NSAA National Championships, only one year after the shark attack. In 2007, Bethany realized her drem and turned pro. In October of 2004 Bethany came out with an autobiography telling of her recovery from her shark attack called Soul Surfer and seven years later the book was made into a major motion picture. Bethany has not only won many surfing competitions but also has inspired millions of surfers to keep dreaming, keep surfing, and keep believing in Christ. About Bethany!

You Can't Stop the Waves But You Can Learn to Surf Them!

So, you want to learn how to surf? Learning to surf takes time, patience and basic physical coordination but once you get that pop up down catching a wave will be easy and thrilling! Starting to surf isn't just all about what board to use, it's also about choosing the right surf wax, the right rash guard  the right beach spot, and learning how to handle the well known surfing slogan "Locals Only!". A big part of catching a wave is paddling. The biggest mistake beginners make is paddling with both arms or paddling too fast. The fastest surfer is the one paddling deep in the water and slow, not the one flailing their arms in the water. Always paddle using the crawl stroke, cupping your hands and using each arm alternatively to maintain a constant speed so you can catch that wave. Before trying to stand up in the water, practice on land first! Popping up isn't as easy as it seems and takes a lot of practice! Lie on your chest, with your head facing forward. Place your hands on the board beside your shoulders palms down as if you were going to do a push up. Push your upper body up while sweeping your feet out from under you, laying them along the stringer(the line down the middle of the board). When you are up, stay low and look up! If you stand straight up or look at your feet you will fall! And remember always wear a leash, always surf with a buddy, and most of all HAVE FUN! How to Stand on a Surfboard

You Gotta Win it to Ring it

April 1, 2013 was the Women's Rip curl Bell surfing competition. 20 year old Carissa Moore won over 19 year old Tyler Wright in 3-5 foot waves in front of Bells Beach. Moore opened the first heat with a score of 9.57 on her first wave. In a final exchange Moore and Wright battle it out for the last nail biting waves. Moore says “It wasn’t an easy heat,I was fortunate to get a good score to start, but Tyler (Wright) is really powerful and a really fierce competitor. If she got the waves, it was going to be a challenge. We had a really long lull during the heat and then a little flurry at the end.” This is Moore's second win in a row this season, previously winning the Western Australia last week. Moore is now a shoe in for the 2013 ASP Womens World Title victory and I know I will definitley be watching and cheering her on. Amongst Bethany Hamilton and Rob Kelly, Carissa Moore is a surf god to me and one of my inspirations as she went pro at such a young age. Winning Bells is such a great achievment and a dream that ever grom has. Interview with Carissa Moore after Bells Victory

Kauhale

Kauhale(cow-ha-lay) means home in Hawaiian! I've moved around so much, I don't know what to call home anymore, but if I had to pick I would definitely choose the beach. It is the only place where I can be myself and I feel the most comfortable. Surfing is the biggest part of my life and its the biggest rush of excitement, joy, adrenaline, and frustration you will ever feel. Surfing is climbing from a warm bed in pre-dawn’s coolness a sleepy drive, coffee and doughnuts at a roadside diner and the clatter of surfboards as they’re unstacked from the car rack. Surfing is the joy of watching a sun rise slowly into the sky. It’s crisp, clean waves, crests blown high by an offshore wind. It’s gray mist, dampness and cold sand under bare feet, the lonely cry of a gull sweeping across silent, brooding seas.It's a feeling you can only get by wrapping the leash around your ankle and taking that first step towards the waves.