Local’s Insight: Pacific Beach, California

Pacific Beach: perfect weather all year round, consistent waves for all skill levels, and a healthy dose of the Southern Californian lifestyle that will keep you coming back to this gem of a small suburb just outside of downtown San Diego. Pacific Beach is situated...

Hey Mama! Don’t Give Up on Your Surfing Dreams

Surfing was on my mental bucket list for as long as I could remember.  I don’t exactly know where that desire came from, whether I inherited it from being born in Brazil or whether it came from my Chilean family roots. Either way, it was always there. I was...
Financing Your Next Surf Trip

Financing Your Next Surf Trip

Traveling is expensive, plain and simple. Between the transportation costs, whether it be gas, tickets, or airline fees, the expenses can really add up and become a burden on any traveler’s wallet. While there are many expenses that are nearly impossible to avoid,...

Viva la France

Sometimes all it takes is packing a bag and booking a ticket. A leap of faith that only a spontaneously purchased travel ticket to a foreign land can fulfill. In retrospect, my very first trip overseas was astonishingly shortsighted but thanks to the overwhelming...