So Cal Surf Magazine Issue #1

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1RWH IURP WKH (GLWRU Dear readers, It’s that time of year again, when schools let out, people go on vacation, and bikinis litter the beaches. Southern California has a wide selection of beaches, although it’s possible that everyone goes to all of the beaches for the same reasons. It’s my favorite time of the year because in addition to the beach activity, people are in a laid-back and relaxed mood. It is the unofficial time to visit the beach for some rest and relaxation, or for the eye candy. I enjoy surfing, and when I do its usually in the mornings when the sun is not out yet fully, and I get a good start on the day. I definitely advise taking lessons as opposed to teaching yourself, because it’s safer and you get a proper instruction. In this issue of So Cal Surf, we cover Zuma beach, located in Malibu, CA, a smaller, more family based beach, with areas for rock climbing and where the water is crystal clear. You won’t have to look too far to spot the surfers, apart from the dolphins that are in the water. There are interviews with Clout Malibu, and DMZ surfboards, providing insight into manufacturing and sale of surfboards. We have interviews with surfers themselves, talking about their experiences and the history of the sport. Apart from the obvious, we also highlight other staples of summer and beach culture. I think you’ll find this issue to be enlightening, as well as entertaining, and perfect reading material to have for the summer. ~ Christopher Au-Young Editor in Chief

Editor - Sophie Diallo Dupuis Photo Credts: Front Cover: Shaina Denny Back Cover: laplaces.blogspot.comzz Shaina Denny pages 2, 3-7,1-11, 16, 19, 2024, 28-32, 34-35, 41, 44.

Rachel Spurr pages: 18, 25, 26-27, 33.

Paula Kennedy pages: 38-39 Christopher Au-Young pages 8 Trudy Sargent pages 45

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ocated in Malibu, Zuma Beach is a harbinger for families and surfers alike.

You’ll find people of just about any age here flying their kites, building sand

castles, or just trying to catch a tan. Surfers of varying ages, often compete for space out in the water, which is just as well because it is also populated by dolphins. The steep cliffs overlooking this area are braved by skilled rock climbers seeking adventure and a departure from the rest of the beach.

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alibu’s Yogurt and Ice Cream Cafe has been in business for over 20 years, and is managed

by Don Wildman Jr. and his father. Once they took over the shop in November 2008, Don Wildman Jr. and his father redid the interior of the shop to have a surfer/beach theme. At the age 78, Don Wildman is an active surfer and paddle boarder. The cafe is known primarily for its yogurt and ice cream and is a fun place to come and hang out. The shop has a diverse customer base, ranging from surfers to tourists; the busiest time for the shop is in the summer. Their philosophy: Malibu Yogurt & Ice Cream has created a laid back, and fun Beach-side atmosphere; while providing our customers with the “Friendly Service,” and “Best Yogurt in Southern California.”

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'0= 6XUIERDUG PDJLF ERDUGV PDGH E\ KDQG DMZ Surfboards, owned by Dave Moore, has been in business for a year and is a manufacturer of surfboards and the lifestyle. DMZ Surfboards caters to local people, whom they rely upon to spread word of mouth.

Manufacturing surfboards is easy with the assistance of the computer aided design, but Dave Moore places importance on the ability to hand shape a board with precision. “If it comes out to mass production, you need to make a living, and that usually entails computer-aided design.”

It’s impossible for them to manufacture the number of surfboards that a computer-aided design program makes. Computer-aided design software programs are necessary to make profit margins to stay in business. This does not lessen the importance of hand-craftsmanship, as Dave Moore says “you cannot lose focus on the art behind a surfboard.” “The magic board comes from the hand shape, as you can make a good board with CAD that consistently works, but the magic board comes from hand.”

When it comes to crafting and shaping a board by hand, calculating the math to make a board for a specific function and purpose, then translate that into a shape, are factors taken into consideration. With hand crafting you can do the adjustments, which, a lot of it is in the flow, using calibrations in order to be precise as possible, down to 16 of an inch. When you get to know a surfer, and you start to assess their skill, it’s through that knowledge that you know what they want in a board.

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eorge isino is the owner of Clout Surf Shop which has been here 14 years and is currently trying to survive out there in the recession. For them the big market are paddle boards, skate boards, wet suits, surf boards, boogie boards, lessons, and rentals. During the summer time, the big business comes from rentals and surf lessons. They experienced a good christmas recently, and the beach was also packed in january, with temperatures of 75 degrees. The shop also has used youtube videos, Facebook, social networks, for further exposure.

The shop is about a name, Clout which George owns.

The shop had initially closed down after going bankrupt, but George took it over afterwards and has been running it ever since. George is a professional kiteboarder, and every day he’s in the water, paddling; he’s the only kitesurfer in 75 miles. Clout owns the beach, dominating in kiteboarding, surfboarding, ripcord wetsuit sales; they have the number one wet suits in the area. They picked up the brand starboard, and also have the carbon board which everybody wants.

George knows what the customers want, which keeps them coming back to the store; “everyone wants the right skateboard, girl chocolate, antihero, it builds up a clientele.”

According to George, the best thing about owning the shop is getting the people in the water that have never been, and realizing its the best thing they ever did.

George describes this shop as more like a day care, meaning they have

a lot of women and mothers that come in to drop off their kids in the morning, and come in to talk about their lives.

“Its a social gathering, and everyone wants to represent Clout. The kitesurfers all stick together, its a club, everyone knows everyone and everyone helps each other.

Clout is a local brand that shows you live here. You gotta earn their respect. You gotta show up every day and pay your dues, gotta start at the south side of the beach, you gotta work your way up to the point. If your good, you’ll make it to the peak. You got that respect, you got it all. Everyone wants to rock clout the clout boards. You lock down the beach, no one else can come in. The shop is local, anybody can come, and the biggest amount of money, people from the valley, cause you know everyone here, not enough people here to support the shop. They come from the San Fernando Valley, Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Santa Monica, it’s like a little melting pot.”

George was born and raised in San Fernando. His dad used to take them to the beach, where they grew up going on the weekends. “Everybody in Malibu is really nice, you know every person here, its so small. If you work at a surf shop, everyone’s gonna come in, they want to kite surf, they all come to the shop to support local business.”

George has branched out and uses the internet to do youtube videos, and a reality show; Clout Malibu. He gets a lot of views on the videos which he writes and directs himself. He spends six, seven hours in the water, gets up in the morning, and on a good day, gets to change into three different wet suits. “Living here, you gotta be in the water.

It takes a lot of discipline, a lot of work to get to the ocean, and at the end of the day its how much fun your having... There’s not a lot of competition out here by Zuma beach.

There’s a little surf shop down the street, where they sell t-shirts, and it’s not competition.” Here in the area, they have one of spots for kitesurfing, where it has a thermal condition that blows during the summer, and it completely cranks. The kite boarders are a different breed,

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they’re more extreme crazy guys who *HRUJH 6LVLQR½V 6WDWHPHQWV WR /LYH %\ chase the wind. George doesn’t drink, or “I sell products, to make you cool.” smoke, his fix is just getting out there, kite boarding, paddle boarding, into the waves. “It’s all about having fun, and living life. Life is short; life is what you make it” He loves nothing better than getting his “Living here, you gotta be in the water.” ass handed to him by the huge gusts of wind and waves crashing against his board.

There is something about the surf shop that is very family oriented, because kids work at the shop, and everybody is so nice. The kids that shop there go for the stuff, skate boards, wet suits, and video games. George’s girlfriend has her own three kids that work in the shop.

“It takes a lot of discipline, a lot of work to get to the ocean, and at the end of the day its how much fun your having. “

The pictures that are inside the shop on the walls, are of people that have been featured in the youtube videos George makes for his company. “People love drama, they can’t get enough, they love hot chicks in bikinis, women loves dudes with no shirts on. People love hot bodies, people look, thats the dream, the lifestyle.”

His favorite product that they have are the paddle boards. They are the most successful, and without them the shop would not be there. People that come into the shop, they buy paddle boards, they are out in the ocean and they see dolphins, whales and a lot of fish. Their widest demographic is 15-60 year olds, but they get so many moms, anywhere between 40-60 years old; the shoppers, they want to get into the water.

They’ve been filming their reality show for about a year and it’s been fun; doing acting calls, meeting with investors. They are selling Malibu in a reality show; “It’s the

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craziest reality show no one’s ever seen, battling out with other surf shops, crazy young kids like Jersey Shore, paint balling, surf wars on the beach, they want to sell it. A lot of people don’t understand what’s going on here, it’s a lot of work. Film a lot, do your own youtube videos, learning from them. Been having fun, but we are not done. We are still doing casting calls, and have the pilot done, just shooting and shooting. It draws a lot of business into the store.”

Nowadays, everything is online, they are trying to get on the top of google list, through different marketing techniques like throwing a half off day wet suit price, throwing it out on Facebook, and by the end of the afternoon, people are already coming in.

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Board Care 101

by Andrew Warren

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hen I was a wee lad, long before I ever began my surfing journey, I used to love helping my dad in his workshop.

There, hidden in our musty basement, I would listen as my father imparted his manly wisdom to my young ears. And one lesson I vividly remember him instilling time and time again was this... “If you take care of your tools, your tools will take care of you.”

I have carried this lesson with me through all my endeavors, including surfing. After all, our boards are essential to our enjoyment of riding the ocean’s beautiful waves. It only makes sense that we treat them with the love and care we deserve, and extend the useful life of our equipment as long as possible. The good news is, you don’t need to spend hours of your day, or follow any complex procedures, or buy loads of stinky chemicals and cleaners. In my experience, taking good care of your board is mostly a matter of following a few simple rules:

KEEP IT CLEAN : We derive so much fun and enjoyment from the beautiful ocean waves and sandy beaches, that it can be easy to forget what harsh environments they are for our poor surf boards.

Day in and day out, our sticks must deal with UV ray exposure, corrosive salt water, rough sand, and more. Because of this, I am a stickler for keeping my board and clean and salt free.

After I finish a surfing session, the first thing I do is rinse off every inch of my board in fresh water, including the leash, fins, leash plush, screws, etc. I always pay special attention to my leash cuff, as sand and gunk can easily build up there, making it harder for the velcro to close properly.

If you wear a wetsuit, it’s also important to rinse out your suit thoroughly, and let it dry in a cool place before storing it. Otherwise, the salt water and intense heat can dry out the rubber, causing it to weaken and crack over time. Plus, in my experience, it takes a serious rinsing to get all the

loose sand out of a wetsuit after a day of surfing. If you don’t thoroughly wash it out, all that sand will end up at the bottom of your closet!

From time to time, it’s a good idea to clean off all the old wax on your surfboard. Old wax can build up, and interfere with the stickiness of fresh coats. Plus, it can cause rashes dues to all the sand and other junk that gets stuck in it. I’ve seen people use all kinds of wax removal tools, special cleaners, even things like acetone. But personally, I prefer to avoid using harsh chemicals like that on my ride, and besides, there a much simpler solution, and it’s even free!

I just leave my board wax side up in the sun for about 10 minutes. Then I take a nap, read a book, play some video games, whatever. When I come back out, the heat from the sun has turned the hard mass of gross dirty wax into a soft, liquid mush, I gently scrape it off using an old credit card (or any plastic card... supermarket discount cards work well.) In about twenty minutes, the board is clean and wax free! Then I hose it off, use a spritz of organic green cleaner, and dry it off.

PROPER STORAGE : When I bought my first surfboard, I remember talking to the ding repair guy at the shop. He told me then and there that the majority of surfboard damage he repaired didn’t come from rocks, or waves, or epic wipeouts. Most dings and cracks that he saw came from people bashing their boards into doors, floors, and ceilings, long before they ever got into the water.

Sure enough, I got my first ding that very night. I foolishly stood my new board up against a wall, and later accidentally bumped it, sending it toppling over, and crashing to the floor.

Man, I felt like the biggest kook in the world!

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of the most well known products is a resin known as Sun Cure.

Sun Cure is available in most surf shops, and is extremely easy to apply. There are detailed instructions on the package, but basically you squeeze some over the crack, smooth it out with an applicator stick, then let it dry in the sun for 4 to 5 minutes.

Then, sand it down a bit, and you’re ready to get back in the water! There are also environmentally friendly soy based resins that work in a similar way. happen. When not in use, always try to store your board in a safe place. If possible, lay your board horizontally rather than standing it up vertically. This will prevent a sudden fall and impact, which can easily crack your board’s thin glass coating. If you have to stand your board upright for space reasons, try to make sure it’s in a corner, and as stable as possible.

Although I try to avoid buying extra equipment and gear, one item I highly recommend you purchase is a board bag or sock.. Various manufacturers produce bags in all shapes and sizes to fit a variety of boards including heavily padded, rolling bags that hold several boards for those big surf trips! There are even environmentally friendly options, made from materials such as hemp, or recycled PVC. Finally, always keep your board in a cool, dry, and shady spot. Never store your board in a hot attic, or in front of a sun filled window. Prolonged heat and sunlight can cause a process known as delamination, in which the bond between the board’s foam and fiberglass begins to bubble and weaken.

And the UV rays can cause the gleaming white foam of your new board to turn grungy and yellow.

So remember: Safe, cool, spot, watch our for sunlight, and if you love your board, bag it!

DINGS AND DING REPAIR :

However, I have to admit, the method I have used most often for ding repair is even cheaper and simpler... I always carry a roll of duct tape in my surf bag. If I spot a tiny crack or ding on my board, I simply slap on a couple pieces of tape, making sure the entire dinged area is covered. Obviously, this should just be a temporary fix, but the truth is I have covered dings this way for years, with no ill effects. However I was very careful about replacing the tape on a regular basis, and keep the whole board clean and salt free.

For anything larger than a crack, I really recommend taking your board to a surf shop for professional repair. Just about every shop has a “ding guy”, and their prices are usually quite reasonable considering the quality of their work. A good ding repair guy can make your board look as good as new, and more importantly, the repaired area will be just a durable as it was before the damage.

When you get right down to it, taking care of your surfboard is really no different than caring for your car, your house, or anything else of value. Protect it from the elements, keep it clean, and stay on top of problems before they get worse. We may not all be professional surfers with corporate sponsors, and hundred of sticks in our quiver. But if we take care of the equipment we do have, it will reward us with years of fun and excitement, and the joy of riding waves on our favorite board!

When your board gets dinged, the most important thing to remember is to keep the area dry and clean. If the ding happens on land, make sure to patch it before going back in the water. If the ding happens while surfing, get out of the water immediately, and let your board dry out before attempting to repair the damage. For a small crack, this might take a couple hours, but for a larger hole, the board may need to dry for a week or more.

There are many ding repair products available for purchase at surf shops, and most are inexpensive, and simple to use. One

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Sooner or later, no matter how careful you are, your board is going to get “dinged.” A ding occurs when an impact causes the thin fiberglass coating of a surfboard to crack or break.

This can allow water to penetrate into the board, and soak into the foam core, causing the board to become heavier and less responsive. Eventually, the foam will begin to decay and rot away.

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Hotdogs, Fish Tacos, Pizza, and More! – Five Great Summertime Foods Written by – Jacob Walnut

Summer is right around the corner and the longer days and warmer weather make it the perfect time for a few new food options. Hotdogs, pizza, hamburgers, fish and chips, and fish tacos are some of the more tasty foods that are commonly associated with the sunnier months. Hardly anything beats a long day at the beach (whether surfing or sunbathing) followed by one of these tasty treats!

It’s beach season, so you don’t want to gorge yourself here. You’ve likely worked hard (or at least kind of hard) for that summer ‘beach body’ and you don’t want to ruin it just like that. This is why you’ll want to only consume these foods in moderation. If you have them as a meal once or twice a week, you’ll be in the clear weight wise and your taste buds will be more than thankful.

Summertime calls for different snacks and treats and these foods are some of the best. They all are quick eats and can be found minutes away from almost any beach (and almost anywhere in the city). In addition, if you’re smart, they won’t add much weight to your figure either.

Most likely, you’ve tried many of them before, so I don’t really need to encourage you to try them again. I guess, I’ve just had such good beach experiences with them that I want to remind people of their existence. Sometimes, you get so wrapped up in enjoying the sun that you forget all about eating. The body is precious, so fill it up!

+27 '2*6 Nothing says summer quite like hotdogs. Visions of afternoon baseball games and late-night carnivals flicker through many people’s minds when they think of this food. Hotdogs are a great summer treat because they are easy, tasty, and cheap.

A ton of the beaches in the California area have hotdog stands or carts just a short walk away from the water. Many of the busier ones even have vendors who sell hotdogs right down on the beach. If you’re feeling adventurous load your bun up with ketchup, mustard, relish and anything else that the seller can throw your way, but if you’re looking for something simpler, a plain old hotdog tastes just as good.

3,==$ It doesn’t matter what time of year it is – pizza is always an excellent treat! But the warm summertime air and late nights make a few slices an even better meal idea. If you’re like many people, then you’ve definitely picked up a pizza on the way home from the beach before.

My favorite way to eat pizza in the summertime is to choose a nice vegetarian style (I don’t know about you, but I like my pizza on the light side during the summer) and take it home where I’ll eat in on my deck watching the sunset. Usually, I’ll have a few of my friends over and we’ll share the pizza over drinks. Very few foods match up with beer as well as pizza does – it’s like college all over again, which is a nice thing every now and again.

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+$0%85*(56 Hamburgers are another awesome summertime food. While they might not be as good for beach-eating as hotdogs and pizza (they’re a little messy), they’re great for a big backyard barbeque. And if you don’t have a backyard, why don’t you cook them up on the deck or driveway?

Grilling hamburgers seems almost like a national pastime in America.

Certainly more people enjoy cooking them up on a regular occasion than attend baseball games. Best of all, they are a very social food.

They’re a great meal for family dinners or when you have friends over.

They also go hand in hand with backyard sports like badminton, whiffle ball, and bocce ball – you can get a little exercise while enjoying one of the best meals that there is.

)LVK &KLSV If you’ve never had fish and chips, then I encourage you to head down to your nearest local fish and chips shack and try them out. Make sure that the eating place you choose specializes in sea food. It seems like the quality of the fish are always better at these places than at restaurants that specialize in other foods (burgers for instance) and just serve fish and chips as an extra option for picky eaters.

Personally, I like beer-battered fish, but they have a heavier feel, so, depending on the time of day, you might opt for a lighter option. Most places offer cod, halibut, and other types of fish, so there is a little something for everybody.

The chips (or fries) are another great addition to this summertime meal. Fueling up while at the beach is essential in keeping the fun kicked into high-gear and fries only top this off. If you’re worried about gaining weight, then skip the chips and stick with only the fish.

)LVK 7DFRV Another food that reminds one of the beach and the ocean are fish tacos. These little buggers are quite different from regular tacos in that, well, they are filled mainly with fish, and this makes them much lighter and easier on the stomach than beef or chicken tacos. This makes them quick to eat and easy to digest, requirements for summertime food.

The faster that I can scarf down a lunchtime meal, the happier I am, since I want to be back out on the waves as quickly as possible. If you’re in a rush for a meal, then it’s hard to beat something as satisfying as fish tacos.

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Tales of a Surfin’ Mama

by Dina Gilio-Whitaker

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rowse through any popular surf magazine and you’ll get the impression that surfing is limited to an under-30, predominantly male crowd. Hell, even Surfer’s Journal—geared toward an older demographic—gives the impression that women in the surf world are still just surfers’ girlfriends or wives, the prerequisite eye candy for a lifestyle that few non-surfers can ever understand. The genre of the old, cheesy Hollywood surf films like Beach Blanket Bingo, Ride the Wild Surf, Gidget and so many others (think Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon) had a lot to do with that image. And at one time, all of that was probably true.

But a couple of generations away from the Frankie and Annette movies, and the world of surfing looks as different as the Beach Boys looked from Led Zeppelin in 1968.

Where surfing was once a sport that spurned a subset of the 1960’s counter-culture movement, fueled as it was by youthful rebellion, it is now a consumer-driven industry based on branding and image maintenance with maximum profits to shareholders as its bottom line. As cynical as that sounds, who can deny it?

Like all industries, surfing depends on the growth of markets, which means that new sectors of the market must be continually opened. The women’s movement

that was part and parcel of the 60’s social revolution (and thanks at least in part to Gidget, which was, by the way, a true story) opened doors to women surfing. Women were no longer relegated by social rules governing the appropriate “place” of women, and they too could partake of the lifestyle from the front lines. It didn’t hurt that they would also become a new sector of the surfing market.

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In those days, the North Shore was still a relatively

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sleepy community that woke up only during surf season.

It really was the country, and there was nothing to do there if you didn’t surf, which was my primary motivation to learn to surf. I became a local at Haleiwa beach, and learned to surf on a borrowed 7’6” single fin gunstyle board. In those days, most people didn’t hire a surf instructor (unless they were mainland tourists visiting Waikiki) to learn to surf; they used whatever surfboard they could get their hands on and toughed it out in whitewater until they could stand up and ride. It was as simple as that. That’s why in those days many people never made it past their first or second day—surfing is one of the hardest sports there is, and that’s a really rough way to learn. But persistence paid off, and within a few weeks I was riding green waves and familiarizing myself with all the North Shore breaks from Haleiwa to Goat Island in Lai’e.

As my surfing improved I surfed harder waves, and since I am a goofy foot I became enamored of surfing Pipeline because it was the ultimate challenge. Not only was it the pinnacle of North Shore surfing, it was also almost unheard of for women to surf it in those days, even when it was under 6 feet, which is small by North Shore standards (and the only time I would surf it). The stretch of beach where Pipeline is located is known as Ke Nui Road because that’s the name of the street the houses are on. And it is center stage for the North Shore surf scene. I was so addicted to the North Shore surfing lifestyle that I eventually moved to Ke Nui and lived in several different houses on that stretch of beach that is Pipeline/Off the Wall/Rockpile. There I would meet a man—another die hard surfer and board shaper— who I would marry 27 years later, and to whom I am happily married today.

My North Shore surfing career lasted most of a 3 year period. Living that life was like living a fantasy most people can only dream about—and like most fantasies, it’s gotta end sooner or later. It ended because I knew my life had to move forward in a different and more productive way. It would have been far too easy to get stuck there in an endless cycle of poverty and partying, like happened to so many I saw there. My relationship with my now husband also crashed and burned at the time, and I moved back to SoCal and resumed my life. Heartbroken and disillusioned, I stopped surfing and

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moved far away from the ocean and would not surf again for most of a 25 year period.

Fast forward to 2009. After a two and a half decade absence, life saw fit to reconnect me to my lost loves—both the man and the sport. They were, after all, inseparable.

Although the relationship picked up naturally where it left off, that was not true for surfing. Unlike riding a bike, your body doesn’t simply remember what to do and then do it effortlessly. I had the body memory of what it felt like to paddle a board and ride a wave, but there is a certain level of fitness required that only the act of surfing can produce. You can be in top physical condition, but until you develop the muscles and kinesthetic sensibilities specific to surfing, you can’t do it. I had to relearn it, and in time I did.

Now I am a mom and my teenage son is following in my footsteps, growing up at the beach and totally stoked on surfing. As a “born again surfer” with a solid graduate education in a social science field, it is far too easy to apply a critical analysis to the state of modern surfing. I don’t want to bore you tears, but maybe it’s enough to say that having been gone from surfing all those years and coming back was like a hyperlink into the future. It was like being Marty McFly in Back to the Future, only in reverse; blown away by the way things looked 25 years into the future. Even though capitalism seems to have ripped the heart out of surf culture, still, I love the sport and the lifestyle.. But then again, even though I didn’t surf all those years, I never once doubted that I would always be a surfer at heart.

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was formed in 2006 at Florida State University by original founding members Drew Dockerill (Lead Vocals/ Guitar) and AJ Larson (Bass). The band would combine funk, reggae, jazz, and alternative rock to create the signature Wait For Green sound. After playing numerous shows in the college town of Tallahassee, FL the band started to garner the attention of the 40,000 plus student population in the area, and in 2009 played sold out shows with Slightly Stoopid, Reel Big Fish, and The Wailers. Later that year the band was asked to play Sunfest held in West Palm Beach, FL along with an all-star lineup including 311, Slightly Stoopid,UB40, Pepper, Pennywise, Citizen Cope, G. Love, and many more. Just before their move to California the band would play their first international show in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica headlining the ISA Billabong World Surfing Games.

In late 2009 Wait for Green made the move to Los Angeles, CA. Within the first months of their move the band was already playing some of the most well known LA venues such as The Roxy, El Rey, The Key Club, Viper Room, and Whisky A Go Go. While living in LA the band acquired Will Hopkins (Drums) who was studying at Musicians Institute. In early 2011 Wait for Green’s song “Day One” was featured on the NBC show “Chase”, making it their first major network placement. Wait for Green went into the studio to record their second full length album with producer Matt Laplant (Skindred, Fiction Plane) in the summer of 2011. The album combines their best work written after their move to California. The album drops November 22nd on the group’s label Go For Broke Records. The band currently plays with two additional live musicians Kyle Barnett (Guitar) and Pier Salami (Keys, Programming).

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and your music lives on,” she says.

All these paradoxes are captured in her new album “Light’n’Dark”. Think Lady Gaga meets the Doors. Think Kiss meets Katy Perry . Think about the appeal of pop and dance with a rock’n’roll heart. Her titles include “Finger on the Trigger” (This song was nominated Pop Single of the year and also chosen by SPIN magazine as one of 50 best songs in LA market for their commercial “PopChips” contest) , “Gossip” and “Come Up Fighting”.

And to prove she’s not just a Gaga-come-lately, her album includes her spoken-word poetry. This is a true artist, not a mere flash in the pan.

She comes from a background of discipline and commitment, qualities she developed while studying at a classical conservatory. She studied music, singing and ballet, all the while developing her punk rock and rave personal style. The battle between the sublime and the sultry meant that she would inevitably leave the classical world for the club world, but the two influences join together immaculately in “Light’n’Dark”. She is a disciplined rebel.

This year’s nominee for the Dance / Electronica ARTIST OF THE YEAR (21st Annual LA Music Awards) greeted 2011 on stage, starting with an exclusive New Year’s Eve party at a private Malibu estate and moving on to performing a star-studded Grammy weekend event.

K’SANDRA has found her audience by helping them get lost. Lost in the music the way listeners used to get lost in Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin songs.

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She’s not all about happy feet. There is a sadness, a depth in her music that tinges the celebration with longing. Her music embraces the full experience of being human - the happy and the sad, the joyful and the melancholy, the stillness of peace and the restless movement of the body compelled by a relentless beat. It’s the kind of music you relate to more than listen to. “It is all about the magic that is left in people’s memories once you are gone

K’SANDRA is building bridges between genres and, judging by her international fan base, also between countries. She is building a career that promises to smash through the barriers of radio formats, the boundaries of style, and the expectations of the restless modern listener.

“Light’n’Dark” features tracks written by a Natasha Bedingfield/ Beyonce/ Keri Hilson writer and a Slash/Fergie producer as well as producers that worked with Snoop Dogg and Usher. But don’t forget her strongest influence: K’SANDRA herself. She is a one-woman dynamo, artist and entrepreneur.

Where are you from? How long have you lived in Malibu? Do you visit the beach often? born Austrian I have lived in Malibu for 2 years and THIS is my home, heart, passion!

I try coming to the beach as often as I can depending on my busy schedule and my wish for the future is that I get more time to spend on the beach How long have you been doing music? What does music mean to you? What do you hope to accomplish in the future?

I have been doing music since I was little, maybe since I was 6 always listened to songs, analyzed them, sang them and written my own songs.

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things, that we would never be able to express in any other field such as,politics, speaking... and wrapping musical notes to lyrics to create an emotion in us and others My goal is for my music to be accessible in every country around the globe and to make everyone dance! My goal is also to start a couple charities one of them helping kids, teens and even adults to fulfill their dreams n furthering their careers, another charity to help indigenous people specially in the US (Natives) to improve their lives and create outlets for them to find their creativity and to express it.

What do you like the most about Malibu?

NO words can describe Malibu, I think in Tschumasch it means simply where the mountains meet the sea and THIS is exactly how I feel, I have a view of ocean, mountains and Catalina and some other islands and I feel like this is one of THE best places in the world to live. I like the Cross Creek Mall, I love the quality of some restaurants down here, I love how laid-back the people are, I love that they do a lot for charity and of course I love the ocean and it’s beaches! Waking up every day in Malibu is a blessing.

Tell us about your songs. What do they mean to you?

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My songs are mostly uplifting pop songs with a dance/ electronic feel and a hint of Rock’n’Roll. Coming to such a historic Rock’n’Roll town like LA where The Doors, Moetley Crue, GnR, and 1000 others got their start inspired me so much and growing up with a melodic Gothic-side of mine and then merging into the underground of techno/ house/electronic gave me the inspiration to merge the music styles into my own style. My lyrics can be taken by the listeners the way they want to interpret them. I just wanted to stray away from your average “Iam so sexy, I am so hot, cars, f*, jewellery, look at me..” and give my listeners some poetry, that sometimes is simple, sometimes complex, a message of empowerment and also a little bit of drama and deep things to think about. So my album “Light ‘n’ Dark” was born.

“Finger on the Trigger” is for example a song, that tells you about how you can reach the impossible and I love performing this song so much, there were kids in a camp that was were affected by AIDS and they had picked this as one of their fav. songs and the camp organizer called me and told me, that everyone in the camp was running around learning the dance moves and singing it, that made me cry and every time I perform this song, it feels I’m performing it for people in need. “Come Up Fighting” for example I have feat. Durga McBroom who is THE

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'oniella Davy is an American artist

whose voyeuristic photography reflects the beach and surf culture of her hometown and Venice, California. She tells stories of teenage hippies, surfer dudes, and skater kids, who live and play along the notorious beach. Doniella’s background in visual art lead to her photographic explorations, as well as learning and pursuing special effects makeup for film and television. Her recently-published photo-narrative books, “Hippie Photos and Surfer Man,” and “Z-Girl and the Snake Charmer,” were featured in the NY Art Book Fair 2012, and are now sold in stores in New York City, Chicago and Berlin. She has spent the past six years in Brooklyn and has recently returned to Venice to continue both her photography and her special effects makeup work. Keep an eye out for her next book, which may include female body-builders, big waves, backwards sunsets, and of course more long-haired fiends found on the beach. donielladavy.tumblr.com donielladavymakeup.tumblr.com donielladavy.com

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(lizabeth Zaikowski has created a unique collec-

tion of art. Portraying themes originating in the spiritual character of the mandala and the world of magical fantasy and illusion. Mandalas, being symbolic of the universe and its eternal character, provide the symmetry and balance one sees in much of her work. Communication, connection and participation with natures cosmic world order are inherent themes.

Elizabeth, originally from Berkeley, now lives in Southern California. Immersion in art throughout her life has helped her quest for enlightenment and creativity. As a graduate of San Diego State University, she has taught art at public schools, museums and for corporate sponsors, as well as creating custom murals and surfboards.

My mother is an artist and father an astrophysicist, with a very strong interest in art from childhood their influence shows in my work. I received my degree at San Diego State University in art. I have done many various forms of art, including illustration, ceramics, textiles, furniture, murals, sculpture, acrylic and oil painting. I enjoy working in a variety of styles fantasy, visionary, surreal and abstract . I have taught art education in public schools and at the San Diego Children’s Museum.

Influenced by many artists and the mandalas of many cultures, mandala is the Sanskrit word for circle. In religious art, the mandala is used to symbolize wholeness - the circle of eternity. However, the pattern of a mandala -- a circle with a center -- reaches far beyond a two or three dimensional art form. The mandala is a spiritual art form found around the world, from India were the term “mandala” has it’s roots, the sand mandalas of Tibetan monks, the Aztec calendar, and in the religious art of many indigenous cultures. The mandalas are a symbolic representation of the macro and the micro, what lies within and without. Mandala art has been used throughout the world as a process of self-expression, in the service of personal growth and spiritual transformation. The basic pattern of the circle with a center is found in nature and is seen in both physics and astronomy.

Each piece created is allowed to develop in an organic manner, starting from the center and working outward, using a combination of airbrush and acrylic paints. Through my art I strive to create more balance in our sometimes chaotic world. Devoting my life to art because I believe art enriches our lives and spirits.

Expressing the need for balance in life, my paintings are is a reflection of the symmetrical nature of the universe.” www.artofelizabethzaikowski.com

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-ensine Andrews, who is originally from Santa Ana,

and is currently living in Long Beach, has been surfing for twelve years. Her favorite beaches to surf are Sunset Beach, and Santa Onofre in San Diego, CA. As a kid, it she was always interested in surfing, as it looked something fun to do. Back then she knew people who surfed and she learned from them. No one else at her school knew how to surf and she always wanted to do something different from them, hence, surfing lessons. Her most memorable experience surfing was when she was in Pismo Beach and got stung by a jelly fish; she was burned throughout her body for three hours. Despite that, she still had a lot of fun that day, surfing a lot of small waves. When she was 16, she enrolled in Rochelle Ballard Surf Camp in Cocoa Beach in Florida.

Jensine has been face painting for five years, and body painting for 1 year. She says there is a definitely a connection between surfing and art, as “with surfing you just go with the flow, taking waves as they come. Some are challenging, some are pretty easy. It’s the same with art, creatively it can be really challenging sometimes. Sometimes, given the projects, you just do it off the top of your head.”

She first got into face painting when she was looking for work and saw a post online calling for artists. It didn’t state that any experience was necessary, and she was already an artist so it didn’t look too difficult. To those interested in becoming an artist, she cautions them not to quit their day job, to practice art on the weekends, and that it is fun and a way of making a lot of money in a short amount of time.

She says that you can always play around with art, that there is no set way of face painting.

When it comes to surfing, Jensine says that she is okay at it, though she is not super advanced at it. She never goes surfing by herself, which may be why she hasn’t gotten out to doing it as much as she’d like. She didn’t have that many friends that surfed, so it was hard for her to practice, to get better at surfing. When she was a teenager, Jensine wanted to be compete professionally, but she never had the opportunity, as she never had anyone to train her.

Jensine’s Face painting business is called Color Waves, and it’s definitely something surf inspired. She couldn’t come up with a name she liked, so she kept going through things she enjoyed doing; she wanted to incorporate going with the flow, something to reflect herself. Color Waves has been in business for about four months, and she’s been keeping busy with it, doing lots of birthday parties, company events, etc.

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)LOP Tequila (2011) Written/Directed by: Christopher Au-Young Premise: A group of friends head to Tijuana, Mexico for Spring Break. They are met by a woman offering them some tequila. Upon drinking it, they become infected one by one, and turn into zombies.

Cast: Cheyla Garcia - Amber Christina Carducci- Alna Blanca Blanco - Bianca Elizabeth Regal - Tequila Lady Brian Flaccus- Mark Daniel Martinengo- Sean Shaun Fletcher - Dan Make up by: Jennifer Weissman

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Smokers Wanted

by Dennis Farese

So how many of you readers have a medical marijuana license? How many of you can’t get one but need it? In California the latter is not such a problem, but where I’m from in new jersey it is. I just recently migrated to this fine state so I’m just getting used to the whole idea that you can go down to your local corner, grab what you need and be on your way.

But since I have obtained my card, I’ve had the advantage of sampling some of the greatest medical marijuana the country has to offer. Now I know there are a lot of you out there that pay close attention to your strands and are very in tune to the subtle differences. Then you always have your patients that just dont care. And finally you have your patients that think they care but don’t know enough to actually look like they do.

The first strand I indulged in when I got here was Yoda OG. It was a beautiful light green with a peppered hint of crystal white. I opened my bottle and the subtle creeping aroma of a pure forest just crept up my nose. Now the thing I noticed the most was the texture. With all of those crystals I figured it would have been fairly moist, almost difficult to break up. On the contrary it was just dry enough. Not too dry where it almost falls apart in your hand. You know what I’m talking about, it’s really good to roll up but all the crystals end up in your fingers, and you use a grinder it turns into powder. Now while that’s great for keef, it sucks when you just want to smoke. But this was just right, it pulled apart wonderfully for a nice bowl pack, and we were on our way.

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with chicks at party’s and bars if you roll your own cigarettes too. They wonder what your doing, judge by the tone of their voice of they are cool with weed or not. Then you get to show them how, your cool for having a talent, and it breaks the physical contact barrier when you hold their hands to teach them.

Everyone in Cali knows the difference from Indica to Sativa. But what people don’t always know is difference of strands. You have your basic information of THC count that comes on most strands information, so what I liked about the websites for dispensaries is that they give you a little more information about the strands. Now thanks to tech savy stoners, we have an app for that. Since apps like Cannapedia, you can now search by strand, name, and type. I’ve found it to be very useful in acquiring a little knowledge into strands.

Now the one thing that I do take highly into consideration is always my limit. I don’t say that with the intent of being a square or anything, but in the sense of my optimum level of effectiveness. I’m a strong believer

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that everyone has a certain limit, or level. Everyone’s is a little different, for me it’s pretty low. I was never one to build up a tolerance or baseline to things. Whether it was Ritalin as a kid, Xanax as and adult, or marijuana as smarter adult. But I took the time to figure out my certain level. It’s something that I try to teach younger people that I discuss this with. I try to instill some sense of self control. If you take the time though, not only will you save money. But you will also notice the increased productivity and effectiveness of you everyday life. Now mind you most of my life I lived in states where it’s illegal.

It’s more expensive so making it last longer is key. When I smoked only how much I needed I found I was happier at work, more focused, had more energy, and was more easy going.

Now I know a lot of you are saying the same thing. But think about when you go out of your house or apartment everyday. Do people see that your high? Do you feel like people think you are? Then your doing it wrong. Now there are times when I just don’t give a shit and walk out of my house looking like I just had sex with a marijuana plant. But sometimes you just gotta blend in.

The problem that arises with this is different strands have different potencies. And let’s face it, some of us are just too high to figure out the formula to find how much of this is how much of that. So I propose an idea for you.

Next time you smoke, just take a hit. Wait 5 minutes. See where you are, then take another. The key to this exercise is to see how many hits it’s takes you to get to your level.

When I worked for a certain big money corporate electronics chain, I would go to work high almost everyday.

And by following this method I was able to get a good general grasp and how much I needed. And I was a stellar employee in the eyes of many. But only a select few knew that I was under the influence.

Surf’s Up

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...from page 11, Clout Surf Shop tube. If you’re on the top of the list, Clout comes out, summer time it’s madness. Traffic jams going out the door, just wanting to find a shirt, suit. It all has to do with the Facebook page, people want to know what’s happening, give them a free surfer board, seven o’clock in the morning, check the tides, see the water condition.”

George does a lot of lobster diving, which he takes seven a day and they’re usually big. He moves out to fifty feet of water to get them, for which he’s got a five hundred gallon tank and three fish tanks, to keep them in. He branches out in that too, and he has a lot of free divers that buy a lot of equipment from him.

“I’m a professional skate boarder, grew up skateboarding, grew up dog-town, sponsored by Kryptonics. I grew up skateboarding, spent eight hours a day, and all I did was skateboard. We had a swimming pool in the back, and all we did in the winter was drain that pool, and we had every kid in that pool. All we did was skateboard the bowl, and look for empty pools.

Skateboarders who want to surf: if you skateboard, your gonna surf. Skateboards are big business. Sell five a day usually.”

...from page 41, K’SANDRA famous voice of Pink Floyd on board, and felt it would be cool to have dance/electronic pop songs merge with the 70ties/80ties style with very strong lyrics of how often I got knocked down in life as many others do and how I always come back up. “Gossip” I worked with a producer, that had just finished some songs for Slash for his solo album that feat. Fergie, so we have a very different vibe in that song...and the word “Gossip” says it all.

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