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Gary Land the Legendary Snowboarding Photographer Discusses the Snowboard Scene in the 90's and East Street Archives Gary starting taking photos of his friends surfing and skateboarding growing up in Virginia Beach. It was this introduction to photography that got Gary hooked. He was working in a surf shop and…
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Beyrick De Vries South African Pro Surfer on representing The Netherlands in the Olympics and Coaching the Netherland's Junior Surf Team Beyrick De Vries grew up in Durban, South Africa and initially started skateboarding before his dad convinced him to try surfing. He never looked back. Describing himself as 90%…
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How Recovering from an Accident lead Vanessa Ruck to the World of Motorcycling, Rallying and Hard Enduro Vanessa Ruck grew up in England keeping fit in the outdoors doing loads of sports. When she went to University at 18 she got hooked on wakeboarding, snowboarding, mountain biking, anything that got…
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Tiago Pires Trailblazing To Become The First Portuguese Surfer To Qualify For The Champion Tour Tiago Pires got hooked on surfing at 11 years old on family holidays to Ericeria from Lisbon. He would take the bus up there after school on the weekends and joined the Ericeria Surf Club…
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Pierre André Sénizergues from Pro Skater to Skateboarding Footwear Pioneer Pierre André Sénizergues grew up in the suburbs of Paris and got hooked on skateboarding at 15. He studied engineering in the early 80's and got a job as an engineer for IBM. He would skate during his lunch breaks…
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Chad Nelsen is the Chief Executive Officer of The Surfrider Foundation Chad Nelsen was brought to Laguna Beach, California with his family in the 70's by his Dad who was an Ocean Science Educator. Chad spent his entire life growing up around the ocean, swimming, diving and surfing. He became…
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Terry Adams, Professional BMX Flatland Rider Terry Adams got hooked on BMX at 12 years old growing up in Hammond, Louisiana outside of New Orleans. He would race BMX but what really stood out was BMX Flatland and by the time he was only 16 Terry was entering Flatland contests…
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Chris Bertish is a Big Wave Surfer, World Record Paddleboarder, Speaker, Author and Conservationist on a mission to inspire people Chris Bertish started working in the surf industry for Billabong South Africa as the national sales manager. Afterwards he headed to the UK and was national brand manager for Gul.…
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Matthias Giraud aka Super Frenchie on Combining Big Mountain Skiing with BASE Jumping Matthias Giraud grew up skiing in St Gervais-les-Bains France. He was inspired by the mountain legends of Chamonix who set the bar for mountain sports and following their passion. Matthias went from ski racing to freestyle skiing…
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