Meet Brenda Centeno: El Zonte’s young shredder
This past summer I found myself in the tiny town, El Zonte, off the Pacific coast of El Salvador. I had spent close to a year living in the surf town of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua a couple years before and left regretting not taking advantage of the proximity to the ocean. I had wanted to learn to surf. Badly. But I let my fear of failure consume me. Along with feelings of intimidation and (unreasonable) feelings of incapability due to me being a [...]
Retour sur le Hurley Pro at Trestles et le Swatch Women’s Pro
15 septembre 2016 – Le Hurley Pro at Trestles et le Swatch Women’s Pro ont pris fin mercredi dernier sur les plages (plus ou moins ensoleillées) de la Californie. Alors que les vagues étaient au rendez-vous, c’est surtout l’élimination hâtive des leaders du circuit qui [...]
Why You Should Stop Being Nice
Image credit: @raskal for @dear_milu HOW CAN YOU PROMOTE NOT BEING NICE?! Let's start with a dictionary definition: nice nīs/ adjective pleasant; agreeable; satisfactory. Bet you can guess where I'm going with this. Have you ever wanted to be deemed a nice person? Because here's [...]
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Everyone can agree that everything related to surf is pretty cool. So are surf competitions. They're fun to watch, they connect us to our surfing inspirations and it's pretty nice to see people killing [...]
Research shows that women’s pleasure is often more multifaceted and responsive to emotional, contextual, and psychological factors compared to men’s. Studies have found that women’s arousal and satisfaction tend to be influenced by a [...]
Have you ever met someone who was just so full of life, it felt like they were radiating? Someone that had a perceivable magnetism, and therefore seemed to be attracting all the good into [...]
Hey Universe- Thankyou for not Giving me what I Thought I Wanted.
Feature Image: Alex Weinstein Exactly one year ago today I was an editorial intern at the largest independent women's website in Australia. And at the time it felt like the Single Most Important Goal of my Entire Life to be employed at the end of [...]
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead By Brene Brown. Salty Souls Experience.
Read this if: you're letting fear hold you back from your best self. I am a yoga instructor and student, and in yoga the concept of vulnerability is always a recurring theme. For example, working on our inversions can bring up the fear of falling [...]
The Power of Looking Silly (and not caring that you do)
I'm standing in a corner store in Nicaragua, trying to talk myself into buying a bottle of water from the lady behind the counter. "un botella de agua, por favor" That's all I need to say. I know it, I've rehearsed it, I've seen it [...]
Retour sur le Billabong Pro Tahiti
24 août 2016 - Ce sont dans des vagues généralement modestes que les amateurs ont pu assister à la 7e étape du circuit de la WSL tenue sur la célèbre vague tahitienne Teahupoo. La mythique gauche était au rendez-vous et les meilleurs surfeurs de la [...]
2 Years a Nomad – Redefining HOME, LOVE & PRIORITIES
Two years. It’s been two years now that I've been living with no fixed address (mostly in places where there is no postal service anyways). Two years of nomadism, spent living in 10 different countries. I can’t help but be reflective today… As i am [...]
I Am Malala: How One Young Girl Stood Up For Education and Changed the World
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” I find I often take the power of my voice for granted, as well as my right to even have one. At fifteen years old, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the face by [...]
Being a Professional Surfer from Ecuador – The Harsh Reality
When you think "professional surfer" images of hotels, a wide selection of boards, surf coaches and strict diets might come to mind. But picture this: some of the most talented surfers in Latin America sleep in their board bags on the beach and split one [...]
