Sigg bottles are awesome. Not only are they re-usable, but they are made with non-toxic materials, are a great way to stay hydrated throughout the day, and their design is really cool!

Sigg has donated 50 reusable water bottles to Roxy for our second employee Art Showcase! The challenge is to design the bottle using any medium that you liked but relating it back to the theme "Eco Beach" (in celebration of Roxy/Quiksilver’s desire to preserve the worlds boardriding communities and environments.)

I decided to join in the fun this year (along with a few of my fellow roxy.com team members) and we turned in our bottles this week. If you had the chance, what kind of message would you put on a bottle?

On March 17th a silent auction will take place at Roxy HQ with all the proceeds being donated to The Ecology Center.

I read this cool article written by surfer Kyla Langen that teaches you how to make candles from the old surf wax on your board. Looks fun. I especially like how she uses crayons to color the candles. Sweet. I’m going to try this at
home!

Photos are from Surfline

Photo: Nylon Blog

Out with the dark and in with the bold! Celebrate spring early this year with some fresh, eye-popping nail trends straight off the New York runways.

Try out this awesome gradient-fade style as seen at designer Akiko Ogawa’s show with these step-by-step instructions.  Or punch it up in shades of cheery yellow, red, pink or orange with Sephora’s new OPI nail collection. But lastly, my personal favorite trend for this spring are these absolutely gorgeous coral, raspberry and purple hues – simple, yet oh-so show-stopping! Exactly my style…

The Roxy Pro Australia is just about here and we are getting really excited to see Sally Fitzgibbons’ first competition on the ASP! She has had an incredible year so far, qualifying for the ASP Tour in record time and the Roxy Pro at Snapper Rocks will be her first competition on the pro circuit.

Our very own Lisa Andersen will be at the event. She is going to be sending us updates for the blog so stay tuned for some behind-the-scenes info from her!

The holding period for the event is from Feb. 28th – Mar. 11th. Check the website daily because when the contest is on we are going to have a live webcast! Yay! You won’t be missin’ any of the action.

Below are the Roxy Pro’s round one match ups:

Heat 1: Samantha Cornish (AUS), Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS), Paige Hareb (NZL)

Heat 2: Amee Donohoe (AUS), Jacqueline Silva (BRA), Alana Blanchard (HAW)

Heat 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Rosanne Hodge (ZAF), TBA

Heat 4: Silvana Lima (BRA), Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Megan Abubo (HAW)

Heat 5: Sofia Mulanovich (PER), Chelsea Hedges (AUS), Coco Ho (HAW)

Heat 6: Melanie Bartels (HAW), Rebecca Woods (AUS), Bruna Schmitz (BRA)

Hi Gang!  Recently I was invited to join the PacSun Palladium winner (Ashley) for her $1,000.00 shopping spree!  We went to the PacSun in Fashion Island, and I can’t believe how much cool stuff she got.  It was really neat to see all of the new trends and even see some RAD Roxy product that my Team Manager now has to get me, like the "So in Love" dress..hint hint

Check out our shopping adventure below

We are so proud of Sam Davies!!! She posted the second fastest time ever for a female to finish the Vendee Globe!! The Vendee Globe is a solo sailing race around the world. Captain Sam sailed all by herself around the entire world. And she finished third!…watch this funny clip of her dancing on board in the middle of the race. Congrats Sam!!

At the end of
December, Sam Davies and Roxy altered course to help in the daring sea
rescue of fellow competitor Yann Eliès, who suffered a broken leg while
alone at sea. Roxy was given 32 hours redress, to be deducted from her
finishing time, meaning that Sam’s final official racing time stands
at: 95 days, 4 hours, 39 minutes and 1 second. She must beat French
skipper Marc Guillemot, who was given a redress of 82 hours after his
help in the same rescue, by 50 hours to secure third place.

At
the age of 34, Sam Davies becomes the second fastest female ever, after
Ellen MacArthur, to complete the race. Sam is also the first Briton to
cross the finish line of the 2008/2009 race, beating the likes of
sailing legend Brian Thompson and the only other female competitor, Dee
Caffari, both racing on new boats and not expected over the line for
another couple of days.

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Check out Roxy’s Kassia Meador, Jennifer Smith, LeeAnne Curren, Sally Fitzgibbons and Candice O’Donnell adventure through Morocco on Surfline!  The girls went exploring down the coast of Morocco and had more than their share of waves and adventures.  Below are some photos from the trip, but be sure to check out the full story on Surfline. 

Today was day number one of the Freeskiing World Tour 2009.  Over 100 competitors skied today, including me!  30 women and the rest men.  It was awesome.  Today I placed 7th in the womens field. So I made the cut for tomorrow. The skiing is crazy incredible, huge cliffs and pillow lines to blow your mind. Check out the action at www.freeskingworldtour.com Live coverage starts at noon.  FWT

Every year I love watching the Oscars to see the always entertaining fashion hits and misses, but this year I am super excited to see how the movie Slumdog Millionaire fares in its 10 nominations. This movie, about a young boy who goes on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, is incredibly moving and so powerful! If you haven’t seen it, I would definitely recommend checking it out– especially if the weather this weekend threatens to keep you indoors…

Santigold and Cold War Kids will performing LIVE at the Roxy Chicken Jam! The concert is FREE, no tickets needed.

Date: March 28th
Time: 7 pm
Place: The Village at Mammoth Mountain, Mammoth Lakes, CA