When I travel I like to stay off the beaten path so this site, Airbnd.com, really fits my travel rhythm. It’s kind of an Ebay or Craigslist for people to open up their vacation homes, tree houses, Paris apartments, airstream trailers or whatever to travelers. The site has user feedback so you have an idea of what you’re getting into. Most of the accommodations are affordable, especially if you’re with a friend. Very cool.
I just saw this of our little surfer girl from Barbados and had to share with you all! This is 14 year old Chelsea Tuach. Already she has prestigious WINS such as being the Barbados National Under 18 Girls Surfing Champion. Chelsea is also just back from Trinidad where she just won the Open Women’s Division and also competed in the Junior Under 21 Division – with 12 of the Caribbeans’ most talented Junior BOYS and made it to the FINAL!! NOt only was she the youngest competitor in this but she was a challenge to the boys, I love it!!
Chelsea will be traveling to California next month for the Rip Curl Grom Search, you can believe I am looking forward to spending some time with her in and out of the water..and that I will share with you.
Hi friends
I would like to introduce you to Lakey Peterson, our newest Roxy Surf team member. She is such an amazing progressive surfer, and already has many prestigious accomplishments at 14!!
Lakey Peterson
Age: 14
Where she is from: Santa Barbara C.A.
Sponsors: ROXY, Kaenon Sunglasses, Nike 6.0, Premier Surf Training and Sex Wax
Results: NSSA National Womens Open Champion 2009
-Governors Cup recipient
-Most outstanding performance of the NSSA Nationals 2009 award (first women to ever do an air in NSSA National Competition)
-Most outstanding performance of final day at NSSA Nationals for women award
-Westerns Champion 2007,2008,2009 for Explorer girls
-Westerns Champion 2009 for Explorer Women 18 and under
-ISA World USA Team Participant in Salinas Ecuador 2009
For more go to www.lakeypeterson.com
Hi Friends
Get your vote in early for the Surfer Poll , this is where YOU get to vote for your Top 10 Men Surfers and Top 5 Women Surfers AS well as your favorite movie. Now if I were to Vote, I know my favorite movie would be “Dear and Yonder“ Top 5 Female is where it gets tricky because I am sure it is a toss up between Sofia Mulanovich, Sally Fitzgibbons, Bruna Shmitz, Rosy Hodge, Megan Abubo, Lisa Andersen… I mean they are ALL AMAZING! Do your best and stay tuned for the results and LIVE WEBCAST September 15th.
Roxy’s Kassia Meador will be in Japan for the next two weeks, she will be going on a few surf adventures (which isn’t out of the ordinary for her) but what is…is that Kassia is one of the featured artist next to Thomas Campbell and Donavon Frankenreiter displaying art in the 2009 Green Room Festivalin Yokohama. This is Kassia first BIG art show WOHOO!! We are so proud of her!! Check out some of her artwork below and more on www.kassiameadorphoto.com
Happy Friday!
So, I have to share….this morning at 7:15, I received a funny random text from Roxy Team rider and World Champion Longboarder Jennifer Smith ..
"Torri!! My new jeans are the best. The super skinny pismo cut is the best. I can go barefoot and the don't drag on the ground. so cool!"
Thanks Jen for the input and I am happy your jeans aren't dragging 
We decided to celebrate the launch of our new headphones in style with a special party last night in New York. It totally rocked. Over 400 guests attended the start studded event at Red Bull Space and our girl Daisy O'Dell was deejaying all night long. Read more about the New York style-setters at the event on the Pipline. 
WOW Roxy's Rachel Spear is on a roll!!! Look at her newest cover on Surfer Girls Magaizine, an extremely popular magazine based in Japan. Not only does Rachel have a feature inside, so does the Roxy Morocco trip! Look for this magaizine at your local surf shop or on the Surfer Girls website.
We heart Rachel!!!
Roxy's Rachel Spear is on the Cover Sierra Magazine! What a perfect magazine for Rachel to grace her Stand Up Paddling grace on.
“It’s great to be back on the podium and definitely it has been some time between drinks," Fitzgibbons said. "I surfed a lot of heats before the final and paddled out quite relaxed and sat wide. I saw the tide starting to drain out and thought there were two peaks. I was lucky when the first one came wide and I got it.”
Fitzgibbons, who is a rookie on this year’s ASP Women’s World Tour, leaves Portugal with a solid back-up result in case she ends up needing to requalify through the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) at the end of this year. So far, Fitzgibbons remains well in position to fullfil expectations from the international surfing scene which considers the young woman a future ASP World title contender.
“It was great to surf with my friend Sally (Fitzgibbons) in the final," Ho said. "We had really fun waves, we were talking and having a good time. Sally started with three great waves and it took me a while to get a good one. Then I got my 9.80 pointer but Sally came straight back and bettered it with a 9.85 wave.”
Final
Heat 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 18.60 pts Def. Coco Ho (HAW) 16.90 pts
Semifinals
Heat 1: Coco Ho (HAW) 18.0 pts Def. Carissa Moore (HAW) 11.00 pts
Heat 2: Sally Fitzgibbons 16.50 pts (AUS) Def. Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 10.20 pts
