Jul
06

Hecho En Mexico With Kassia Meador and Bon Appetit

This month, Roxy team rider Kassia Meador made a splash in Bon Appetit magazine. Joined by professional chef Chad Robertson and a cast of mixologists and other pro surfers, Kassia spent a week in Mexico enjoying the waves and cooking on an open flame. From homemade flat breads to fresh caught tuna preparations and handcrafted post-surf beverages, Kassia got the chance to experience and photograph it all. To read more about Kassia’s amazing Mexican surf break and get exclusive recipes to enjoy at home as well as behind the scenes pics, pick up the July issue of Bon Appetit, on stands now!

Jun
20

Frequencies: Dissonance with Team Rider Kassia Meador

Introducing the third of four shorts before the Surf film FREQUENCIES, a collaborative effort between director Bruce Muller, photographer Sonny Miller, and Roxy team rider and famed longboarder Kassia Meador, debuts.

Roxy was lucky enough to catch the screening of the film at Sonos Studios in Los Angeles, where ESP performed the original sound scoring live to a packed audience. Ever since, we’ve been anxiously anticipating the chance to share the third short entitled ‘Dissonance’ with all of our Roxy fans.

In the collaborators’ own words, “There is a seemingly chaotic disorder in the world. At all times we are absorbing a myriad of competing frequencies. Electromagnetic, sound, seismic, and ocean waves reverberate all around us…The magnitude of these effects are massive. Some frequencies are incalculable. Certain energies are immeasurable. The collective neurosis of man cannot sustain.”

Be sure to check out the 1st short ‘Early Echo’ and 2nd short ‘Reflections’ here on the Roxy blog.

May
25

Kassia Meador For Roxy is Back!

You heard it right, this summer Kassia Meador returns with her third line of custom wetsuits for Roxy! The Roxy K.Meador collection features six signature styles in 2 colorways each, so you always have the perfect wetsuit for any occasion. Just in time for the line’s big debut, Fitness Magazine showcased the K.Meador 2MM Cross Back Short John in their “Sea and Be Seen” feature. This suit, with its bold coloring and design, will certainly help you make a splash, in and out of the water. To check out the rest of the K.Meador for Roxy collection, head to roxy.com and for more great summer ‘sea and be seen’ styles, pick up the latest issue of Fitness, on stands now.

May
19

Frequencies Film Screening with Surfer Kassia Meador

Professional Roxy Surfer Kassia Meador teamed up with director Bruce Muller and cinematographer Sonny Miller and musical trio E.S.P. to present three short films from “Frequencies” at Sonos Studio in Los Angeles this week.

It was a full house for the pre-screening and needless to say, it was quite a show! Check out some of the pictures straight from the event, and if you haven’t had a chance to see the first of two shorts leading up to the official premiere of Frequencies, you can watch Early Echo and Reflections on the Roxy blog.

Stay tuned for more from Kassia Meador right here on the Roxy blog.

May
11

Kassia Meador In This Month’s Oprah

Kassia Meador graces the pages of the June issue of Oprah, on stands now. In the “Making Waves” feature, Kassia looks as classy and elegant as ever in a Peter Pilotto dress and Jimmy Choo wedges. She tells Oprah editors and readers how she makes waves in and out of the water, not only competing in surf competitions but also being a brand ambassador and designing a custom wetsuit line for Roxy. For more on Kassia and her accomplishments, pick up the latest issue of Oprah now and check out her bio and other features on Roxy’s Heart of Surf homepage.

May
09

Frequencies: Reflections with Team Rider Kassia Meador

 

Longboard icon and Roxy team rider Kassia Meador floats serenely across the majestic waves captured by the lense of world renound filmmaker Sonny Miller. In Short 2 REFLECTIONS of Bruce Mullers FREQUENCIES. The visual meditation is the second of four shorts teasing the release this fall of Frequencies, an experimental documentary and visual essay by Muller shot at prime surfing destinations across Southern California. Starring Meador and with an original score from Los Angeles-based psyche-pop trio E.S.P, Frequencies aims to explore how man can find synergy with nature’s cycles. “Their are so many different frequencies all around us at all times: ocean waves, sound waves, light waves, infrared and many others outside our range, but all have an effect on us,” explains professional surfer and passionate photographer Meador. “There are many parallels we can connect between surfing and navigating life.” Having previously made the music video for Warpaint’s single “Elephant”, Florida-native Muller combined his love of surfing and the fantastical films of Ridley Scott, Andrei Tarkovsky and Akira Kurosawa in the upcoming feature. “We exist in a world that is vast and dynamic,” he says. “We’re using surfing as a medium to explore how we harness these energies and the effects they have on us.

Missed the first Frequencies Short? Here’s a look at Early Echo.

Apr
20

Catalog Countdown: Kassia Behind The Camera

Roxy team rider, artist, professional longboarder, and incredible photographer Kassia Meador went with the whole Roxy Surf Team on our Summer 2012 shoot to Bali and the Mentawais. As always, she brought along her camera for the ride, playing double-duty: surfing with the team and snapping some of the most memorable images of the entire journey that only Kassia could capture!

Here’s an inside peek of some of the images brought to life in the Roxy 2012 Summer catalog dropping April 23rd and now viewable online.