Team Rider Monyca Bryne Wickey stopped by Roxy Headquarters last week and shared her 2012 Resolutions and artistic side with us.

Here’s some footage we captured using our Go Pro HD Camera.

Congratulations on the Gold at Riyue Bay, Sofia Mulanovich!

Roxy Team Rider Sofia Mulanovich took first place, scoring big points for her Peruvian team, one of the 8 national teams competing for the gold medal the last 3 days at the Hainan Wanning Riyue Bay International Surfing Festival Presented by Quiksilver.

Former ASP World Champ (2004) and ISA World Surfing Games (2004) gold medalist, Sofia opened with the highest wave score of a 9.50 and a total heat score of an 18.17 in her qualifying round. In the final, her powerhouse turns and combination of maneuvers earned her a final score of 15.27, putting her in perfect position for the gold—a great way to start the season!

Coming in second place was Roxy Team Rider from South Africa, Sarah Baum who finished with a 13.70. Diana de Souza (BRA) and Justine Dupont (FRA) came in with a Bronze and Copper.

Also representing the Roxy Team in China were Bruna Schmitz, who finished in 9^th, competing from Brazil, and Nikki Viesins in 11^th, an impressive finish at only 16 years old, competing for the U.S. Team.

Final team points brought Australia in 1st, France in 2nd, Peru in 3rd, and USA in 4^th.

Congrats again, Sofia!

photo credit  isa/watts

surf shot photo credit isa/munoz

@samantha_simons asked: As a newbie to surfing, do you have any tips to help me improve? I would say, start off slow, on a little bit bigger board, get your balance, and start in small waves and always be comfortable.

@sj4569 asked: How old were you when you started surfing? I was six years old when I started surfing, but I didn’t really get very into it until I was about 9.

@_br00kyln_ asked: What has been your favorite moment of 2011? One of my favorite moments would have to be getting Cold Springs in the Mentawaii’s really fun and surfing it all day with perfect sunshine, and perfect waves.

@mauiw0wie asked:  What are the best places to go on Maui that typical tourists wouldn’t know of? That’s a little secret (sneaky laughs..), but there are some awesome places to go on Maui. If you have a strong enough stomach, then definitely the road to Hana is always beautiful, and there’s lots of beautiful nature and beaches out there if you want an authentic experience.

@sarahsunshine00 asked: Do you have any New Year’s resolutions?I have a couple. I want to really work on remembering peoples’ names, because I am terrible at remembering names. I want to just experience lots of things that I take for granted— traveling the world and going to different places— I want to really enjoy each moment I get to spend in those places.

@Ibisssx3 asked: Who first taught you how to surf? I’d say I pretty much got taught by my friends. We’d always get dropped off after school at the beach and we started off on boogie boards, and we started to stand up. We all just had each other’s backs and we started to learn from each other.

@adribby asked: What surfing exercises are the best? The best exercise for surfing would have to do with endurance and core. Working on your stomach and your legs, which is where most of all your power comes from when you’re surfing. And having a high endurance is really important as a surfer, because it takes a lot of you, and its best if you want to continue going.

Before leaving Roxy Headquarters in Huntington Beach, CA, Monyca managed to slip in a little shopping time & shared her New Years’ Resolutions with us!

Stay tuned for more behind the scenes next week…until then, shop some of Monyca’s picks for her trip to NY:  Ice Rink Dress, Skinny Slides, & Montana Boots!

This holiday season, I checked in with Roxy Team Rider Chelsea Tuach at her beautiful hometown on the island of Barbados.

Chelsea is dominating not only the Caribbean, but this last year she finished 9^th at the World Games in Peru. I found out why, after surfing with her and watching her shred this Christmas.

Chelsea took me around the island and taught me a few tricks of the trade I believe I need to share…

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What do you do to keep your face protected on the mountain?
I wear a neck warmer, Roxy makes some really nice ones that you can hide from the cold with style. And I also use SPF 25 sunscreen.

What item do you consider your must-have on the hill?
Music. My phone or a shuffle. I put a good playlist on so I can jam out. Everything from really cruise-y music to upbeat. Music inspires me to try something that I’m scared of.

Tell us something that would surprise us about yourself?
I use a reusable glass coffee mug with a glass straw to protect my teeth from the coffee staining.

@ajuthe asked: What’s your favorite part about snowboarding? and what is your fav trick? i’m going to guess air to fakie in the pipe!
I love air-to-fakies. But now my favorite trick is a backside 5 on a jump, it feels really good in the air.

@adribbby asked: How do you manage to snowboard so long without freezing?!
I wear wool first layers, even wool underwear. Growing up in Norway I learned a lot about this. They even have bras made of wool. Don’t use cotton because that will make you colder. Roxy has a lot of good fleece options. And foot warmers, the ones with the rechargeable batteries are good.

@ibisssx3 asked: Where’s you favorite place to snowboard at?
Wherever there’s good snow. I like the Breckenridge and Keystone parks, and Tahoe and Northstar is great in the spring. Norway has some cools spots, and Japan for powder.

@kiranapiranha asked: If you couldn’t snowboard for a living, what would you be doing instead?
I would be a teach of some sort. I love kids and I like to teach people things. …And if I could choose a talent, I would be a singer or a rockstar…but I don’t have that talent.

@sj4569 asked: Hey what’s your favorite thing to do when your not snowboarding?
I love to watch movies. Old ones and new ones. In the Christmas spirit, Love Actually is a really good one. I also like to shoot photos, edit photos, edit movies, all kinds of media stuff. And I love to play my ukelele. I’m not very good yet, but everyday I’m learning. I’m learning Christmas songs now, on the uke.

Looking for a little Refreshment? Check out the latest ROXY Refreshment vid edited by & starring Kjersti Buaas…

I headed to the Roxy factory to get more acquainted with Lisa Andersen, and have lunch with her.

After a day at Quik headquarters, we drove to Ventura where the waves were firing.

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Roxy team rider Ty Walker has been named to the US Olympic slopestyle team, joining the ranks of snowboarding’s elite. Ty is the youngest team member (at 14 years old) and also the only girl on the team! We checked in with Ty to see how things are going so far:

Ty Walker here! Hoping everybody is loving the start of the winter season as much as I am! After spending Thanksgiving with my family, I came back to Colorado to ride with the U.S. Snowboard Team. The U.S. Team consists of the riders that the USSA (United States Ski/Snowboard Association) thinks are the most likely candidates to go to the next Olympics (and hopefully medal ). I feel so honored to be on the team, especially since it’s the first U.S. Slopestyle Team ever and I’m the only girl. They’ve given us US Snowboarding Team luggage bags, t-shirts, stickers, and a bunch of other stuff that they give you to rep U.S. Snowboarding. I love the stuff and it makes me super proud to represent my country in that way.

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Roxy set off to New York City and we brought along Roxy team rider and Olympic Gold Medalist Torah Bright to help spread the word for Clothes4Souls- the national charity we are helping support throughout the month of December in NYC Roxy stores!

We took quite a few photos during our journey cross-country…here’s a snapshot of some of our favs… get the rest via Instagram where you can follow us @Roxyclothing

Torah Bright for Clothes4Souls.For more details on how to help this season – Click Here!

The ‘FOXY ROXY’ limited edition Spirithoods on the Today Show with Al Roker! Yep- Al gave the girls a shout out on morning show!

Getting ready for some Surf Denim DIY to kick off the clothing drive!

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Roxy Team rider Sally Fitzgibbons is currently ranked Number 2 in the world, and recently became a top finisher in the 2011 SURFER Poll Awards last night.

SURFER MAGAZINE hosted its 41^st Annual SURFER Poll Awards on the North Shore of Oahu last night to honor the top ten men and top five women as voted by the readers of SURFER Magazine.

This was Sally’s first nomination for the awards—and a well-deserved one at that! She came in 5^th, an impressive finish to her year.  Congratulations on a great year, Sally!

Coming in 1^st was Carissa Moore, 2^nd Coco Ho, 3^rd Stephanie Gilmore, and 4^th, Alana Blanchard.

If you didn’t get a chance to watch the awards, check out Sally HERE.

headshot courtesy of SURFER