Surf Van Conversion / How to Build a Surf Van and Travel to Mexico
My name is Beignet. A year and a half ago my amigo Carlos and I decided to plan a surf van trip south of…
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Why I Quit My Job and Left My Comfortable Life to Follow My Dream
The other day I had a realization. I’ve written a lot about my trip around the world with my husband Eric, but we’ve never…
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Surfing New Zealand / The Best Waves I’ve Ever Surfed
I felt like Pat O’Connell from The Endless Summer II when he’s all giddy skipping up and down the beach in a state of…
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Our VW Bus Surf Safari / A Photo Journal
Last fall we rented a vintage VW bus and road-tripped, camped, and surfed our way up the California coast. We started in Huntington Beach…
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Adventures in New Zealand / Auckland, Waiheke Island, and Beyond
When I meet people who have traveled all over the world, a question I love to ask is what their favorite destinations are. Time…
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SAMOA / A SPONTANEOUS TRIP INTO THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Samoa was our very first international destination after spending two months in Oahu and one month exploring the California coast and northern Baja. Samoa…
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Empty Waves & Spearfishing Days / A Week in Northern Fiji
Fiji is known for many things—island perfection, vacations, and of course, legendary surf. And like many-a-legendary surf destination, you can bet that the most…
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Honolulu, Hawaii / A Day in The Aloha State’s Big City
Generally speaking, we prefer tropical paradise sans major development, but once in a while, we’ll venture into the big city. In all the years…
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Two Months of Surf and The Good Life in North Shore Oahu
We weren’t planning on it, but we ended up spending two months in North Shore Oahu. How did we spend two months in one…
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Pacific Coast Highway Surf Trip Part 2 / Big Sur
Big Sur is so amazing it deserves its very own post, so here’s part two of our PCH surf trip. You can check out…
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Pacific Coast Highway Surf Trip Part 1 / Huntington Beach to Morro Bay
There’s something about Volkswagen buses that stir the imagination. You start thinking about where you would go if you were at the wheel and…
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Our Round-the-World Surf Trip Quiver
What is your ultimate surfboard quiver? Imagine you’re going on a yearlong round-the-world surf trip (pretty freakin’ exciting, right?!). How many boards are you willing…
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Baja Surf Trip / A Couple Weeks of Fun Waves, Tacos, and Wine
Baja was, in one word… perfecto! After our trip up the coast to Santa Cruz and San Francisco, we made the 525 mile trek…
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Surf Trip Log 02 / Encinitas to San Francisco
We really did it! We packed up and left our life as we know it for a yearlong round the world surf trip. Yeeeew!…
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Surf Trip Log 01 / T Minus 18 Days
This is exciting. Like, slap-me-am-I-dreaming(?!) unbelievably exciting. In 18 days Eric and I are taking off on a yearlong round-the-world surf trip. We first…
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