Your First Surfboard: 8 Tips for Choosing the Perfect Board

X2 August 2019

The excitement that comes with buying your very first surfboard is hard to quantify. It is a little like catching your first wave: lots of anticipation, then the pressure to get it right, and finally, that incredible feeling when it

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Sustainable Clothing Brands: 17 Brands That Will Rock Your Wardrobe

Lifestyle

X8 December 2018

So awesome that you’re looking for sustainable clothing brands! Our planet needs people like you. Maybe you already know this, but 60% of all clothing is discarded within one year after production and ends up in incinerators or a landfill.

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5 Solo Female Travel Tips And Destinations

Travel

X18 September 2018

When people ask me with whom I travel, and I say “with no one, I travel alone”, people always tell me that they think I’m brave. Well, I don’t feel brave at all. I’m just driven by an irresistible urge/addiction

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How Surfing Helped Me Kick Anxiety’s Ass: 4 Ways It Changed My Life

Mind

X31 May 2018

Over the last couple of years, scientific researchers (‘the science of stoke’) have shown that surfing significantly improves people’s moods and self-esteem and that it reduces suffering. I can tell you one thing, I think they’re right. (Some of the

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10 Easy Mindfulness Exercises To Chill The F Out

Mind

X6 May 2018

More and more people are starting to practice mindfulness. That doesn’t surprise me, considering the huge number of people with stress-related health issues, such as burn-outs, depression, and anxiety. In Holland, one in seven employees suffers from work-related stress, and

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A Dream Come True: Surfing the Mentawai Islands

Travel

X25 April 2018

Are you thinking or dreaming of surfing the Mentawai Islands? But you’re not sure yet if you can handle the waves? Even if you’re not into surfing at all, and you’re accompanying your surfing partner on a family holiday, I

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5 Best Waterproof Surf Watches for Women [2020 Update]

Lifestyle

X11 April 2018

Are you looking for stylish waterproof surf watches for women that won’t break in big wipe-outs? Although I usually don’t like to wear a watch in the water (it’s nice to get sucked into the timeless space of surfing and

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DREAM CHASER: Quinten Jacobs

Interviews

X21 March 2018

Quinten Jacobs is a young and super talented Dutch creative who recently made the decision to chase his dream and become a professional photographer. His photos are breathtaking, his adventurous, entrepreneurial spirit is inspirational, and his honesty is incredibly refreshing.

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DREAM CHASER: Tracy Gray

Interviews

X11 September 2017

Tracy Gray decided 8 years ago at age 39, to turn her life around and swap her IT career for a yoga teaching career. With 3 kids, she manages to study everything there is to know about yoga, anatomy, yoga therapy and thai massage, teach

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DREAM CHASER: Nikki Stevenson

Interviews

X2 August 2017

Nikki Stevenson runs her own business in yoga mats and yoga clothing. A true entrepreneur, she’s a rad surfing yogi from Australia, based in Bali. Nikki is also a yoga teacher and publishes her classes online on her website, a great source of

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