Lola wears the Hermosa Surf Suit free surfing in Sayulita. Photo by JuanJose Siero. |
Julie Cox when she isn't at the judges tower. Photo by JuanJose Siero. |
Karina Rozunko gets a good noseride during the contest. Photo by MexiLogFest. |
Lola Mignot kicks her heel up during the contest. Photo by MexiLogFest. |
Lola (left) and Karina (right) share a party wave before the contest. Photo by @jslphoto on Instagram. |
When do you ever get Malibu this good all to yourself and three friends at a time? Last weekend, the typically thick line-up at First Point became an empty stage for the solo wave dancers competing at the 2015 MSA Classic Invitational.
]]>When do you ever get Malibu this good all to yourself and three friends at a time? Last weekend, the typically thick line-up at First Point became an empty stage for the solo wave dancers competing at the 2015 MSA Classic Invitational. For anyone who's surfed Malibu's magical point at its best (with the worst of crowds), open space like this is basically flying through the blue skies and fluffy clouds of heaven. The fun waves rolled on all weekend, plus warm water, plus scorching hot weather. Find us under the umbrella shade between heats.
Congrats to the Seeababes who placed in the events: Makala Smith: 3rd in the Women's Logger Pro, Karina Rozunko: 1st in Junior Women, Mele Saili: 2nd in Women 20-34, and Taylor Nelson: 3rd in Women 20-34.
Big thank you and shakas to Erin Ashley for organizing the Women's Logger Pro Event and assembling some of the best lady longboarders around to play together!
All photos by Luki O'Keefe.
Makala Smith got one all the way to the inside, against the backdrop of the pier. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina Rozunko in the foreground, watching the contest from the top of the stairs. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Mele Saili drops in. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Mele Saili on the nose. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Erin Ashley, aka Worm and the mastermind organizer of the Women's Logger Invitational. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Queen of Malibu, Kassia Meador. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Leah Dawson's soul arch. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Mele Saili in the Tofino. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
One of the guys gets a mini barrel. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
First place winner of the Women's Logger Pro, Lindsey Steinriede-Engle on the wave, Mele Saili paddling out. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina Rozunko ducks into it. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Frankie Seely in the back and Lindsay Steinriede-Engle in the front. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Because it wouldn't be Malibu without party waves. Pals Kassia Meador in the front with Jen Smith right behind her. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Bobbing and weaving. Kassia Meador and Jen Smith. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
How early you think they got there for this prime parking space? Luki O'Keefe and Karina Rozunko hang out at the van. |
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Seea and Bing have been friends forever and we were stoked to finally have a party to celebrate Seea being sold at the Bing Surf Shop in Encinitas!
]]>Mele Saili holding the Seea x Bing surfboard that we are giving away in a raffle! Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Sunny skies and surfboards in Encinitas! Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Early arrivals at the Bing Surf Shop party. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Legendary shaper and surfer Bing Copeland! Photo by Stone Crandall. |
A look at the Seea x Bing surfboard that you can win in a raffle! Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Close-up of the color and logo detail of the Seea x Bing Surfboard. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Thanks to Ziobaffa for keeping the wine flowing in the Italian spirit! Photo by Stone Crandall. |
It was awesome to see all the genuine surfer ladies in the house! Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Congrats Mele Saili on your art show! Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Overflow of people outside of the Bing Surf Shop. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Mele Saili art show. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Margaret Calvani pours some Ziobaffa wine. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Ziobaffa wine got us in the Italian mood during the "Seea in Italy" film screenings. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
More wine! Photo by Stone Crandall. |
So many pretty boards, not enough garage space. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Check out the Seea x Bing surfboard poking out! Packed inside the Bing Surf Shop. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Far right, Bing team rider Mick Rodgers. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Hangin' out. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Seeababe Karina Rozunko meets Bing Copeland! Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Bing Copeland and Matt Calvani who carries the torch. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Checking out the Mele Saili art show. Photo by Stone Crandall. |
Mele holds a T-shirt featuring her painting! Photo by Stone Crandall. |
We imagine that the Byron Bay Surf Festival is like a surfer's version of Coachella, but even better because it's at the beach! The three-day festival held Oct. 24-26 was a coastal bum’s dream of sensorial happiness.
]]>We imagine that the Byron Bay Surf Festival is like a surfer's version of Coachella, but even better because it's at the beach! The three-day festival held Oct. 24-26 was a coastal bum’s dream of sensorial happiness: live music concerts, surf movie screenings, expression sessions, yoga, SurfLit Lounge, artists and brands selling awesome stuff and way more events to please the eyes, ears, body and creative mind than we can list.
Seeababes Makala Smith, Leana Rack and Chrystal Fitzgerald were up in it all last weekend and still smiling days after from the vibes. They guided us through some of their festival highlights!
All the surf-related events were held at Wategos Beach, a gorgeous world class point break. Board demos and expression sessions had the water packed all weekend long, and even the sand was a space for creativity. Sand drawings were done by a local artist that gets up at 4am to draw on the fresh and untouched beach.
Wategos Beach in the early morning. |
Sand Art on the beach. |
Close-up of the sand art. |
There was plenty of socializing and happenings to check out between surf sessions, or just have a minute to take it all in.
Makala hanging out on the grass. Photo courtesy of Byron Bay Surf Festival. |
The festival field. |
Chrystal Fitzgerald with Drifter Bali friends at the Surf Art Market. Photo courtesy of @dawnwolfdreamer on Instagram. |
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Gato Heroi in the Wild Things installation. |
Closer look at the boards that are also like works of art. |
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Beach day! |
Yoga for surfers stretching. Photo courtesy of Bryon Bay Surf Festival. |
Donate $1 for a pair of headphones! |
Board made out of bottles! And he actually surfs it. |
See you next year, Byron! For more photos, check out the Byron Bay Surf Festival website and this video produced by the festival.
All photos courtesy of Byron Bay Surf Festival, Makala Smith and Chelsea Palmer unless otherwise noted.
KEEP ON TRAVELING THROUGH AUSTRALIA:
View from Bali. Photo on Mele Saili's Instagram. |
Board racks not required. Photo by Erin Ashley's Instagram. |
Single fin log fest! Mele in the Leucadia skirt. |
The scene at the festival. |
From left, Elizabeth Root, Amanda Chinchelli, Mele Saili, and Esther Bent at the Vans x Seea release party at Thalia Surf Shop. |
We are bursting with gratitude to all of our friends who came by to celebrate the Vans x Seea footwear collaboration launch at Thalia Surf Shop last Thursday! It was like a reunion being surprised by many familiar faces, and meet new friends attracted by the delicious aroma of tacos and lively crowd outside of the store during Laguna Beach art walk night.
Thanks to everyone who came by to check it out. Here's a peek at the party and don't miss out on getting your pair of limited edition Vans x Seea shoes at Thalia before they sell out!
The scene outside of Thalia Surf Shop. |
Stoked on this amazing wall display! |
Close-up of the Vans x Seea display. All customers who purchased a pair at the event received a moleskin notebook and canvas tote bag. |
A happy customer with a new pair of Vans x Seea shoes in her tote. |
Couples shopping at its best. Thalia is a one stop shop for girls and guys beach lifestyle. |
Esther Bent, Karina Rozunko, Mele Saili and Luki O'Keefe. |
Tacos served up all night long. Photo courtesy of Vans Surf. |
The floors were full of Vans X Seea Solana and Mohican shoes each worn their own way. |
Don't forget to shop Thalia Surf Shop to nab your pair of limited edition Vans x Seea shoes before they sell out!
Mele scoring a magical moment with dolphins during the Noosa Festival of Surfing. Photo by Chrystal Dawn Fitzgerald. |
Mele scoring a magical moment with dolphins during the Noosa Festival of Surfing. Photo by Chrystal Dawn Fitzgerald. |
Shakas to Mele Saili, Lola Mignot, Karina Rozunko and Makala Smith for the awesome display of pretty lady gliding at The Noosa Festival of Surfing in Australia last week! The dreamy point break lit up during the contest days and our hearts swelled to see photos of our friends surfing with graceful style and smiles on their faces.
Every year some of the best surfers from all over the world gather at the Noosa Festival of Surfing for a weeklong party reunion. All kinds of wavecraft are ridden, yet its dominated by old school logging that Noosa's glassy perfection is made for. Congrats to Mele, Lola, Karina and Makala for placing in the top 10 in women's division!
Trace in their cross-steps with this photo tour of the 2014 Noosa Festival. Special thanks to Nathan Oldfield and newest addition to the Seeababe family, Chrystal Dawn Fitzgerald for the stunning photos.
Lola Mignot's poetry in motion. Photo by Chrystal Dawn Fitzgerald. |
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View from the beach. Photo by Chrystal Dawn Fitzgerald. |
According to Chrystal, the Noosa festival had a humble start with an emphasis on families and gathering together for the love of surfing. Even though the festival now welcomes the very best surfers from around the world, the love of surfing motto and family teams divisions remain.
Go Karina! Photo by Chrystal Dawn Fitzgerald. |
Mele in the pocket. Photo by Chrystal Dawn Fitzgerald. |
Makala keeps her legs covered and protected with leggings. Photo by Chrystal Dawn Fitzgerald. |
Surf, eat, sleep, repeat. Lola takes a rest. |
Mele captured by Nathan Oldfield for great folks at The Critical Slide Society. |
Mele in the Palomar Crop Top and Leucadia High Waist Skirted Bottom in Tea Leaf. Photo by Nathan Oldfield. |
Mele levitates. Photo by Nathan Oldfield. |
Having fun in between heats. From left: Lola, Tory Gilkerson, Karina and Makala playing around on a dock by the Noosa River. |
More fun on the dock. Karina strikes a pose in the Monterey. Tory in the San O in Limestone, Lola in Palomar Crop Top out this summer, Makala in the Leucadia in Limestone. |
Mele in the San O meets Byron Bay surfer Leana Rack! |
Mele's quick stop in Tavarua... See you next year Noosa! |
Shop Seea and everything else you need for an outdoor adventure at Urban Outfitters' Without Walls. |
Meet your new one-stop shop for crazy running leggings, coastal camping gear and Seea surf suits. Urban Outfitters’ debuted its “get moving, have fun” Without Walls concept in Costa Mesa last weekend and Seea was stoked to be apart of it alongside creative-thinking brands like Patagonia, Poler, Mowgli Surf, Yokishop, Onzie yogawear and more.
From the Brazilian jungles to the lady longboard stylings at San Onofre, tour the places that shaped Seea on the Without Walls blog. |
The kickoff event this past Saturday at The Lab anti-mall in Costa Mesa was a nonstop fun fest— we tie-dyed a shirt with the twins behind Mowgli Surf, noshed on tacos by Lime Truck, watched Ty Williams paint, shopped for seriously stylish summer camping gear and just soaked in the sun with friends over a fresh juice (and maybe a beer from Saint Archer's brewery too).
Scroll on to get a virtual tour of the event's happenings and be sure to check out Without Walls in Urban Outfitters next time you're in the Costa Mesa. Never fear our non-SoCal friends, its also in Santa Monica, Hollywood, San Francisco, New York and online.
The line for Mowgli Surf's tie-dye painting session never slowed. |
Close-up of the DIYing. Guests took the wet lump of T-shirt in a ziplock bag and were instructed to rinse it out in 24 hours. It's a surprise to see how it turns out. |
Artist Ty Williams painted all day in the hot sun. |
Take a nap by one of the yarn-bombed trees in The Lab. |
Enter Without Walls. |
Shop for vinyl, records and tapes inside an airstream while you're at it. |
Seea front and center! |
Our very own Seea table! Shop the Leucadia top and skirted bottom, Monterey top, Palomar crop top, Capitola bottom and Seea x Vans moccasins. |
Find funky yoga gear and workout clothes. |
We'll take all of this, please. |
Take notes on what to pack for a van road trip. |
Thanks to the Without Walls crew for an awesome fun time! |
Mele Saili art show at Shaper Studios |
Art by Mele Saili on the walls at Shaper Studios |
Mele Saili art show at Shaper Studios |
Art by Mele Saili on the walls at Shaper Studios |
Christine sands one of the first Seea surfboards at Shaper Studios. |
A few last remaining styles and some new ones at the Seea sample sale. |
The upstairs of Shaper Studios where the finished boards await glassing. |
Seea display at Shaper Studios. |
Paintings and drawings by Mele Saili. |
Painting by Mele Saili. |
Painting by Mele Saili. |
Mele meets stoked art patrons. |
From left, Christine Brailsford of Furrow Surfboards, Mele Saili. Amanda Chinchelli and Florencia Gomez Gerbi of Green Pacha hats. Surfboard shaped by Christine Brailsford featuring art by Mele Saili. |
Colt Bowden finds the lost art of sign painting. Who know's where Nun's Beach is? |
Colt up close and still wet paint. |
Amy's choice surf spot in Santa Cruz, painted by Colt. |
More happy customers! |
Luki hangs on to her hat with the light breeze. |
Who needs a ride? |
We love California. Heaven-sent splendid weather. |
Petite girls get more mini-barrels! Amy grabs rail. |
Mele Saili takes the high line on her self-shaped mid-length |
Back at camp, boys and their motortoys. Thalia had the coolest wheels of all kinds. |
We couldn't resist joining in on the fun. |
Classic California Kitsch |
A wave a day mission is to surf 365 days with no exceptions to raise funds and awareness for the fight against Breast Cancer.
October is breast cancer awareness month, and October 29th marks Sarah's half way. 6 months down - 6 more to go!
So save the date and come celebrate this great event at the beautiful Cardiff Reef.
Seea will be there to support this great cause.
The event starts at 10 am with beach clean up, group paddle out at 12, Bing Surf board demo and wellness treatments by Indigo Dragon.
Shop Seea and 50% of the profit will be donated to the amazing Keep a Breast Foundation.
Hope to see you there...
SHAKA MUCHACHAS!
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Some suits will be for sale at the booth and we'll give a special discount to the girls participating at the contest.
GREEN SHAKAS TO ALL