It all started with Rebecca's "Surf Like a Girl" book. We are three friends who live by the beach in Los Angeles, where it's sunny and warm and you can surf year-round. We started talking at a friend's party about how cool it would be to start a website for girls who board. Then we started talking seriously about it—and it's been serious fun for us putting this together.
We hope you enjoy the site and we encourage you to share your stories with us. Click here to e-mail us.
Thanks,
Rebecca, Stef, and Annie
" 'Surf stoke' means being unable to stop thinking about surfing," says Rebecca Heller. "And I've got it bad." A California native, Rebecca didn't set foot on a surfboard until she was 27 years old. But that first ride made her realize she wanted to spend more time writing and empowering women to do anything they set their minds to. A few years later she left her day job at a film studio and released her first book, "Surf Like a Girl" (Three Rivers Press), featuring practical advice for girls who want to surf. She now spends the warm-weather months as a surf instructor and offers "Surf Like a Girl" sessions for groups of women. The second in her series of girls having fun on boards, "Skater Girl: The Girl's Guide to Skateboarding" (Ulysses Press), was released in 2007.
Stef McDonald grew up near the beach on Long Island, New York, but decided to heed the Southern California calling after attending surf camp. She changed the ringtone on her phone to a Beach Boys song, added more blonde highlights to her hair, and moved to Venice, California, where she can walk to the beach with her longboard under her arm. She has worked for entertainment and women's magazines and now specializes in writing and editing websites. She still sometimes daydreams of growing up to be a rock star.
An East coaster turned California girl, Annie Walton-Teter is a photographer, artist, and filmmaker. Annie spent her youth boating and body surfing before she discovered the joys of surfing. She now spends time giving surf lessons in Santa Monica (when she's not taking waves on her own). She is the founder of a photography studio, Studio Annik. Her artwork has been featured in many group exhibitions, such as the Orange County Contemporary Arts Exhibitions, and she has been published in Spin, L.A. Weekly, Interview magazine, and Surf Life For Women.
Special thanks to Nate Harrison for his help building this site.
Three cheers for our illustrator, Catherine N. Baumhauer.
Photo credits: Annie (Geraldine Baum); Rebecca (Josh Kimball)
