Second Place Is The First Loser
Written By: Amy Nehrig | Staff Support Photo By: Solveig Jobbins Competition is no joke in my house. EVERYTHING is a competition. I don’t know
July 14, 2025
Written By: Amy Nehrig | Staff Support Photo By: Solveig Jobbins Competition is no joke in my house. EVERYTHING is a competition. I don’t know
Written By: Terra Gilman Photo By: Michael Pickett I was recently reminded of a time I was surfing one of my favorite breaks in South
Written By: David Nehrig | CSUS National Director Photo By: Joshua Ramirez As we are nearing the end of the school year and heading into
Written By: Daniel Bacquet | Chief Operations Manager Photo By: Emily Benedetto On a recent trip to Mexico, everything was dialed in. The swell was
Written By & Photo By: Emily Benedetto | Chief Communications Officer As surfers, we have to make tons of choices. “Where is the swell hitting
Written By: Kyle Sullivan | Northeast Regional Coordinator Photo By: Ivy Scott I’m so grateful to God for His creation. Surfing specifically, but honestly, just
Written By: Priscilla Burr Photo By: Ivy Scott Along the southern part of the North Carolina coast, there’s an 8.4-mile undisturbed barrier island called Masonboro.
FROM OUR NATIONAL DIRECTOR This year, we have been so blessed with the theme “Be Still.” Although Amy and I would definitely not say our
Jacob Galura Southeast Regional Coordinator Recently, on a trip in the Caribbean, we were surfing an empty reef, and it was full-on pumping. Not just
Leason Dancaescu Gulf Coast Regional Coordinator For most surfers, getting barreled is the ultimate goal. To be wholly enveloped – riding inside the wave. But
Levi Standridge CS Santa Cruz Have you ever found yourself in a situation with no plan or expectation, but you have the best time? That’s
Daniel Bacquet Chief Operating Officer A few weeks back, I traveled to the North Shore of Oahu for the Christian Surfers Warm Water Camp Out,
David Nehrig CSUS National Director Have you ever waited for the last set to catch your final wave and the ocean just goes flat? Anxiety
Priscilla Burr CSUS Content Manager There’s something about watching the world through a child’s eyes. The ordinary becomes extraordinary. And we can learn to have
Amy Nehrig CSUS Staff Support A few times a year, our family has the opportunity to run Surf and Serves all over the world. The
Caleb Bowen I would consider myself a thrill seeker. Always adding to the list of crazy: skydiving, bungee jumping, swimming with sharks, motocross, mountain biking,
Matthew Mcloud CS Lake Michigan The “7x rule” for waves refers to the concept that a wave will typically break when its height is more
David Nehrig CSUS National Director “Bang, bang, bang, crack, crack, crack,” went the cute little sea otters near me. When I was surfing up in
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