Freelance Journalist
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Past Interviews

 
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Professional Surfers

Megan Abubo

Honolua Blomfield

Michel Bourez

Gabriella Bryan

Jackson Bunch

Diesel Butts

Kohl Christensen

Conner Coffin

Parker Coffin

Nathaniel Curran

Leah Dawson

Mikey February

Vahine Fierro

Nathan Fletcher

Jack Freestone

Dane Gudauskas

Mark Healey

Kanoa Igarashi - 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Team Japan

Kiron Jabour

Cliff Kapono, Ph.D.

Ezekiel “Zeke” Lau

Albee Layer

Kai Lenny

Greg Long

Matty Liu

Jake Maki

Wyatt McHale

Seth Moniz

Carissa Moore - Team USA surfer Tokyo Olympics

Jamie O’Brien

Eli Olson

Timmy Reyes

Koa Rothman

Bettylou Sakura-Johnson

Luana Silva

Chrislyn Simpson Kane

Koa Smith

Frank Solomon

Athletes & Coaches

Nathaniel Curran - Channel Islands Global Team Manager

Kaleigh Gilchrist - Team USA Olympic Gold Medalist, Water Polo

Rainos Hayes - Billabong Surf Team Manager

Kona Johnson - John John Florence Management Team

Silvia Nabuco - Team Brazil Olympian

Andrew Oliver - Hawaii Surf Team Coach

Pancho Sullivan - Professional Surf Coach

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Media Personalities & Influencers

Chris Cote - WSL

Kaipo Gurrera - WSL

Selema “Sal”Masekela - Activist & former News, Sports & Entertainment Personality

Joe Turpel - WSL

Philanthropists

Lauran Bromley - Joyful Heart Foundation & Bromley Foundation

Kohl Christensen - Big Wave Risk Assessment Group

Stuart Coleman & Raf Bergstrom - Surfrider Oʻahu

Nathaniel Curran - Young and Brave Foundation

Cheryl Giefer - The Purse Project Santa Barbara

Dane Gudauskas - Positive Vibes Warriors

Jack Johnson - Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation

Emi Koch - Beyond the Surface International

Greg Long - Big Wave Risk Assessment Group

Jamie O’Brien - Mauli Ola

Kahi Pacarro - Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi

Jon Rose - Waves for Water

Frank Solomon - Parley & Sentinel Ocean Alliance

Photographers & Filmmakers

Bill Ballard - Filmmaker

Brent Bielmann - Photographer

Brian Bielmann - Photographer

Lauran Bromley - Emmy Award Winner

DeSoto Brown - Honolulu Bishop Museum Curator

Sebastien Daguerressar - Filmmaker & Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2021 featured contributor

Michael Haber - Photographer

Peter Hamblin - Filmmaker

John Hook - Photographer

Justin Jay - Photographer

Emi Koch - Filmmaker

Blake Vincent Kueny - Filmmaker

Lisa Monin - Filmmaker & Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2021 featured contributor

Andrew Oliver - Filmmaker

Timmy Reyes - Photographer

Fitness

Daniel Bachman - Pro Athlete Fitness Instructor

Kelsey Barden - YogaFloats Founder

Nina Beatty - Paumalu Yoga Founder

Suzy Cawthorne - Santa Barbara Jazzercise

Kyle Foyle - Jiu Jitsiu, Muay Thai, MMA Competitor & Personal Trainer

Kara Ocean - Yoga Instructor

Luke Loggins - Yoga Instructor

Emma Davis - Santa Barbara Beach Yoga

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Authors & Artists

Kawika Au - Tattoo Artist

Brian Bent - Artist

DeSoto Brown - Honolulu Bishop Museum Curator

Ethan Estess - Artist

Justin Jay - Author

Jenn Johnson - Artist

Lauren Hill - Author

Cheri Rae McKinney - Author

Britt Merrick - Channel Islands Surfboards CEO & Surfboard Shaper

Drew Sparrow - Surfboard Shaper

Michael Walter - Channel Islands Surfboards shaper

Sunny Weeks - Artist

Nick “Welzie” Wells - Artist

Michael Wilson - Honolulu Bishop Museum Curator

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Musicians

Conner Coffin

Jack Johnson

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Education

Kito Cetrulo - Anacapa School, Santa Barbara, CA

Erin Guerrera - The Crane Country Day School, Santa Barbara, CA

Lisa Lavora-De Beule - The Montessori School, Santa Barbara, CA

Angela Tanner - The Knox School, Santa Barbara, CA

The Notre Dame School, Santa Barbara, CA

Villanova Prepatory School, Ojai, CA

The Dunn School, Santa Ynez, CA

Midlands School, Santa Ynez, CA

Partners In Education - Santa Barbara, CA

South Coast Montessori School - Santa Barbara, CA

 
 
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Other Interviews

Maddie Anzivino - Oahu Lifeguard & Big Wave Surfer

Joshua Ellis - M. Special Brewmaster

Tau Hannemann - Oahu Lifeguard

Kurt Lager - Honolulu Lifeguard

Sunshine Makarow - Wave Pool Marketing Researcher

Grayson Nance - Santa Barbara Beach House

Gida Snyder - Slow Island Kauai

Kirk Ziegler - Oahu Lifeguard