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Team Rider Profiles

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Andrea Moller

Nickname: Animal
Hometown: Maui - Hawaii
Occupation: Surfer, Paddling
Sponsors: Beyond Coastal, Neilpryde Maui, Da Kine, Dick Brewer Surfboards, Chisco-Chums
Goofy/Regular: Regular
Favorite Surfers / Skaters: Athlete: Athletes that follow their heart.
Favorite Break, Skate Spot: Honolua Bay, La Parouse Bay, Hookipa, Lanes and Peahi
Career Highlights / Accomplishments:
Outrigger Canoe:
2008 – 1st place Molokai Oahu Solo - Epics
2007 – 1st place Molokai Oahu Relay Channel (record time 2007)
2007 –1st place Kaiwi Channel – Bradley Team
2006 – 1st place – World Challenge – Kauai
Big Wave surfing:
First Female Tow In Team (with Maria Souza)
First woman to Paddle-In surf at Peahi/Jaws - Maui
Nominated to Billabong XXL Overall water woman awards.- 2007
Stand Up Paddle:
2007, 2006 and 2005 – first and only female team to cross Molokai Oahu channel on a Stand up Board.
Movies
Wave Chasers - Discovery channel
Extreme Moms – Rebel Media
The Female Team Tow –In Documentary – Italy
Sketchy Experience:I had a massive wave at Jaws. I was in the perfect spot to surf it, but a guy (not mentioning names…) decided to snake me… He cut me off, made me straighten out and the wave swallowed me. I was held down for the longest time. Thanks to Maria on the jet ski, I was saved.
Favorite Food: Moqueca... mmmmm Brazilian food
Hobbies: Surfing, paddling, stand-up paddling, jiu jitsu, windsurfing, and spending time with friends and family.
Pets: A Cat named Arnold
Tunes: Marissa Monte, Falamansa, Damian Marley and Ben Harper
Toys: Boards for every occasion! Jet ski and paddles.
Stranded on an island with: Chocolate, my friends, my family and all our toys. (Anything else I can ask for?)
Looking forward to: Surf bigger waves next winter and achieve even better goals in paddling across Hawaiian channels.

           

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Cheyne Magnusson

Nickname: The incredible hulk
Hometown: Lahaina, Hawaii
Occupation: Professional boob checker outer and I surf sometimes too.
Sponsors: Body Glove, Osiris, Dogtown, Chemistry, Dragon, Beyond Coastal, Nixon
Goofy/Regular: Regular
Favorite Surfers / Skaters: Danny Way, Tony Magnusson, Surfers are donks.
Favorite Break, Skate Spot: The Pool
Career Highlights / Accomplishments: Got recognized by the entire staff at hooters once.
Favorite Food: Raw Fish
Hobbies: Free Diving
Pets: A Cat named Darth Vader
Tunes: Anything but country
Toys: Model Rockets
What people don't know: I can bench press 578 lbs.
Stranded on an island with: rachael from maui fever.
Looking forward to: owning a mansion and a jet ski.

           

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Peter Labrador

Nickname: labz
Hometown: napili Hi
Occupation: surfer/shaper
Sponsors: ezekiel, labz shred sleds, oam, capt. daves fish&chips
Goofy/Regular: regs
Favorite Surfers / Skaters: anyone creative and inspirational
Favorite Break/ Skate Spot: www.savehonolua.org
Career Highlights / Accomplishments: still being able to surf for a living
Sketchy Experience: everytime a fly
Favorite Food: all of it
Hobbies: cruzin
Pets: chocolate lab, Marley
Tunes: rap, rock, reggae
Toys: shred sleds galore
What people don't know: that beyond coastal is the shit
Stranded on an island with: food and h2o
Looking forward to: the future

           

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Lester Joji Kasai

Nickname: Sky Kasai
Hometown: Anaheim
Occupation: Professional Skateboarder
Sponsors: Beyond Coastal, House of Kasai Skateboards, S-ONE Helmets, Tracker Trucks, Hurley, Salonpas, Asterisk Knee Braces, 187 pads, Bones Bearings, Socalskateshop.com, Attic Skateshop, Madrid Flypaper, Khiro Bushings, Gladiator Knee Gaskets, Black Flys.
Goofy/Regular: Regular
Favorite Surfers / Skaters: Neil Blender, Nolan Johnson.
Favorite Break / Wave / Surf Spot / Skate: Encinitas YMCA skatepark and Lake Forest Etnies skatepark.
Career Highlights / Accomplishments: 1977 First started skateboarding
1982 Turned Professional
1986 Started "The House of Kasai" skateboards.
1988 Character in "Skate or Die" video game.
2006 10th place Protec Pool Party Master's division
2006 6th place Soul Bowl Master's division.
2006 3rd place Etnies GVR Master's division.
2007 2nd place Australia Bowl-a-Rama Master's division.
2007 6th place Protec Pool Party Master's division.
Sketchy Experience: Jam format contest and dropping in the bowl with Ben Schroeder.
Favorite Food: Pizza
Hobbies: PC repair and watching UFC.
Pets: Dexter the Great (Chocolate Beagle)
Tunes: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Toys: squeaky dog toys
What people don't know: I was the second person to land a 540 on a skateboard.
Stranded on an island with: Heather and Dexter.
Looking forward to: Skating with you.

  

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Drew Billington

Nickname: "DB"
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO (now SLC, UT)
Occupation: low-capital venture capitalist, professional bad ass
Sponsors: Beyond Coastal, Smith Optics, Eider clothing, Dynastar, Alta Ski Area, Altabird.com, SixSixOne
Goofy/Regular: I am one of the goofiest people you will meet
Favorite People/ Athlete: Lance Armstrong, Shane McConkey, anyone who lives out their own dreams instead of a corporately produced "American Dream"
Favorite ski spot/area: the AltaBird!!!
Career Highlights / Accomplishments:
2006: 9th at Telluride Freeskiing Comp, 9th at Kirkwood North American
Freeskiing Championships, 13th Overall World Tour...
2007: Superfinalist (16th) @ Squaw Valley Freesking Comp...
Sketchy Experience: Early morning inspections at Squaw and Jackson - traversing scary exposure over icy icy frozen chunks (and no ACL at Jackson) with a backpack full of junk, first run of the day!
Favorite Food: Sushi, gotta love raw fishies - it makes me feel all primal
Hobbies: Travel, biking, hiking, training, enjoying life to the fullest everyday, wherever i may be
Pets: just one plant named Planty
Tunes: on an 80's binge lately, rock, reggae, hip hop, whatevers up next on the iPod shuffle
Toys: mtn bike, road bike, camping/climbing equipment, skis, my brain, with many many more on the list like snowmobiles, motorbikes, surfboards, sailboats, BASE rig, etc. etc. etc.
What people don't know: I was out of shape and afraid to talk to girls in high school; now i rule the world
Stranded on an island with: I'd take Bear Gryllis, surfboards, a barrell of sunscreen, and a couple of incredibly intellingent and lovely ladies, then I'd probably be good for years!
Looking forward to: getting the knee completely healed and into the best shape of my life so i can push my physical limits again

           

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Brady Smedsrud

Nickname: Deaner
Hometown: Red Lodge, MT
Occupation: Professional Skier
Sponsors: Dynastar, The North Face, Smith, XGO, Beyond Coastal, Altabird.com
Goofy/Regular: Regular
Favorite People/ Athlete: Hugo Harrison, Ian Mcintosh, Clifford Bennett
Favorite Ski spot: Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT
Career Highlights / Accomplishments: 3rd at World Championships, Kirkwood 2004
2nd Overall in US Freeskiing Tour, 2007
Young Gun Champion, 2007
Sketchy Experience: The first time I skied at Crested Butte, CO I got caught up in some rocks at the top of the final day venue. I was thrown down backwards causing me to tumble a few hundred vertical feet. I was then stopped abruptly by a tree in mid-air causing me to fracture five vertebra and damage a kidney.
Favorite Food: Sushi
Hobbies: Fishing, Skateboarding, Boating.
Pets: Piranha
Tunes: Country to Hip Hop
Toys: Would like a few.
What people don't know: They shouldn't know.
Stranded on an island with: Sunscreen, Beyond Coastal of course.
Looking forward to: Next Season

           

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Cody Barnhill

Nickname: Dragonslayer Beefheart, Buster Hymen
Hometown: Anchorage, AK / Salt City, UT
Occupation: Agressive Alpine Skier
Sponsors: Beyond Coastal, The North Face, Rossignol, Smith Optics, Discrete Headwear, The Levitation Project
Goofy/Regular: Goofy
Favorite People/ Athlete: All of my friends that i ski with everyday. I look up to Jeremy Jones, Ian Macintosh, Sage, and Candide Thovex the most as riders, but i don't think anyone has even gotten near the limit on snow.
Favorite Break/ Skate Spot: I feel the most at home in the AK mountains.
Career Highlights / Accomplishments: I ski every day! I filmed with a segment with TGR, Warren Miller, and The Levitation Project (for the team video) this season and skied a whole bucket full of epic days because of it.
Sketchy Experience: In Arosa, Switzerland last winter i hit a drawn out cliff too slow and landed on the face and broke my thumb on a rock on the way down. It wasn't too bad, but it could have been pretty crushing if i had been just a little bit left... I've been pretty lucky though.
Favorite Food: Thai food gets me all excited, but anything homemade and vegan really (except water chestnuts, it's like chewing on a flannel shirt...)
Hobbies: Rocking Out, Cooking for my friends
Pets: If plants count then i have Jeramiah Aloe and His Gang, but no animals.
Tunes: It changes everyday, but i'm at least as into music as i am into skiing.
Toys: Ninja Turtles, Legos, Hot Wheels
What people don't know: Won't hurt them.
Stranded on an island with: Albert Einstein
Looking forward to: Riding my bike down every mountain in the Wasatch that i can get it to the top of...

           

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Ornella Pellizzori

Nickname: Orne
Hometown: Mar del Plata - Argentina
Occupation: Surfer
Sponsors: Marbella surfboards, Beyond Coastal, x-trak.
Goofy/Regular: Goofy
Favorite People/ Athlete: Parko, Bruce, Kelly, Taj
Favorite Break / Wave / Surf Spot / Skate: Señoritas, Playa Hermosa, Middles, Salsipuedes / Beach Break Barrels lefts / Puerto Rico / Ramps, bowls.
Career Highlights / Accomplishments:
1st Place Vans Pier Classic 1 star WQS Huntington Beach 2007
5th Place Eurosurf - Women Open Division- Anglet- France 2007
3rd Place Corona Pro - Women Open Division- Puerto Rico 2007
2 Times Latin American Champ -Women Open Division- Years 2005-2006
3rd Place Pan-American Champ- Women Open Division- Year 2005
2nd Place Chilean Surfing Association event in Pichilemu 2003 (Compete Against Guys)
Billabong Surfing Games - 1st Place Open Women- Praia da Villa- Brazil- 2003
7th Place Women-Junior World Champ - Durban-South Africa - 2003
6 Consecutive times Argentinean Champ Years 1999 to 2004
11th Place Women-Junior World Champ - Tahiti (Until 18 Years) 2004
Sketchy Experience: Secret Spot in Puerto Rico, huge Barrels...I was with a 5'11, I couldn't pass the break and the current left me in a desert beach far away, I had to climb a cliff to come back.
Favorite Food: Asado Argentino and all my mom home made food.
Hobbies: Skate, drawing boards, stencils, writing, my space
Pets: 2 dogs and 2 Cats
Tunes: Latina, Funk, Alternativa, hip hop.
Toys: Computer, markers, casino
What people don't know: They won't know ever ahahah
Stranded on an island with: boards, waves, Beyond Coastal sun care and oh of course… Beckham!
Looking forward to: Do the WCT, travel with sister and friends and have fun all the time.

           

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Aubrey Falk

Nickname: Aubs
Hometown: La Conchita
Occupation: Pro Surfer/ Artist
Sponsors: Volcom, Channel Islands, Beyond Coastal, Electric, Sexwax, Pro-Lite
Goofy/Regular: Reg
Favorite People/ Athlete: Anyone who does it from their heart and soul
Favorite Break / Wave / Surf Spot / Skate: Long hollow rights, warm water, no crowds
Career Highlights / Accomplishments: Traveling around the world solo.
Sketchy Experience: Walking at night alone in Panama
Favorite Food: Fruit
Hobbies: Surfing, Art, Yoga, Exercising, dancing, eating..
Pets: Oscar was the best doggie ever
Tunes: Give me a beat!
Toys: Paint brush , colors, canvas
What people don't know: is that it's ok not to know!
Stranded on an island with: my best friend
Looking forward to: each and ever day