A gift for my soul surf sister, Auntie Colleen of Ocean Girl Project.
Auntie Colleen had reached out to me and asked if I could create a logo for Ocean Girl Project, a sustainable surf camp for girls. Why, yes, of course I would. That sounded fabulous!
Have I mentioned Ocean Girl Project before? Well, I probably have. But, if you haven't checked out their website, it's a must.
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Ocean Girl Project Surf Camps we learn what it means to be a steward of the ocean and we surf a lot too!
Surfers are in the ocean pretty much every chance they get, experiencing, interacting, watching out for each other, well you get the idea. Being a surfer or water person you form a very personal relationship with the ocean and nature, you are not only observing and appreciating, you are now a part of it all.
Starting with this first educational focused article and continuing into next month, it is my intention to share useful bits of simple ocean/surf/nature information, hopefully you will learn something or can pass on to someone who is a new surfer or ocean lover. Mahalo! Sea ya in the water…One Love, all creatures.
Box Jellyfish aka Jellies - know when they are expected! The box jellyfish is most commonly found on Hawaii’s leeward (west) and south shores. Their arrival on Hawaii’s beaches is quite predictable. They usually arrive around 9-12 days after a full moon (but occasionally they have been observed on off-cycle days as well). This is when warning signs are usually posted on many Oahu beaches (warning signs are generally only posted on popular beaches).
Don’t swim at remote and unguarded beaches for your own safety. There are many other ocean hazards besides jellyfish, including strong currents, rip tides, sharp coral, etc. Similar to a jellyfish, the Portuguese man-of-war also causes a painful sting. It has a purplish body and is commonly found o
n windward (east) shores as the prevalent northeastern trade-winds blow these creatures close to shore.
If you see a jellyfish on the beach, don’t touch it as its tentacles can cause a painful sting even if the animal is dead. Keep children away from beached jellyfish. If you get stung, see a lifeguard for first aid. For more serious cases or if you feel unwell, call 911 immediately, jellyfish stings may cause an anaphylactic shock or in some cases even death.
Surf Into Summer 2013
Surf Into Summer returns to Town’s crown jewel this May 25, 26, and 27.
This May 25, 26, and 27 marks the official start to summer with the Local Motion Surf Into Summer contest presented by Hawaiian Style at the famed Ala Moana Bowls. This is your opportunity to get the Bowls line up as uncrowded as possible!
The top three hundred and twenty five amateurs in the state will lace it up and give it their all for trophies, prizes, and most importantly, bragging rights!
Turn in your entry form to Hawaiian Style and Stabl at 1714 Kapiolani blvd. to receive a free pull string tote bag, Ono Sno ice cake by Samurai, and wax!
Entries will be accepted at all Local Motion locations. The entry deadline has been extended until the May 20 so hurry and turn in your entry!
Surf Into Summer Entry Form
Ocean Girl Camps are all about surf and fun!
Who: Girls ages 09-14, max (10) girls per camp
When: JULY 22nd-26th – correct dates
Times: Mon-Fri 9am-2pm
Requirements: Beginner swim level
Where: South Shore area, details upon contact
Special: Reduced Fee and full Scholarships are available upon request contact us
Join us!
Sign up: Begins with submitting 2013 form, or just send an email if you need more info.
Contact: Camp Coordinator: colleen@oceangirlproject.com
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
TARANAKI, New Plymouth/NZL (Saturday, April 6, 2013) – Courtney Conlogue (USA), 20, has claimed the 2013 TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival featuring the Dow AgroSciences Pro today over Coco Ho (HAW), 21, in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Taranki’s Fitzroy Beach.
Event No. 4 of 7 on the 2013 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour (WCT), the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival delivered clean and rippable waves for the world’s best female surfers to perform on and culminated in dramatic fashion this morning between two of surfing’s rising stars.
“I put in a lot of hard work between last year and this year and I’m stoked to have it paying off with a win,” Conlogue said. “I’ve felt like I’ve been surfing well all year and have been building momentum up until this point. Really happy about today.”
Conlogue’s win today bumps the young Californian from 5th to 3rd on the 2013 ASP Women’s WCT rankings, within striking distance of the world surfing crown throughout the back half of the season.
“We’re halfway through so there is still opportunity ahead,” Conlogue said. “Carissa (Moore) and Tyler (Wright) have had such strong starts to the season and didn’t have as strong performances here to it’s opened up the race a bit. I’m feeling confident in my surfing and I’m going to give it a good run in Brazil.”
Today’s Runner-Up finish marked a season best for Ho today, vaulting the young Hawaiian from 9th to 7th on the ASP Women’s WCT rankings.
“Bummed I couldn’t keep it going into the Final but Runner-Up is a great result for me and taking down some big names is a great confidence boost for me,” Ho said. “Best result in a long while and we’re heading into Brazil where I have done well in the past. I feel like I have been surfing well all year and it’s a relief to finally get a solid result. Boards are going really well and I’m looking forward to the next stop.”
Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 22, continued her impressive 2013 run in Taranaki, posting big wins before going down to Ho in this morning’s Semifinals. The young Australian’s Equal 3rd today, however, was not enough to stave off a rankings charge from Conlogue and Fitzgibbons was bumped down to 4th on the ASP Women’s WCT Rankings.
Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 25, reigning five-time ASP World Champion, was another favorite who looked strong this morning, posting a strong 13.97 out of a possible 20 for a bevy for forehand and backhand maneuvers. The Australian’s performance was no match, however, for an in-form Conlogue who halted the champ’s run in the Semifinals.
“Fun little waves out at Fitzroy this morning and a shame I couldn’t get through,” Gilmore said. “Congrats to Courtney (Conlogue) though – she is surfing really well. Next stop for us is Brazil and the waves can be similar there and hopefully not too small this year. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us this week in New Zealand.”
Highlights from the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival featuring the Dow AgroSciences Pro are available via
http://www.nzsurffestival.co.nz/
The next stop on the 2013 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour (WCT) will be the Billabong Rio Pro from May 8 – 14, 2013.
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
TSB BANK NZ SURF FESTIVAL FINAL RESULTS:
1 – Courtney Conlogue (USA) 14.00
2 – Coco Ho (HAW) 9.27
TSB BANK NZ SURF FESTIVAL SEMIFINAL RESULTS:
SF 1: Courtney Conlogue (USA) 14.47 def. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 13.97
SF 2: Coco Ho (HAW) 15.33 def. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 15.24
CURRENT ASP WOMEN’S WCT TOP 5 (Following Completion of TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival):
1. Carissa Moore (HAW) 31,700 pts
2. Tyler Wright (AUS) 30,000 pts
3. Courtney Conlogue (USA) 26,900 pts
4. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 26,200 pts
5. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 24,700 pts
I thought I would share these simple steps, I use this formula when creating in general and projects, camps, workshops, life, art, etc.
Amazingly simple step are both brilliant and effective. They have staying power and make sense across the board. For me, simple is powerful.
I was honored to be given a similar soulful guide like this many years ago and yes, it altered my entire life. There was such an awakening of what I truly wanted to accomplish in my life and a huge wave of passion and adventure began. My sense of life direction like the tides turned, I so love the ride and am so very grateful.
So, ask yourself: “What Will YOU Create that Will Make the World Awesome?” Lovely steps below..
The link to the full article where these steps originated is below, mahalo Greg McKeown. Though I brazenly did a bit of my own edits….everything brilliant is Greg’s.
Step 1: Sketch Your Career. It is so easy to get consumed by activities in our lives and careers. We get so caught up in living our lives that we don’t stop to think sufficiently about our lives. We are reacting instead of being strategic. When I find this happening, I use this simple tool to get a broader perspective. You start on the left at the beginning of your career and end on the right hand side (today). You draw a single line up if you were enjoying the experience and down if it was unfulfilling for you. Write down where you were working, what you were working on, and any other factors that shaped your experience. It also works if you paint, or make a collage, or write a song, or a poem!!!
Now Breathe, no, c’mon really slooow breathe!
(See the original Harvard Business Review piece What Will You Create to Make the World Awesome? to see/use the sketch template for Step 1 and 2).
Step 2: Connect the Dots. Use the sketch from Step 1 as a launch pad into being an anthropologist of your own life. Go somewhere quiet. You might think of it like a strategic offsite for your own life and career.
Ask: When was I truly happy and why? What activity or theme do I keep coming back to? What is my gravitational pull? When was life and work effortless for me? What isn’t working for me? When do I seem most like myself? When was it meaningless and why? When was work meaningful and why? Don’t rush the process. Pause long enough to really listen. Write the answers down as they come so you can reflect on them later. I am visual so I started a simple collage to represent these happy things and ended up doing THREE monstrous collages that blew my mind. It not needed it!!!!
Step 3: Ask, “What Will I Create that Will Make the World Awesome?” This is WONDERFULLY wild question ( I LOVE IT!) but an essential element of strategy is, to state the obvious, thinking about what we want to create in the future.
Ask: What would I do if I could do anything? What would I do if all jobs paid the same? If I could only achieve one thing in my career, what would it be? What do I really want? Again, these are big questions. But my experience is that people spend far more time worried about their job than in creating a vision for their career and how they can uniquely contribute to the world.
(If you are looking for a pep talk, this three minute video from “Kid President” does a brilliant job challenging us to figure out what we can do to make the world awesome). Brilliant!!!!
From Greg: Many years ago I followed a process not at all unlike this one and, without exaggeration, it changed the course of my life. The insight I gained led me to quit law school, leave England and move to America to start down the path as a teacher and author. You’re reading this because of that choice. It remains the single most important — and strategic — career decision of my life.
It’s a simple process. But it can help us to break down some complex questions. Like the poet Mary Oliver’s beautifully haunting question: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Link to Greg’s story: What do you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? | LinkedIn.
Someone brilliant who is changing the world..
