Our former editor (now turned senior editor at Mpora) skated badly as a kid, then fell for snowboarding big time in her early 20s. Seasons in Chamonix and a love of surf followed before she was cruelly posted back to London, where she pines for mountains and waves daily like a wolf with a moon backdrop. Riding her bike helps. Update! She now lives by the sea in Brighton but still howls for the peaks
It's California v Hawaii in like half an hour
Courtney Conlogue v Tyler Wright in the other
And takes her place in the Surfer Walk of Fame
Never mind the contest these photos are ace
Surfers looking hot is cool as long as they rip
Ridiculous surf fitness contraption alert
*that the royal family won't use for the third in line for the throne
Her second, fending off Leticia Bufoni and Kelly Clark
Everything you wanted to know about wakeboarding but were afraid to ask
Photo/illo/art show in Copenhagen this Friday